Board Optimization - PubSubHubBub for vBulletin 4.x - Realtime Indexation of New Threads!

PubSubHubBub for vB 4.x.x

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About PubSubHubBub (PuSH):
PubSubHubBub is a new protocol for realtime indexation of webpages. It works by pushing new content to a distributed network of PuSH compatible servers, rather than relying on a crawler hitting the board to find new content.


Is it similar to Ping-o-Matic?:
Similar yes, but PuSH works in a slightly different way, and is getting some heavyweight support from big players like wordpress who have included it on every wp.com blog.


Where can I learn More about PubSubHubBub?:
Try the official google documentation for full information.
Alternatively, watch this video by google.


How do I install it?
Simple, upload the files in the upload.zip to your forum root, and import the enclosed XML in the adminCP where you would normally import products.


A Word about Copyright:
The file push.php is NOT my copyright, it is infact copyright of InternetBrands Inc (the owners of vBulletin). It is mentioned in the file itself that it is not my copyright, and it is ONLY FOR USE BY ACTIVE LICENSE HOLDERS. I am distributing this with consent of both vBulletin and InternetBrands (see the next section for more details)


The History of This Plugin:
Its a plugin I was never going to release publicly, I use it on my seo forum and was quite happy leaving it at that. I experienced a measurable increase in spider activity, and time to indexing after getting it working for the first time.

However - D.Bradley @ Internet Brands got in touch and asked me to release it for the community.

I would also like to thank Fabian Schonholz of vBulletin.com for reviewing it and allowing the re-publication of the copyrighted material within push.php
- without those two people evangelising this plugin, I would not have released it publicly.


How do I tell if its working?
Thats proving to be a bit of a problem, the only testing tool that Im aware of for PuSH hasnt been giving stable results for the last few weeks, and other PuSH clients like the ones within wordpress.com blogs are also giving inconsistant results. I am however in touch with google who are reviewing the plugin.

In the meantime, I suggest you install the plugin, and keep an eye on two factors, 1) spider activity in google webmaster tools, and 2) time to indexation of new threads (by manual checks for now). As soon as I get some joy back from them I will update this post.


Can I remove the powered by.... accreditation link?
No. Doing so invalidates the license by which I am distributing this software.

If you must use a version without the accreditation link, I am selling this plugin in a GOLD version for just ?10 over at my plugin shop: http://seoforums.org/cart.php.

Please note, if you are using the GOLD version, you still need an active vb license to download the push.php file, which is only available on this page at vb.org.


A Word About Support:
I sometimes go a few weeks or more without coming back to vb.org so the best place to get in touch is either on http://twitter.com/seoforumsorg or on http://seoforums.org - and PM me on "MOGmartin".

[saadessa]

installed iam going to test on my site thank you

[BadgerDog]

Installed for testing ... thank you ..

Questions:

As a Google Adsense publisher for both content and custom search engine (searches only our site internall), I assume this doesn't conflict with or violate any of our agreements with Google that could jeopardize our account with them and get us canceled?

Also, will see any improvement in how quickly new threads posted on our site appear in our Google custom search engine?

Finally, do I need to do this action below to get the benefits of this add-on and if so, sorry for my ignorance, but I don't understand this vernacular to know what to fill in for the answers?

Send an POST request to http://vbulletin.superfeedr.com, with the following params :

* hub.mode : subscribe or unsubscribe
* hub.verify : sync or async
* hub.callback : http://domain.tld/your/callback
* hub.topic : http//feed.you.want.to/subscribe/to

Regards,
Doug

[SuperTaz]

Will this conflict with vBSEO software?

[MOGmartin]

Originally Posted by saadessa

installed iam going to test on my site thank you

That setting is there to manually add new hubs to be used when threads are published. You dont need to change anything though as its pre-configured to work.

[MOGmartin]

Originally Posted by saadessa

installed iam going to test on my site thank you

I would REALLY appreciate people's feedback on this plugin, yours and anyone else who installs it. Personally Ive seen great results, but I really want other people's evidence as well.

thanks!

[MOGmartin]

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

Installed for testing ... thank you ..

Questions:

As a Google Adsense publisher for both content and custom search engine (searches only our site internall), I assume this doesn't conflict with or violate any of our agreements with Google that could jeopardize our account with them and get us canceled?

Absolutely not, PubSubHubBub is a google supported indexation protocol, nothing more - it has zero impact on adsense etc.

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

Also, will see any improvement in how quickly new threads posted on our site appear in our Google custom search engine?

Hmmmmm.... that is a fantastic question.

I dont know if google CSE is rigged up to PuSH yet, a lot of google services are - but not all (this is a pretty new protocol after all). I will do some research of my own and see what the status is. Thanks for asking, its a valid point!

Originally Posted by BadgerDog

Finally, do I need to do this action below to get the benefits of this add-on and if so, sorry for my ignorance, but I don't understand this vernacular to know what to fill in for the answers?

Send an POST request to http://vbulletin.superfeedr.com, with the following params :

* hub.mode : subscribe or unsubscribe
* hub.verify : sync or async
* hub.callback : http://domain.tld/your/callback
* hub.topic : http//feed.you.want.to/subscribe/to

Regards,
Doug

No, you dont need to worry about any of those instructions, thats handled internally.

cheers
martin

[BadgerDog]

Thank you Martin ...

You've been very helpful... :up:

I'm up live and running with it, so I'll provide feedback (pro or con) once I have some valid observations to give you.

Regards,
Doug

[Alfa1]

Could you please release a vb3.8 version?

[MOGmartin]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Could you please release a vb3.8 version?

Im about to release a new revised version in 20 minutes, but I dont have a 3.x board (I moved onto 4 immediately after its gold release).

When Ive got the new version uploaded (v0.2) give it a shot on your board and see if it installs.
If its working correctly you will see the rel hub vbulletin.superfeedr.com in your header meta tags.

thanks

MOGmartin

[MOGmartin]

Originally Posted by Alfa1

Could you please release a vb3.8 version?

Ive just uploaded a new version, but havent got a 3.x board to test it on.

If you are confident enough with vB, please give it a try, but I cant guarantee it will work, nor if it will install - its been over a year since I used vb3....

Please let me know how it goes, if it installs I will release it for vb3 as well.

thanks

Martin