Go Back   vb.org Archive > vBulletin Modifications > Archive > vB.org Archives > vBulletin 3.6 > vBulletin 3.6 Add-ons
FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Reply
 
Thread Tools
vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator Details »»
vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator
Version: 2.5.0, by vBSEO vBSEO is offline
Developer Last Online: Dec 2011 Show Printable Version Email this Page

Category: Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Version: 3.6.x Rating:
Released: 04-12-2007 Last Update: 02-20-2009 Installs: 1333
Uses Plugins
Additional Files Translations  
No support by the author.


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:
Originally Posted by Google's Description of GSM
https://services.google.com/inquiry/publishertools?hl=en_US
Google Sitemaps is an easy way for you to help improve your site?s representation in the Google index. It's a collaborative crawling system that enables you to communicate directly with Google. You get a smarter crawl because you can provide Google with specific information about all your web pages, such as when a page was last modified or how frequently it changes.

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:
  • vBulletin 3.0.x, 3.5.x, 3.6.x, 3.7.x and 3.8.x
  • vBulletin Blogs 1.0.x and 2.0.x *Optional
  • vBSEO 2.x, 3.x *Optional
What does it do?

============================
  • Auto-generates a Google XML sitemap for all of your specified forum URL types (including vBulletin Blog URLs).
  • Auto-generates a Yahoo text sitemap for all of your specified forum URL types.
  • Auto-notifies Google when a new sitemap is generated.
  • Automatically sends you a summary of the sitemap generation via email each time it is created.
  • Includes only publicly accessible forums and threads.
  • Allows Google/Yahoo to find all of your forum URLs without having to spider the forum to find the links.
  • Allows Google/Yahoo to find your forum URLs without having to account for query string and/or session ID information.
  • Allows Google to give precedence to crawling your higher priority forum pages.
  • Allows Google to give precedence to crawling your forum pages that change more frequently.
  • Allows you to conserve bandwidth by more efficiently facilitating the crawling processes for GoogleBot and Yahoo Slurp.
  • Is 100% compatible with the static CRUs (Content Relevant URLs) used by vBSEO-enabled forums.
How does it work?
============================

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/.
  • Google Sitemap files are gzipped
  • Forum and thread pages are listed with pagination (i.e. all pages for each forums/thread are included in the sitemap)
  • Maximum Priority is set for Sticky threads.
  • Optimization for sitemap generation on large forums.
Automated Reporting Tool
============================

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:
  • vBulletin Admin CP (for 3.5.x/3.6.x/3.7.x/3.8.x users) OR
  • vbseo_sitemap.php configuration file (for 3.0.x users) located in the vbseo_sitemap directory in your forum root.
Once you successfully login, you will be provided with a list of 'Useful Links'. Here are the 4 main links:

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

============================
  • vBSEO Google Sitemaps plugin is copyright protected by Crawlability Inc.
  • You are free to download and install this plugin on any vBulletin forum for which you hold a valid vB license.
  • Unauthorized distribution of any code and/or documentation, whole or in part, included here is strictly prohibited.
  • In addition, the following copyright notice must be maintained.
vBSEO(TM) ? 2005-2009 Crawlability, Inc.


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
  1. Show Post
  2. Member Profiles
  3. Forum Display
  4. Poll Results
  5. Blog Entries
  6. Member Profile Albums
  7. Social Groups
  8. Social Groups Discussions
  9. Social Group Pictures
  10. Tags
  11. Blog Tags
UPDATE: Compatible with vBulletin 3.8.x. Includes the following updated settings:
  1. Priority Range - Show Post
  2. Priority Range - Member Profiles
  3. Priority Range - Forum Display
  4. Priority Range - Poll Results
  5. Priority Range - Show Thread
  6. Priority Range - Blog Entries
  7. Priority Range - Member Profile Albums
  8. Priority Range - Social Groups
  9. Priority Range - Social Group Pictures
  10. Priority Range - Tags
Fix: Social Group Discussion database error is fixed.

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.

Show Your Support

  • This modification may not be copied, reproduced or published elsewhere without author's permission.

Comments
  #772  
Old 04-01-2008, 02:40 AM
Super Jinni Super Jinni is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 437
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by iojam View Post
Super Jinni,

do you have sitemap files created in vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder?

these are the files that I found in vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder:

.htaccess
index.php
sitmap_1.xml.gz
urllist.txt.gz

does that mean my sitemap is the third one?
Reply With Quote
  #773  
Old 04-01-2008, 06:54 PM
JustAskJulie JustAskJulie is offline
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 197
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

When I tell it to create the sitemap it looks just like what Beatthecasino posted except that it says it's done and doesn't say there's an error. Then when I click "here is your google sitemap" I get a 404.
Reply With Quote
  #774  
Old 04-01-2008, 07:17 PM
JustAskJulie JustAskJulie is offline
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 197
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Just uninstalled and re-installed. not sure what was different but it seems to be working now.

Thanks.
Reply With Quote
  #775  
Old 04-01-2008, 07:19 PM
chattykathy chattykathy is offline
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 4
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

I was about to post that I was having the same problem as Super Jinni

When I clicked on the link for my site map:http://www.mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml

It said: Sitemap file not found

Then I click on "run sitemap generator" and that didn't change anything

I had to walk away for about 45 minutes and now when I login to my sitemap admin area I see a different link: http://www.mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

So maybe it just takes time?
Reply With Quote
  #776  
Old 04-01-2008, 07:56 PM
iojam's Avatar
iojam iojam is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Belarus
Posts: 690
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

beatthecasino,

if you have vBSEO product installed, try to reinstall xml product file in vB admincp.

Super Jinni,

what do you see when executing sitemap generator in browser? Looks like sitemap generation is not completed in your case.

chattykathy,

yes, depending on the number of threads/posts, it may take a while to create sitemaps.
Reply With Quote
  #777  
Old 04-02-2008, 01:48 AM
furst furst is offline
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 362
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Does this let Google know about all of the pictures in my albums (3.7)? They don't seem to be getting indexed too well.
Reply With Quote
  #778  
Old 04-02-2008, 04:47 AM
Super Jinni Super Jinni is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 437
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by iojam View Post
Super Jinni,

what do you see when executing sitemap generator in browser? Looks like sitemap generation is not completed in your case.
this is what I get when running sitemap generator:

[homepage] [3,906.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 1, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 2, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 3, total threads: 8, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 62, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 4, total threads: 4, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 5, total threads: 2, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 63, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 64, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 65, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 6, total threads: 3, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 7, total threads: 2, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 8, total threads: 8, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 9, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 52, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 53, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 54, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 55, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 57, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 58, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 59, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 60, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 61, total threads: 5, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 10, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 11, total threads: 2, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 12, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 13, total threads: 2, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 14, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 15, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 16, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 17, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 18, total threads: 3, pages: 1 [3,907.0Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 19, total threads: 10, pages: 1 [3,907.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 49, total threads: 13, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 21, total threads: 3, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 22, total threads: 5, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 20, total threads: 10, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 23, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 24, total threads: 6, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 25, total threads: 18, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 26, total threads: 16, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 50, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 27, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 28, total threads: 2, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 29, total threads: 8, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 31, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 32, total threads: 4, pages: 1 [3,907.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 33, total threads: 2, pages: 1 [3,907.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 34, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.6Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 35, total threads: 10, pages: 1 [3,907.8Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 36, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,907.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 37, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,908.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 38, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,908.2Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 39, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,908.4Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 40, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,908.5Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 41, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [3,908.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 42, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,908.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 43, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,909.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 44, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,909.3Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 47, total threads: 3, pages: 1 [3,909.5Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 46, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,909.7Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 51, total threads: 1, pages: 1 [3,909.9Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[forumdisplay] forum_id: 45, total threads: 0, pages: 1 [3,910.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread [3,910.1Kb mem used] [0s (+0s)]
[archive homepage] [4,135.2Kb mem used] [1s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] forumdisplay archived [4,135.3Kb mem used] [1s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] showthread archived [4,157.7Kb mem used] [1s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] member [4,233.3Kb mem used] [1s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] polls [4,241.5Kb mem used] [1s (+0s)]
[SECTION START] blogs [4,241.5Kb mem used] [1s (+0s)]



so what's the problem?
Reply With Quote
  #779  
Old 04-02-2008, 01:05 PM
iojam's Avatar
iojam iojam is offline
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Belarus
Posts: 690
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

furst,

only stock vB URLs are included by default (showthread/showpost/forumsdisplay/member).

Super Jinni,

try to disable "Include Blog URLs" option.
Reply With Quote
  #780  
Old 04-03-2008, 12:47 AM
Super Jinni Super Jinni is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 437
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by iojam View Post
Super Jinni,

try to disable "Include Blog URLs" option.

I did.
still nothing...
Reply With Quote
  #781  
Old 04-03-2008, 07:19 AM
rule0 rule0 is offline
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 55
Благодарил(а): 0 раз(а)
Поблагодарили: 0 раз(а) в 0 сообщениях
Default

i'm havnig similar problem with jinni

i first tried to create sitemap with default options and ended up with 63mb file and i guess it was still incomplete. (when i download the files and check inside, uncompressed sitemap file was shoing 2gb size)

so i tried to remove all but "Include forum display pages" but it still generates huge files and never finishes.
I was migrated from phpbb to vbulletin last week. vbseo works fine.

any idea what may cause this problem?
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 06:00 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.12 by vBS
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
  • Page Generation 0.06323 seconds
  • Memory Usage 2,345KB
  • Queries Executed 25 (?)
More Information
Template Usage:
  • (1)SHOWTHREAD
  • (1)ad_footer_end
  • (1)ad_footer_start
  • (1)ad_header_end
  • (1)ad_header_logo
  • (1)ad_navbar_below
  • (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr
  • (4)bbcode_quote
  • (1)footer
  • (1)forumjump
  • (1)forumrules
  • (1)gobutton
  • (1)header
  • (1)headinclude
  • (1)modsystem_post
  • (1)navbar
  • (6)navbar_link
  • (120)option
  • (1)pagenav
  • (1)pagenav_curpage
  • (4)pagenav_pagelink
  • (3)pagenav_pagelinkrel
  • (11)post_thanks_box
  • (11)post_thanks_button
  • (1)post_thanks_javascript
  • (1)post_thanks_navbar_search
  • (11)post_thanks_postbit_info
  • (10)postbit
  • (11)postbit_onlinestatus
  • (11)postbit_wrapper
  • (1)spacer_close
  • (1)spacer_open
  • (1)tagbit_wrapper 

Phrase Groups Available:
  • global
  • inlinemod
  • postbit
  • posting
  • reputationlevel
  • showthread
Included Files:
  • ./showthread.php
  • ./global.php
  • ./includes/init.php
  • ./includes/class_core.php
  • ./includes/config.php
  • ./includes/functions.php
  • ./includes/class_hook.php
  • ./includes/modsystem_functions.php
  • ./includes/functions_bigthree.php
  • ./includes/class_postbit.php
  • ./includes/class_bbcode.php
  • ./includes/functions_reputation.php
  • ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php 

Hooks Called:
  • init_startup
  • init_startup_session_setup_start
  • init_startup_session_setup_complete
  • cache_permissions
  • fetch_threadinfo_query
  • fetch_threadinfo
  • fetch_foruminfo
  • style_fetch
  • cache_templates
  • global_start
  • parse_templates
  • global_setup_complete
  • showthread_start
  • showthread_getinfo
  • forumjump
  • showthread_post_start
  • showthread_query_postids
  • showthread_query
  • bbcode_fetch_tags
  • bbcode_create
  • showthread_postbit_create
  • postbit_factory
  • postbit_display_start
  • post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start
  • post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end
  • post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start
  • post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end
  • post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start
  • post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end
  • fetch_musername
  • postbit_imicons
  • bbcode_parse_start
  • bbcode_parse_complete_precache
  • bbcode_parse_complete
  • postbit_display_complete
  • post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start
  • pagenav_page
  • pagenav_complete
  • tag_fetchbit_complete
  • forumrules
  • navbits
  • navbits_complete
  • showthread_complete