DB SEO Questions

I know virtually nothing about the world of SEO so what I'd like to know is:

1. If I install it and leave all the settings at default will it do it's job properly, or will I have to configure some things?

2. What, exactly, will this do for the forum?

gajinoz said:

1. If I install it and leave all the settings at default will it do it's job properly, or will I have to configure some things?

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The only thing you'll need to configure is the Sitemap generation, the ./store_sitemap folder will need CHMOD 0777 and the automatic sitemap generation turned on. Everything else can be left at default and it'll work perfectly

gajinoz said:

2. What, exactly, will this do for the forum?

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You notice the URL to this thread looks quite a bit fancier than showthread.php?t=16514 ? Essentially, that. It lets search engines and users browse your content in a much more organic fashion, which helps increase search engine discoverability as well as user friendliness as users can see the topic title in the actual URL itself

OK, I'll stick the lite version in there and, if all goes well, I'll go pro.

Thanks.

Hmmmmm... I was reading the instructions in the readme file and came across this:

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3. Edit your .htaccess file and -EITHER- replace all instances of "vbseo" with "dbseo" -OR- add the following to your .htaccess file:




RewriteEngine On


# If you are having problem with "None Could Be Negotiated" errors in Apache, uncomment this to turn off


MultiViews
# Options -


MultiViews


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|dbseocp/|modcp/|cron|mobiquo|forumrunner|api\.php|reviewpost/|classifieds/|photopost/)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ dbseo.php [L,QSA]


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond


%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|dbseocp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images|reviewpost|classifieds|photopost)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ dbseo.php [L,QSA]


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I stared at it so long my coffee went cold.

I'm not touching any of that, I think I'll just go pro and get the installation option. You guys can work all that stuff out and make it work on my forum.

We can absolutely do that

I'll also make sure to configure the sitemap to run automatically, and via the DBSEO Control Panel you'll be able to see how many times your sitemaps have been accessed and how many spiders have visited your content

OK, DBSEO and Pro installation paid for via Paypal.

Same details as for last install.

Thanks.