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".

[BadgerDog]

Now updated to v0.2 and testing ..

Regards,
Doug

[LuisManson]

do i need something special to add https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com ?

[LbR]

What a sexy name "PubSubHubBub"

[FReeSTER]

I was getting an Fatal Error after this Mod got Installed on my forum, only appear to happen when New Threads or New Post were posted in forum

Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/myfreene/public_html/forums/global.php(29) : eval()'d code on line 88

So I Disable the Mod and the forum is back to Normal.
Any Ideas how to fix this issue?

By the way im on vb4.0.8 pl2

[COL NIL SATIS]

tagged

[argothiusz]

Installed but there is no setting except for filling out the hub url o.O

[XiTCLUB]

What's New in Version 0.2?

[ForenOpfer]

Originally Posted by El Intocable

Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /home/myfreene/public_html/forums/global.php(29) : eval()'d code on line 88

Same here... What do i need to add in the only field in the settings to push an information about new posts and threads? O.o

Best Regards from Germany
ForenOpfer

[Alfa1]

Which search engines use this protocol? Only Google or more?

[Taurus1]

Looks interesting. Can I use this with vBSEO?