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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.

Code:

*** Installation Instructions: (Also attached here)
*** -------------------------

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:
        **********************************************************************

        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]" />
        
        **********************************************************************

        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

SaN-DeeP · #52 05-17-2006, 08:01 PM

We had same setup done on 3.x series

Snake · #53 05-18-2006, 09:59 PM

OK dunno if this is a bug or not but here's how my current content tag looks like.

Quote:

How do I get rid of the first one "Site News & Updates"? Is it because I am using vBSEO? I really don't know. Also how do I add an extra space right next to "Updates" so it'll look like this:

Quote:

News, Updates, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony,

Neutral Singh · #54 05-19-2006, 02:29 PM

Quote:

OK dunno if this is a bug or not but here's how my current content tag looks like.

<meta name="keywords" content="Site News & Updates,Site News and Updates, Site News & Updates, Site News Updates, Site News, Site Updates, Site, News, Updates,Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Bone Thugs, Bone Thug, BTNH, Bizzy Bone, Bizzy, Flesh-N-Bone, Flesh N Bone, Flesh, Krayzie Bone, Krayzie, Layzie Bone, Layzie, Wish Bone, Wish, Ruthless Records, Ruthless, Eazy-E, Eazy E, Sony, Forums, Boards, Message Boards, Community, Discussion, Biography, Media, Official, News, Information, Download, Gallery, Album, Lyrics" />

How do I get rid of the first one "Site News & Updates"? Is it because I am using vBSEO? I really don't know.

Yes thats right. You would have to disable both vbseo options under "Dynamic META TAGS."

Quote:

Also how do I add an extra space right next to "Updates" so it'll look like this:

News, Updates, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony,

well, i think for that you would have to edit that particular forum in Forum Manager and edit the metatags added by you manually and correct the entry yourself. That should rectify the error. Hope this helps.

Regards

Snake · #55 05-19-2006, 07:03 PM

Excellent that worked but when I add an extra space at the end of "Updates", then check back in the Forum Manager field, the extra space that I have inserted has been automatically removed by itself. Dunno why and how but that's weird.

How can I sort this out?

Neutral Singh · #56 05-21-2006, 02:32 AM

Ha Ha the gr8 vBSEO again... try disabling another vbseo option which removes all the unwanted html from the forum pages, this should do the trick for you... but it hardly matters for your forum's SEO. Search engines do consider "," as a sufficient break in words, so you dont have to worry about putting that extra space after comma at all.

utw-Mephisto · #57 05-21-2006, 04:20 AM

lol .. keep disabling vbseo to run this plugin 100% ...

no offence, it sounds nice, but I guess if you got vbseo installed you don't really need this hack ..

Neutral Singh · #58 05-22-2006, 03:36 PM

I know vbseo is a gr8 product and my forums have really profited from it but No Offence!! You Still Need My Plugin!!

The disabling i suggested are the only things which you need to disable nothing more.

Just have a look at the following my thread on vbseo.com which inspired me to create this plugin....

--> Optimizing Meta Tags in Description using vBSEO

Enjoy!!

letsjoy · #59 07-28-2006, 04:44 PM

nice one

Neutral Singh · #60 08-02-2006, 01:27 AM

I havn't tested it but is this plugin working with vB3.6 ?

Snake · #61 08-06-2006, 01:29 PM

I thought you were the author of this hack.

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