A suggestion for vBSEO configuration

[kevin_stevens]

Originally Posted by GreenMissile

I noticed the vBSEO configuration shows the title of the forum in the thread URL. While good from a member perspective, if you look at the URL and it shows you which forum you're in, it can be bad from a SEO perspective because if a thread move happens after it's been crawled, the URL that the search engine has indexed is incorrect. It doesn't happen often, but it leaves dead links from search engines and may be frustrating, or dissatisfying from a potential member aspect, and could cause them to disregard the site and continue on to a competitive site, versus registering here.

I would personally set the thread URLs to: [thread_id]-[thread_title].html
instead of the current: [forum_title]/[thread_id]-[thread_title].html

That way, if a thread is moved about the site, from forum to forum, the URL is absolute, so it never changes either here, or with Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.

Great site, otherwise!

I'd prefer that the site be optimized for the ACTUAL members using it, not the POTENTIAL members that might decide to.

Just one contrarian view.

KeS

[GreenMissile]

I understand 100%. This honestly doesn't affect site function from a member perspective, unless you look at the thread URL to see which forum the thread is in. I'm all for making life easier for everyone involved and with a relatively new site that's still growing, I'd just hate to have it find obstacles along the way. I'm trying to grow a site of my own, so I know it's pretty damn hard to build traffic.

[Sparky]

Originally Posted by acalliste

Haha.. no, you'd just fit right in. I've lost count of the number of times I've been told to get back to the kitchen.

Speaking of that, who let you out of the kitchen? Now strip, put on an apron, and bake me some damn cookies!!!!

[Builtgypsy]

Originally Posted by Sparky

Now strip, put on an apron, and bake me some damn cookies!!!!

Oooookay, but remember: you asked for it.

[acalliste]

Great, now I have to add NWS & NMS to the thread title.

[bzb]

Ooh, look at the buns on that one...

Yeah, he must work out.

[Alawicious]

This thread just went downhill

[bumblebee]

Originally Posted by Alawicious

This thread just went downhill

That's what happens when you let the wimmens out of the kitchen for any reason except laundry...