Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Add Search Engine Optimized Keywords & Description to each Forum

Add Search Engine Optimized Keywords & Description to each Forum
Keywords: SEO, Search, Engine, Optimization, Meta-tag, Keywords, Description, Meta, Tags

Context:
This plugin gives you the facility to add some special keywords and descriptions to each forum thus allowing you to optimize each of your forum for its relevant keywords. No need to inform you that Search Engine Optimized (SEO) keywords and description for your forums is essential to enhance your presence in search engines as well as increase your web traffic for relevant keywords.

How this Works?
http://www.sikhphilosophy.net (View the source of each forum to realise the effect of this plugin on your forums.)

Recommended Usage:
Only Text based information should be added in keywords and description for maximum results.

*** Installation Instructions: (Also attached here)
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1.     Installing the Plugin:

      Admincp > Plugin System > Manage Products
     Click: Import Product
      Browse: Your computer for downloaded file "product-forum_seo.xml" 
     After selecting the file, click Import button. 

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2.     Only Template Edit: headinclude


     i)    Edit - headinclude Template:
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        Find:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$threadinfo[title], $vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />

        Replace With:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="$foruminfo[forumdescription]. <if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />
        
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        Find:
            <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[title_clean], $vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />

         Replace With:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="$foruminfo[forumdescription]. <if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />

And you are done with modification !!

Now, simply Go to > Forum Manager > Edit a forum > Towards the bottom you will find the fields to enter your relevant keywords and description. You can play with the template modification to suit your needs.

Enjoy !!

If you installed this plugin, please click INSTALL for future support. :devious:

Thanks

[MadKad]

Originally Posted by Neutral Singh

I am using vBSEO no idea about ZOINT SEO.

Please could you answer this, then I can download

Originally Posted by MadKad

can I ask?

so if you have a good thread made on your forum you can go and give it its own keywords?

if this is the case, if you dont give them keywords do they stay standerd?

also sorry last one, do the members get access to adding keywords?

Thanks

[Gerakus]

Originally Posted by Neutral Singh

I am using vBSEO no idea about ZOINT SEO.

Does this hack works nice with vbseo?

[Snake]

Oh yes, I'm running it just great on my forums (I have even vBSEO installed too).

[mac27]

any idea why when I use this it adds the main forum keywords to the ones I input per forum. Also it adds an extra comma at the end of the keywords I input. So when it adds the forums keywords it also adds the extra comma.

Example: word, word, word,, word, word

[Roverturbo]

Originally Posted by mac27

any idea why when I use this it adds the main forum keywords to the ones I input per forum. Also it adds an extra comma at the end of the keywords I input. So when it adds the forums keywords it also adds the extra comma.

Example: word, word, word,, word, word

I had the same problem and it was because the second lot of code he tells you to add in the template is wrong.

<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="$foruminfo[forumdescription]. <if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />

->

<meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$foruminfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />
<meta name="description" content="$foruminfo[forumdescription]. <if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />

Hes was trying to display thread title when hes not in a thread.

[mac27]

thanks for pointing that out. I didn't even notice that.

[Alfa1]

Originally Posted by mac27

any idea why when I use this it adds the main forum keywords to the ones I input per forum.

Is there a way to get around this?

[Hornstar]

I have vbseo installed as well, does vbseo do this currently or not, have not got around to checking all its features out.

[X-Rated]

Good job..Thanks

[Chadi]

What is the proper way of inserting the keywords? One word per line or separated by space, commas? If per line, I guess it would be one word only per line, no phrases?