Dani,


Perhaps you should edit the old thread/tutorial to point to the new one, as it's definitely more complete. Having several threads that talk about the same thing (with different instructions) is confusing.

just my 0.02,

-k

That's just a wee bit unfair as post 204 does point you towards the lastest version.

I did all of these, but still got errors.

the links of the forums changed to name of the forums,( ex. site.com/announcements.html) but of course it is a 404 error :cry:

i have done the file edits.
i have edited my .htaccess exactly to what u wrote.

[PHP]RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^lastpostinthread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^newpostinthread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+).html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^forum-one.html$ forumdisplay.php?f=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum-two.html$ forumdisplay.php?f=2 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum-three.html$ forumdisplay.php?f=3 [L]
...
...
...[/PHP]

where could i have an error? :o

According to your htaccess, site.com/announcements.html will definitely return a 404.

Your htaccess only handle URLs like these:

[PHP]site.com/forum-one.html
site.com/forum-two.html
site.com/forum-three.html
...[/PHP]

as well as

[PHP]site.com/forum1.html
site.com/forum2.html
site.com/forum3.html
...[/PHP]

To access your forums as site.com/f4-announcements.html (for example), replace these 4 lines :

[PHP]RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+).html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^forum-one.html$ forumdisplay.php?f=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum-two.html$ forumdisplay.php?f=2 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum-three.html$ forumdisplay.php?f=3 [L]
[/PHP]

with :

[PHP]RewriteRule ^f([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L][/PHP]


HTH,

-k

Look like we have an issue here.

You see, once this hack is applied, Googlebot will eventually spider each thread at least 3-4 times (url might change depending on how the hack is implemented, but the issue will remain anyway):

1. in forums, as t12345-thread-title.html
2. in archives, as threadarchive-12345.html
3. if the thread is split in several pages, the second and subsequent pages will link to the first thread as t12345-1-10.html
4. and finally as threadNext-12345.html and/or threadPrevious-12345.html

Just after implementing this hack, I went and submitted my website to google. 48h later, I noticed way more hits than I could hope for, which proves that the hack works.

BUT, after watching the indexed pages, it seems that google filtered "duplicated" pages, which is OK, but the problem is, I want google to decide that the real/original thread is t12345-thread-title.html (and not t12345-1-10.html or threadNext-12345.html), as having a title in the URL slightly boost my rank.

Proposed solution:

1. First, I went to archives and changed the "Full Thread" link to point to t12345.html, that's better, but I still need to point to t12345-thread-title.html

2. I think we should either add nofollow attribute to the original thread (ie. "1" link, in case of threads spanning several pages) or point to the original thread as t12345-thread-title.html instead of t12345-1-10.html

3. Same with threadNext/threadPrevious, either implement rel="nofollow" or use t12345-thread-title.html

Using the nofollow attribute should be avoided in this case.

Any input would be greatly appreciated. This mod looks like a cheap and fast way to increase traffic, at least in my case!

-k

SEO Report, I appreciate your suggestions. However, they are unrelated to this vB mod_rewrite tutorial. Instead, they are related to the newer one which has multipage support and such. In the future, please reply to the appropriate thread.

Everyone, you can find the thread that SEO Report is talking about here: http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread22840.html

nic hack

but the problem is unite 2 postings in 1
for this i must have (t=xxx) bzw. postid (p=xxx)


mfg

I'm confused what you mean.

sorry my English is very bad

i mean two postst on different place make to one post (admin + mod can that do)
two in one

mfg

I am the only one with this problem? :cry:

mfg