[vB] Links in Archive redirect to actual thread

[Moncal]

Does anyone know where I can find the hack that makes it so that the links in the vB archive link to the actual thread instead of an archive of it?

 

[SaN-DeeP]

http://forum.time2dine.co.nz/showthread.php?t=98

 

[Moncal]

http://forum.time2dine.co.nz/showthread.php?t=98

That link doesn't work for me.

 

[Joe]

Do you REALLY want to do this? The archive is very well optimized out of the box, much more then showthread, I personaly block spiders to showthread, and feed them my archive pages, so far, so good.

 

[Moncal]

Google won't index my threads so I was wanting to try this. Google reccomends a site map and the archive would work well as a site map.

 

[Joe]

Google won't index my threads so I was wanting to try this.

Could this be a lack of PR issue? It's hard to get a site fully indexed with low PR.

Google reccomends a site map and the archive would work well as a site map.

This is true, but a site map is not needed if the site has great navigation, and links to all the pages. The archive does this very well.

If you want your search engine referrals to land on the showthread page, make the change, you will probably get alot of new members that way; great way to build your community. If you want to make a buck of your search engine referrals, toss an ad up on the archive, and leave the archive as-is.

 

[Moncal]

Could this be a lack of PR issue? It's hard to get a site fully indexed with low PR.



This is true, but a site map is not needed if the site has great navigation, and links to all the pages. The archive does this very well.

If you want your search engine referrals to land on the showthread page, make the change, you will probably get alot of new members that way; great way to build your community. If you want to make a buck of your search engine referrals, toss an ad up on the archive, and leave the archive as-is.

My homepage and my forum index both have a PR of 2. This is as far as google will go. MSN and Yahoo have both, for the most part, fully indexed my site.
It would be cool if someone could create a sitemap hack. I've been looking for one and I haven't seen any.

 

[Clasione]

I would leave your archive as is... It's one of the most powerful features of VB...

The search engines absolutely love the archive...

 

[Moncal]

I would leave your archive as is... It's one of the most powerful features of VB...

The search engines absolutely love the archive...

Okay, I've submitted the url to Google. Maybe google will finally decide to index something.

 

[Clasione]

Get a really powerful inbound like and you'll stuff it down Googlebots throught...

 

[Moncal]

Get a really powerful inbound like and you'll stuff it down Googlebots throught...

The high ranking sites in my industry seem to be really stingy with their links...

 

[Joe]

The high ranking sites in my industry seem to be really stingy with their links...

Submit your site to directorys, there are dozens of free directorys that would be glad to list your site. You just need to take the time to submit your site.

Start here: http://www.strongestlinks.com/directories.php

Any site should beable to get a PR4 or PR5 from directory links alone. Once you get to that point, deep indexes by google and other SE's will no longer be an issue.

 

[Moncal]

Submit your site to directorys, there are dozens of free directorys that would be glad to list your site. You just need to take the time to submit your site.

Start here: http://www.strongestlinks.com/directories.php

Any site should beable to get a PR4 or PR5 from directory links alone. Once you get to that point, deep indexes by google and other SE's will no longer be an issue.

Thanks I will do this.