Compatibility
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Fully compatible with:
* vBulletin 3.8.x, 4.0.x, 4.1.x
* vBulletin Blogs *Optional
* vBulletin CMS *Optional
* vBSEO 3.5.2 + higher *Optional
What does it do?
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* Auto-generates an XML sitemap for all of your specified forum URL types (including vBulletin Blog & CMS URLs).
* NEW! Groups forum areas into individual sitemaps grouped by section type for greater flexibility, for example:
o sitemap_forum_X.xml.gz
o sitemap_tags_X.xml.gz
o sitemap_cms_X.xml.gz
* Auto-notifies Search Engines when a new sitemap is generated (optional)
* Automatically sends you a summary of the sitemap generation via email each time it is created (optional)
* Includes only publicly accessible forums and threads and includes the option of not including any specific public forums
* Allows Search Engines to find all of your forum URLs without having to spider the forum to find the links. Great for Deep Page linking!
* Allows Search Engines to find your forum URLs without having to account for query string and/or session ID information.
* Allows Search Engines to give precedence to crawling your higher priority forum pages.
* Allows Search Engines 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, Yahoo Slurp, Ask's Teoma, Bing's msnbot, and other search engine bots.
* Is 100% compatible with the static CRUs (Content Relevant URLs) used by vBSEO-enabled forums.
* Is 100% compatible with the 'Friendly URLs' offered default with vb4.x.
How does it work?
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Whenever it is scheduled or invoked via the URL, this plugin will generate an XML formatted that search engines are able to read and parse. If you selected "Yes" to the Auto-notification setting, The 4 major search engines will be notified each time the sitemap is generated.
* Google Sitemap files are gzipped for space savings
* 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.
You will be required to login by providing your "Sitemap Interface Access Password" from your vBSEO Sitemap settings in:
* vBulletin Admin CP -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Settings
Once you successfully login, you will see a number of tabs. Here are the 4 main links:
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.
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 (Identified by the Bot's name) 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.
Search Engine Bots Activity Log
Use it to track Search engine activity on your sitemaps. This area displays how often, and what volume of pages search engines visit your site on a daily basis.
Run Generator
The 'Run Sitemap Generator' link will automatically regenerate your vBSEO Search Engine XML Site sitemaps.
Additional Links
Additional links to various other related Search Engine/SEO resources are also included.
Click "Install"
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Please click "Mark as Installed" to show your support for this script.
Installation, Upgrade, & Configuration
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Follow the installation/upgrade instructions provided in the docs/readme.html file.
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