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.

[Guidster]

Originally posted by SkuZZy
Google is dancing! For those of you who installed this hack in early to mid-janary, check to see if google spidered your pages. There is a simple way to check:

1. Go to http://www2.google.com (notice the www2).

2. Type in: site:www.yoursite.com yoursite. (So for instance, I would type in "site:www.battleforums.com battleforums")

3. Check to see how many pages are listed. I notice some sites have alot of pages listed. Thrillnetwork has over 8000 pages indexed for example (not all of them from the archive).

BE SURE TO POST YOU RESULTS!

My site was only a couple of weeks old when I added this hack and got in before the last dance. Still, this hack has allowed Google to index over 300 pages of archive content and is currently deep crawling it again this month. This is great and is really going to help get my fledgling board off to the races! Thanks, Skuzzy!

Hey, Skuzzy--What is the sequence for the data at www2 to be added to the www index? Cudos for figuring all of this stuff out! I have also heard of a tool that can display the PR of a page. Is this a worthwhile thing to have and if so, where would one get it?

[kuska]

Does anyone know the dates of google dances? I had one google spider visit my forum yesterday but it did not pick up the link to my archive : \
I have the link to my archive visible but in my footer. Inktomi Slurp picked up on the link and was all over my archive forums but not Google. Any ideas?

[Guidster]

Originally posted by kuska
Does anyone know the dates of google dances? I had one google spider visit my forum yesterday but it did not pick up the link to my archive : \
I have the link to my archive visible but in my footer. Inktomi Slurp picked up on the link and was all over my archive forums but not Google. Any ideas?

This is a good sign. I saw the exact same thing earlier this month. At first they just nibble at it, then they really get after it. Watch for lots of activity in the coming days.

[NTLDR]

Seems to have worked pretty well, I think it has indexed every viewable thread by guests up till the time it spidered which is pretty good indeed

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[subduck]

This is the coolest hack ever!!!!!!!!

[John]

"The Google Dance" has indeed started - the 7 servers are currently out of sync.

Check progress here: http://www.google-dance.com/

[subduck]

lol! It looks like you guys don't need to worry about people backward links to your site! you have hundreds now!

[NTLDR]

I've just taken a look at my server stats and I've had 85 visitors come in via Google in the last 6.5 hours, thats about 14 an hour and the weekend is pretty inactive for me, this hack seems to have done a great job

[SkuZZy]

wow, i'm glad to hear all the success that everyone has had. The www2 server is what google uses to test out their new index, before they have it go "live". The test lasts 5 days and then the www server is fully updated. That is when the dance is considered "finished". Then the "big spidering" begins and it can last anywhere from 5 days to 3 weeks.

[Smoothie]

Originally posted by SkuZZy
Google is dancing! For those of you who installed this hack in early to mid-janary, check to see if google spidered your pages. There is a simple way to check:

1. Go to http://www2.google.com (notice the www2).

2. Type in: site:www.yoursite.com yoursite. (So for instance, I would type in "site:www.battleforums.com battleforums")

3. Check to see how many pages are listed. I notice some sites have alot of pages listed. Thrillnetwork has over 8000 pages indexed for example (not all of them from the archive).

BE SURE TO POST YOU RESULTS!

Results from Macfora.com;
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