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vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator for vBulletin 3.6.x, 3.5.x & 3.0.x
Developer Last Online: Dec 2011
vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator - vBulletin 3.5.x Download vB 3.8.x Compatible Version Here Download vB 3.7.x Compatible Version Here Download vB 3.6.x Compatible Version Here Download vB 3.0.x Compatible Version Here Note: Version 2.5 replaces all previous versions of the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator, and now includes support for all the new URL types in vBulletin 3.8.x. Overview ============================ Providing Google, Yahoo, Ask sitemaps is an essential step towards improving your forums. The "vBSEO Google Sitemaps" plugin provides a solution that allows your forum to be indexed by the Google (and also Yahoo and Ask) search engines faster, more completely, more effectively, and with less bandwidth consumption. The ultimate goal is to help you achieve more web traffic for your forum. Quote:
Note: This plugin is fully compliant with vBSEO 3.x version. The current version is vBSEO 3.2. However, if you are running vBSEO, please upgrade to vBSEO 3.2 or greater before installing. Compatibility ============================ Fully compatible with:
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============================ Whenever it is scheduled or invoked via the URL, this plugin will generate both the Google XML formatted and the Yahoo text formatted sitemaps. If you selected "Yes" to the Google auto-notification setting, Google will be notified each time the sitemap is generated. The Yahoo sitemap must be manually submitted to http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request/.
============================ The vBSEO Sitemap includes a report tool, allowing you to track your progress. To access your reports enter the following URL: http://www.example.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/ NOTE: Replace "http://www.example.com/forums/" with the full URL to your vB forum root. You will be required to login by providing your "Sitemap Interface Access Password" from your vBSEO Sitemap settings in:
Show Reports List The 'Show Reports List' link will display a report of each time your vBSEO Sitemap generator executed, including the (1) date, (2) run time, (3) total URLs included, and (4) and change in # of URLs included from the last generation. Each vBSEO Sitemap generation record will include a (1) "View details" and (2) "Remove record" link. The "View Details" link shows more detailed information about the sitemap generated. The "Remove record" will permanently delete the record from your reports. Show Sitemap Downloads Log The 'Show Sitemap Downloads Log' link will display a report of each time your vBSEO Sitemap was downloaded by either a search engine (GoogleBot or Yahoo) or by another user agent (i.e. Web browser, etc.). The report includes the (1) date, (2) name of sitemap file downloaded, (3) Bot, (4) IP address of the downloader, and the (5) User-agent. Each vBSEO Sitemap download record will include a "Remove record" link which will permanently delete the record from your reports. Run Sitemap Generator The 'Run Sitemap Generator' link will automatically regenerate your Google and Yahoo sitemaps. Your Forums Homepage The 'Your Forums Homepage' link is a quick link back to your forum homepage. Additional Links Additional links to various other related SEO resources are also included. Click "Install" ============================ Please click "Install" to show your support for this script. Installation & Configuration for vB 3.5.x, 3.6.x, 3.7.x and 3.8.x as a Plugin ============================ Follow the installation/upgrade instructions provided in the docs/readme.html file. Google Webmaster Accounts ============================ It is NOT required for you to have a Google Webmaster account to run the vBulletin Google Sitemaps plugin. If you decide to setup an account for testing purposes you can do so here: http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login?sourceid=gsm&subid=us-et-about2 Copyright & Licensing ============================
Revision History ============================ 02/22/2009 - Version 2.5 Released NEW FEATURE: Blog tags URLs are included. NEW FEATURE: Social Group Discussion URLs are included. NEW FEATURE: Smart Priority applied for the following URL types
Upgrade Instructions ============================ (1) Follow the installation/upgrade instructions provided in the docs/readme.html file. (2) For versions of vBulletin 3.6.x only: Open "Schedule Manager" in the vBulletin Admin Control Panel (admincp); Remove existing scheduled task for Sitemap Generator if you have one. Note: The new task will be automatically setup when you import the XML product file. Other vBSEO Plugins ============================vBSEO Affiliate Program ============================ We welcome you to join the vBSEO Affiliate Program. Supporters / CoAuthors Show Your Support
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I submitted my sitemap url to google and when I went to check it's progress the next day, it said it had a 'general http error'? Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
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I highly recommend switching "yourdomain.com" to "example.com" as per the RFC documentation in your first post.
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iojam thank you for this great work..
I was wondering some of things about this hack.. My site stats as follows, VB:3.5.1 Threads: 82,388, Posts: 1,320,020, Members: 139,435 Google PR: 5 Indexed Pages in Google: 500.000 (not included members) (Once we update to vb 3.5, google has become more friendly) If I install this hack, Is it going to increase server load? Estimatedly, how many pages would this help to be cached daily? After this, are robots just going to visit the site maps? Is it going to help earnng outbound links? If the qestions so silly, please excuse me for my limited seo knowledge.. |
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turkforum,
googlebot downloads your sitemap file(s) shortly after the submission. As for crawling/indexing of the pages included into sitemap, Google doesn't guarantee this (and of course we don't either ). From Google Sitemaps FAQ: Quote:
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Are we talking about two different things? A vbseo Google sitemap, and vbseo rewrites.
A Google sitemap certainly helps Google to find your threads, and so can decrease your server load, as you are directing Google to visit specific pages more or less often. The sitemap is generated as often as you request it - either by cron, scheduled tasks or manually. There is only server load created at that instant. (Once we update to vb 3.5, google has become more friendly) - yes, vb3.5 included many seo orientated changes, a lot of which were at my instigation. But vbulletin didnt finish the job. vbseo rewrites plus some onpage optimization, plus getting suffucient links - gives what I consider a completed seo of a forum. Is it going to increase server load? -vbseo rewrites does increase server load, and on some servers and large forums this has been an issue. But with large forums some rewrites can be turned off, and tweaks made to get load to acceptable levels. Estimatedly, how many pages would this help to be cached daily? - never any gaurantees about anything. But when you have clean url's, no duplicates, etc at least Google/yahoo are given the opportunity to find url's easier. After this, are robots just going to visit the site maps? Google uses the sitemaps as a url list to then visit the actual url's. It also spiders url's that are not on the sitemaps, url's that it finds via normal spidering around the web. Is it going to help earnng outbound links? - if your pages are able to be found on Google/Yahoo, then you are more likely to get people linking to you. So sitemaps will help pages get cached faster, and if they are seo'ed well etc then they should rank well... |
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I installed the hack, clicked install. Thanks.
Now, it is yet to be seen how it helps the forum. How can we measure the results and see if the sitemap is really working? regards, aaron |
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Hi Oleg -
Is the spider log coming soon? |
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caliman,
it is ready in a new vBSEO Sitemap Generator v1.3 Quote:
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Yeah great, now the spider log is working. Thanks for your update.
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