The development of this plugin started when Google released a document called "Google's Search Engine Optimization starter guide" in November 2008. After a long public beta phase the plugin finally reached stable status in March 2009. A new, revised edition for MyBB 1.6.4 and newer was released in August 2011.
The goal of this plugin is to implement Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in MyBB according to the guidelines presented in Google's SEO starter guide to make MyBB more friendly to both users and search engines.
Google SEO is free open source software (LGPL). This means that you can download the plugin for free, modify it to your liking, and you do not have to put any copyright or backlinks on your page.
The plugin currently supports the following features. All features can be selectively disabled / enabled. For more detailed information, refer to the documentation.
Google SEO 404:
Error pages return HTTP 404 Not Found (and others) instead of 200 OK
Custom 404 error pages
Google's 404 widget
Google SEO Meta:
description meta tags for forums / threads / etc.
specify canonical pages
nofollow links
Google SEO Redirect:
redirect old URLs to new URLs (or vice versa)
avoid URL breakage and double content
Google SEO Sitemap:
dynamic generation of XML Sitemaps
search engines find your content without crawling
Google SEO URL:
Keyword URLs (e.g. Thread-Some-Subject instead of showthread.php?tid=12345)
UTF-8 in URLs is supported
Customizable URL styles
Changes in Google SEO 1.6.0
Requires MyBB 1.6.4 or newer
Requires PluginLibrary 4 or newer
Various bugfixes and improvements
404:
Include 404 URI in Who's Online List
Custom Status Codes for specific error pages
(Example: boardclosed yields 503 Service Unavailable)
Meta:
Page number for Forum / Thread titles
Nofollow links for X days
Noindex specific forums
Redirect:
Setting for post link query behaviour
Workaround for Nginx issue
Handle new URL styles
Sitemap:
Don't include redirect forums
URL:
Automatically apply changes to inc/functions.php
Query Limit setting
Lazy Mode as alternative method to evaluate SEO URLs
Cache for index and portal
Character Translation is now a setting (remove translate.php)
Setting for post link query and multipage behaviour
New URL styles (showthread.php?Subject, f-forum/t-thread, ...)
Setting to include parent forum / calendar for forums, threads, announcements, events
Download: http://mods.mybboard.net/view/google-seo (Awaiting Validation)
GitHub: https://github.com/frostschutz/Google-SEO
Posted on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:18:23 +0000 at http://community.mybb.com/thread-101262.html
The goal of this plugin is to implement Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in MyBB according to the guidelines presented in Google's SEO starter guide to make MyBB more friendly to both users and search engines.
Google SEO is free open source software (LGPL). This means that you can download the plugin for free, modify it to your liking, and you do not have to put any copyright or backlinks on your page.
The plugin currently supports the following features. All features can be selectively disabled / enabled. For more detailed information, refer to the documentation.
Google SEO 404:
Error pages return HTTP 404 Not Found (and others) instead of 200 OK
Custom 404 error pages
Google's 404 widget
Google SEO Meta:
description meta tags for forums / threads / etc.
specify canonical pages
nofollow links
Google SEO Redirect:
redirect old URLs to new URLs (or vice versa)
avoid URL breakage and double content
Google SEO Sitemap:
dynamic generation of XML Sitemaps
search engines find your content without crawling
Google SEO URL:
Keyword URLs (e.g. Thread-Some-Subject instead of showthread.php?tid=12345)
UTF-8 in URLs is supported
Customizable URL styles
Changes in Google SEO 1.6.0
Requires MyBB 1.6.4 or newer
Requires PluginLibrary 4 or newer
Various bugfixes and improvements
404:
Include 404 URI in Who's Online List
Custom Status Codes for specific error pages
(Example: boardclosed yields 503 Service Unavailable)
Meta:
Page number for Forum / Thread titles
Nofollow links for X days
Noindex specific forums
Redirect:
Setting for post link query behaviour
Workaround for Nginx issue
Handle new URL styles
Sitemap:
Don't include redirect forums
URL:
Automatically apply changes to inc/functions.php
Query Limit setting
Lazy Mode as alternative method to evaluate SEO URLs
Cache for index and portal
Character Translation is now a setting (remove translate.php)
Setting for post link query and multipage behaviour
New URL styles (showthread.php?Subject, f-forum/t-thread, ...)
Setting to include parent forum / calendar for forums, threads, announcements, events
Download: http://mods.mybboard.net/view/google-seo (Awaiting Validation)
GitHub: https://github.com/frostschutz/Google-SEO
Posted on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:18:23 +0000 at http://community.mybb.com/thread-101262.html
