Forum SEO

[135791]

whats the best way to make my forum better for bots etc

is having it show it shows threads as

showthread.php?t=133809 better or worse than having it thread7741.html if you no what i mean?

do drop down menus etc limit how a bot can move on my forum?

 

[Ringr]

I don't think either one of those "showthread.php?t=133809" or "thread7741.html" would be better. I think the best would be like "topic-title-here.html" but I doubt if that's possible on any forum software.

I don't think dropdowns would make a bot any less efficient in this day and age, don't worry the bot developers have thought of things like that already. But I still think a typical hyperlink is still the best way.

Good luck,
-Andy

 

[Kate]

You can use mod_rewrite to produce SEO-friendly URLs

 

[135791]

i found a few mods to use on the site that might help

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=91324&page=1

anything else to help forum?

 

[dvduval]

How about pointing some external links to your archive section, as well as other sections of your site besides the homepage.

 

[135791]

what do you mean by external links to the archive?

also what other pages could i add?

 

[bentong]

remove sessions ID's

 

[135791]

erm how?, explain?