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.

[Xenon]

not?

will see what i can do for you soon

[Javazoid]

Everyone is getting archived but me! what am i doing wrong, http://www.wcgateway.com/forums/archive and i submitted to google have links on my main page and forums to it. what am i doing wrong!?!?

also where do i go to submit to inktomi? does it cost money?

[codewebs]

you probly will eventually, i cant tell why you havnt :-/

[kuska]

Javazoid have patience. I waited 4 EVER !!! (3-4 weeks)
To deal with the pressure just imagine you never installed the hack and go about your normal buisness And one day ... WHAM !!! You will be swormed with robots

[Xenon]

Originally posted by Javazoid
also where do i go to submit to inktomi? does it cost money?

i never invited them, just one day there was an inktomi crawler..

[cklaszlo]

@ SkuZZy --- Did you get my email?

Googlebot is going nuts. Most of our traffic is now comming from Google searches and users finding us via the archive. One reason I don't want to place too many pop-ups on the archive. Now here is the question of the day, and this might not be the right place, but, how do we convert guests into registered users?

[FlyBoy73]

Google just showed up on my site last night and has aprox 42-65 spiders running since that time. THANK YOU SKUZZY!!!!!!!!

[FlyBoy73]

What is the maximum number of spiders you usually see with Google? Inktomi blasted up to around 125 spiders.. I have about 50 on my site right now.

[FlyBoy73]

Originally posted by TECK
Is obvious you are in the competition of having people installing your hack, I was expecting to see a reaction like that from you.
You are the person who's wrong thinking that I care people will install your hack and not mines, heh... is funny.

I've kept quiet about this for some time but after these comments I am going to speak. Throughout this thread you have interjected yourself, Tech. On no other hack discussion have I seen someone with a "competing" (similar) hack visit the others thread so much and make comments such as the ones that you have made on numerous occasions - arguing against SkuZZy's info in regards to Google.com inclusion, etc. Maybe your hack works and looks pretty.. Good.. Whatever.. But, keep it out of this thread.. That is just rude.
As for your differing opinion on Google. I did go over to searchengineforums and read, read, read and then post. It seems that SkuZZy is right on the money with what he has been saying.

[bromyaur]

installed and clicked install

thanks for the great hack, wish I found it earlier

http://www.graphicsteck.ca/vb/archive/

now to make it look pretty lol and get the proper links from my forum