Comments on: How To: SEO a Forum

By: Writing Meta Content For Large Websites | EggRage.co.uk

Writing Meta Content For Large Websites | EggRage.co.uk — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:26:18 +0000

[...] task, and one that I don’t take to enthusiastically. But it has to be done, I’ve spoken previously about the importance of meta content and it really is a fundamental aspect of any SEO [...]

By: John

John — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:08:39 +0000

Let’s get acquainted indeed! :)

By: expalse

expalse — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:59:02 +0000

I am newboy on http://www.eggrage.co.uk .Let’s gets acquainted!

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:53:22 +0000

Thanks Quimp!! Should be fixed now!

By: Quimp

Quimp — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:43:49 +0000

Just so you know, the link applied to the Digital Designer forum image is incorrect. *Goes back to optimizing his forum weeeeee*

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Getting Into DMoz - An Insight from a DMoz Editor | Featured — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:32:20 +0000

[...] 1st, 2008 – I logged into the Digital Designer Forum mentioned previously in my post about how to SEO a forum, to find that in a thread about submitting your site to DMoz, a new user named Eric-the-Bun had [...]

By: NewssyLee

NewssyLee — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:06:14 +0000

Thanks to you

By: John

John — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:08:55 +0000

And that Cabby, is what we call ‘linkbait’ ;)

Its a cunning trick that lures people in under false pretences just for the possibility that they might actually see/read something that they like anyway and keep coming back!

By: Cabby

Cabby — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:04:47 +0000

You know I read at problogger a comment you made. It was about that the only reason why you kept blogging was because hordes of gorgeous women left their pictures here. So I clicked, out of curiosity :( (I didn’t came here to perv, I am not into women)

By: John

John — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:07:01 +0000

Hi Ben!
Thanks for the comment! Hope you’ve subscribed to the feed and keep coming back – it’s the best way for me to figure out what people want to hear about :)

Completely agree with you about these being default features, wordpress has really done the job well with its permalink system and .htaccess file self-update system, I’m not sure why these guys haven’t done the same. I was doing a bit of research this week and it seems that the phpbb3 developers have been getting quite a lot of flack for not including as many features as their competitors (IPB and VB) – and their defense was that their competitors are bloated in terms of size and function and they’re trying to keep phpbb slick and quick…. but when I look at my databases phpbb3.2 and drupal 6.2 are the exact same size! And Drupal is a complete conctent management and creation application INCLUDING a forum! – So not quite sure what their reasoning there is really.

I could be being stupid, but I can’t see the underscore? You’re right about the closing bracket though I’ll do that now! :)

[edit] also found the missing dot! that must’ve been what you meant with the underscore, I get it now! :)

By: Quimp

Quimp — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:03:52 +0000

Hey there egg, what’s cooking? Let me guess! :P

Another awesome post! Your blog has become a very valuable source of information. You’ve earned my eternal respect.

I love PhpBB3, but these SEO tips keep me wondering why the PhpBB development team doesn’t use these techniques by default. It seems appropriate to implant these, or at leasts the URL scheme and title tags.

Oh, and PHP Wizard to the rescue. It seems you’re missing a dot between deals and the products (the underscore should be replaced with a .) : “deals! ‘ _ $ProductName”. The second code snippet leaves a bracket opens. Although you can do that in PHP, it will have to be closed after. (My example didn’t show up! Get in touch with me if you’re curious hehe) But I don’t think that’s what you’re trying to achieve, so better close it before closing the PHP tag!

Have a nice day!