Version: , by Overgrow
Developer Last Online: Jun 2004
Version: 2.0.x
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Released: 04-29-2001
Last Update: Never
Installs: 53
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I am tired of my 200,000 posts not being listed in Google. I was inspired by phpbuilder.com this morning and I wrote:
vbSpiderFriend - the search engine indexer for all of your posts
Purpose: Allow search engine spiders to crawl a linked list of all of your posts.
Project Requirements:
-Friendly URLs (no query strings)
-Good dynamic meta tags
-Never have to touch the script again.. It is Y3K compliant, simply re-submit to the engines to update your listings
Install Requirements:
-vBulletin 1.x or 2.x
-about 10 minutes
1) Download the attached Zip.
2) Open class.mysql.php and put your database login info at the top.
3) Create a new directory called archive under your forum, like /forum/archive
4) Open the included .htaccess and change the Error 404 to your new archive path.
5) Open index.php and change the self-explanatory variables at the top of the file.
6) Upload all 3 files to your archive directory.
7) Submit /forum/archive/index.php to search engines and watch em crawl
DISCLAIMER: I don't use 2.x but I checked the schema and this should work fine.
NOTES: This uses ErrorDocument and query string parsing to get the variables needed. I do not have the time or energy to troubleshoot this if it does not work on your server. Sorry!
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After reading that the forwarding-mechanism I'm using would be considered 'cloaking' by Google, I have now uploaded a new version which initially starts with the auto-refresh turned off. If you wish to have it turned on, simply enable $refresh=1;
Also incorporated robertussss' idea since we're no longer auto-refreshing.
Streicher: Sorry I have no idea on your problem-- you are the only one who has reported this and I cannot duplicate it.
The first thing that I will ask you to do is to restore the footer as it was with my name, copyright, and link to Overgrow. I ask nothing from you when I give out my code except that you leave the footer/links intact-- it says so at the top of the file:
** Free License: YOU MUST LEAVE THE FOOTER INTACT **
Restore that and then we can work see about the problem. Thanks.
Originally posted by Overgrow After reading that the forwarding-mechanism I'm using would be considered 'cloaking' by Google, I have now uploaded a new version which initially starts with the auto-refresh turned off. If you wish to have it turned on, simply enable $refresh=1;
Also incorporated robertussss' idea since we're no longer auto-refreshing.
Streicher: Sorry I have no idea on your problem-- you are the only one who has reported this and I cannot duplicate it.
well i only have the original released you made installed... so what's with the cloaking ?
The cloaking applies to 1.0b so if you have the original you can leave it as is. Cloaking refers to giving the spider a different page than you give the user-- no matter how well intentioned you are-- it is a bannable offense on google.
It was a nice idea for a feature but should not have been included as the default, so now it is an option.
I would upgrade to the latest simply because it provides a better link at the top, but there's no real need.
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05-21-2001, 01:37 PM
I have no idea on your problem-- you are the only one who has reported this and I cannot duplicate it.
