vB Easy Archive FINAL - Search Engine Spiderable Hack! Get your posts listed @ google

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[high]HOW GOOD DOES THIS HACK WORK??? >>> [/high]Over 29,000 pages spidered since January 1st!!!!!!! Visit http://www3.google.com/search?hl=en&...e+SkuZZy+Xenon to see all the pages this script has helped get spidered into google!

Sub-Forums have been added!

Final Version Released - February 10th

I added sub-forums in this final version, one of the most requested features to be added... but, sad to say... this will be the final version. I never got a chance to add some of the cool features I said, but I feel this archive has served it's purpose and hopefully will continue to do so for all the die hard users who stick with vb 2.2.9. I decided to make this the final version because vb3 is coming out soon and I think this archive is the best archive currently out. Sure, there are more flashy ones, but this one gets the job done and gets results. Hopefully this hack will live on for a while.
Edit by Xenon: Whenever there is a problem, i'll take a look at it, and perhaps add a feature or two

About this hack

This hack will help get all your threads listed in google and other search engines and get your threads easily spidered! It works by creating an archive and turning all your posts into .html format. It doesn't actually create the .html files though, but google thinks they are real! It uses mod_Rewrite. If you don't have mod_Rewrite, you can't use the scripts (sorry).

What does it do?

The purpose of this hack are to get your keywords from your forums listed in google and get people visiting them! Since these are all pure text and don't use tables or excess font tags, they are very friendly on bandwidth! This will display all your files in a nice text format that google will absolutely love! Visit the online demo below to see it in action!

Online Demos

To view a demo of this script, visit some of the "live" demos at the following sites:

http://www.destee.com/forums/archives
http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/archive/
http://www.truecountry.com/forums/history/
http://www.strategy-forum.de/easy_archive/index.php
http://www.pimprig.com/forums/archive/
http://www.jokersrewards.com/forum/history/
http://board.midibuddy.net/archive2/
http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/forums/archive/
http://www.macfora.com/forums/archive/
http://www.rcgroups.com/archive/
http://www.codewebs.com/forums/archive/
http://www.lcdmod.com/forums/archive/
http://www.source-forums.org/vB/archive/
http://www.subduck.com/history/
http://www.thesistersthree.com/archive/
http://www.a51forums.com/archive/
http://www.yes-its-free.com/easyarchive/
http://www.wcgateway.com/forums/archive
http://www.toyotaimportsforum.co.uk/forum/archive/
http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/archive/
http://www.gamesites200.com/archive/
http://www.allthingsmoto.com/archive
http://www.2spoemas.com/foros/archive/
http://www.mysticwicks.com/archive/

Requirements

Apache
vBulletin 2.x
mod_mime installed
.htaccess
5 minutes of your time...


Known Problems/Confusion

Mod_mime - You will NEED mod_mime to run these scripts. Mod_mime is a free module which enables a directive called "ForceType". This allows you to use the .htaccess file included to force your files into php mode, which allows simple URL's, without .php in them. If you can see the front page of your archive, but get an error page when you click on any links then this is your problem. To fix it, you will need to install mod_mime, or ask your host to do it. It's a FREE module. For more information, visit http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_mime.html

Private forums - Private forums are NOT shown and they will NOT be spidered. Some people say the private forums show up, that is because you are logged in as the admin and the archive uses permissions. So anyone who has permission to view the private forums on your forums, will beable to view them on the archives also. But if you log out of your account OR log into an account that doesn't have access to them, then you won't beable to view them

Credits

Biggest credit goes to Xenon who originally coded the scripts. He is the man! Also thanks to everyone who tested it out for me and kept bugging me about releasing it (when I was too lazy to).

Agreement

By using these scripts & installing them, you agree to leave the small (virtually unnoticable) copyright text and links at the bottom of all pages. You also agree to leave jelsoft's copyright there as well. You can modify the scripts much as you want, but this portion must remain intact (links must stay) and visible. This is all we ask

Download Final

To install, just download the file below and open the "_readme.txt" file. All is explained there. Installation should only take a couple of minutes. If you have problems with this script, post them in this thread and I will try and get around to answering them.

[codewebs]

well mines visible just in case :P

[hamed]

Is it possible to activate VB codes in archive pages?

Thanks again SkuZZy. Google and some other search eangines are having a nice time on my forums :banana: .

[cklaszlo]

Yet a 4th day now of getting crawled! 50 Guests on our boards and they are all Google. (http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/online.php)

I submitted our main site, the archive and also have links to the archive in our main footers and in our main navigation off of the index page. I think this is why it worked.

A few questions:

When does Google add the crawl to their index?

How do I add a black border around the main table? I want the archive to match our site.

Thanks!

[NTLDR]

Originally posted by SkuZZy
Google will ban you if you use invisible text or links. This means using text that is, in theory, "invisible". Just add a normal link to the archive. If you try and make it the same color as your background, you'll get banned

I'll take your work for it, I've never seen that anywhere, I submitted the archive URL anyway as well as my main site. Thanks for the info though

[codewebs]

I seem to have the worst luck my server load was going up to around 20, then mr. google bot decided to visit my forums what do you know, he went to my archive, the server load cept rising and the server crashed/ wenst really slow after the load past 60

[codewebs]

sorry to keep responding but my internet went down and when it came back !!

Guest Unknown Location: /archive/topic/39.html? 08:00 PM 216.239.46.82
Guest Unknown Location: /archive/topic/15.html? 08:00 PM 216.239.46.27

(google bots)

EDIT: Still going !!!

[Guidster]

Originally posted by tpearl5


I still don't understand how you did it though.. humm.. crap, time is running out.. google has been happily wondering through my site all day.

Have you went to my site to have a look and compare it to the archive? Also, send me a link to yours and I will swing by and have a peek.

www.allthingsmoto.com

[SkuZZy]

Originally posted by hamed
Is it possible to activate VB codes in archive pages?

Thanks again SkuZZy. Google and some other search eangines are having a nice time on my forums :banana: .

VB code is activated automatically... and your welcome

[SkuZZy]

Originally posted by cklaszlo
Yet a 4th day now of getting crawled! 50 Guests on our boards and they are all Google. (http://www.thrillnetwork.com/boards/online.php)

I submitted our main site, the archive and also have links to the archive in our main footers and in our main navigation off of the index page. I think this is why it worked.

A few questions:

When does Google add the crawl to their index?

How do I add a black border around the main table? I want the archive to match our site.

Thanks!

Nice job! It's good to submit your archive and add a link to it.

Google will add pages at the end of the month. The main spidering happens 5 days after the dance. The dance is when google updates all links and adds newly spidered pages. The dance this month was January 1st. So spidering happens between the 5th and 10th. All the pages spidered between the 5th and 10th will be added on the next dance, which will happen at the end of January or maybe very early febuary. So to answer your question, in about 3 weeks a ++++ load of your pages will be spidered.

On this note, i'd like to add one more thing. Not all your pages will be added to google at once. They only add a certain percentage per month to prevent spamming. I think it's like 2000 pages per month available to be added. (Each thread counts as 1 page). So about 2000 of your threads will get put in google the first month. Be patient though, the next month will get even more added!

SkuZZy

[SkuZZy]

Originally posted by NTLDR


I'll take your work for it, I've never seen that anywhere, I submitted the archive URL anyway as well as my main site. Thanks for the info though

If you really need to use a color similiar, then use one that is very light. For instance, use #111111 on a #000000 background and it will be hardly noticable. But don't make it like #000000 and #000001 .... cause even though google can't tell, if someone reports it to google you will get banned. It's up to you and the chances you want to take

BTW, I like your avatar. Is that you? Or is it one of the three sisters or whatever.