Add Search Engine Optimized (SEO) Keywords & Description to each Forum

Add Search Engine Optimized Keywords & Description to each Forum
Keywords: SEO, Search, Engine, Optimization, Meta-tag, Keywords, Description, Meta, Tags

Context:
This plugin gives you the facility to add some special keywords and descriptions to each forum thus allowing you to optimize each of your forum for its relevant keywords. No need to inform you that Search Engine Optimized (SEO) keywords and description for your forums is essential to enhance your presence in search engines as well as increase your web traffic for relevant keywords.

How this Works?
http://www.sikhphilosophy.net (View the source of each forum to realise the effect of this plugin on your forums.)

Recommended Usage:
Only Text based information should be added in keywords and description for maximum results.

*** Installation Instructions: (Also attached here)
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1.     Installing the Plugin:

      Admincp > Plugin System > Manage Products
     Click: Import Product
      Browse: Your computer for downloaded file "product-forum_seo.xml" 
     After selecting the file, click Import button. 

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2.     Only Template Edit: headinclude


     i)    Edit - headinclude Template:
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        Find:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$threadinfo[title], $vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />

        Replace With:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="$foruminfo[forumdescription]. <if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$threadinfo[title] $foruminfo[title_clean]" />
        
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        Find:
            <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[title_clean], $vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="<if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />

         Replace With:
        <meta name="keywords" content="$foruminfo[forumkeywords],$threadinfo[title],$vboptions[keywords]" />
        <meta name="description" content="$foruminfo[forumdescription]. <if condition="$pagenumber>1"><phrase 1="$pagenumber">$vbphrase[page_x]</phrase>-</if>$foruminfo[description_clean]" />

And you are done with modification !!

Now, simply Go to > Forum Manager > Edit a forum > Towards the bottom you will find the fields to enter your relevant keywords and description. You can play with the template modification to suit your needs.

Enjoy !!

If you installed this plugin, please click INSTALL for future support. :devious:

Thanks

[Snake]

Of course.

[Brandon Sheley]

this is very interesting, I'll follow this hack, and thank you for coding it
I've already editing some of my templates for this exact reason.. I'll want until another vb upgrade come out and i need to revert the templates.. then I'll install this hack..

thx again, I give a vote and say this is helpful, and definitely not a harm

[high]* Brandon Sheley clicks install for later on ...lol[/high]

[Dreamchaser]

Hi Neutral Singh,

Just installed my in my vB 3.5.3 and I should say I did not get errors, everything went really smooth, thanks a lot for your plugin! Clicked Install !

Regards,
Dreamchaser

[icare]

thanks COOL

[icare]

Can you please give me example of metatag?

ANd neutral hor did you managae to get adsense uder your user name on each post?

[Neutral Singh]

ANd neutral hor did you managae to get adsense uder your user name on each post?

That is a small plugin which shows adsense on the first post of each page. Ihat plugin dynamically also shows adsence of different sizes based on the size of each thread. So if the size of the topic content is more than say 1000 characters, a bigger adsense banner is shown otherwise a smaller adsense so that adsense does not ruin the layout of my forums when the topic content is not that long. i will release this plugin soon.

[Snake]

Originally Posted by Aftermath

Yeah good it's working now but what if you DON'T want to input something in those fields? It still shoudn't supposed to say " , " or something.

Is there a fix to this yet?

[Snake]

*bump*

[Totti]

i think a simple <if $vb[forumdesc]=""><meta description="$vb[defdesc]"></if>
could do it ... cannot make it, though ...

[Snake]

What the hell are you talking about?