hi fxstein
summing up a few seo realted issues from the RC1 thread
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there is a new SEF algorithm that should take care of most SEF issues altogether. Whenever you view a thread, a simple check got added to test the SEF validity of the incoming URL. If FB finds a malformed SEF URL, it re-calculates the correct URL and responds with a 301 - permanent redirect - code. This takes the browser and any bot to the proper page with the right URL format. With it in place, all modules whether SEF enabled or not, will get to the proper page. More importantly, the 301 tells google and Co to 'forget' the bad URL and apply its links and rankings to the proper URL.
with this method, a whole bunch of malformed urls will end up in the sh404SEF database, right ?
Yes they still end up in the sh404SEF database BUT: They did that before as well, and every click on such a link created dozens more malformed links in the sh404SEF database as many pages carried the incorrect information over ... (see problem where you could not get back to page #1 of a particular thread). Those bad URLs will all get eliminated. Even Community Builder links from the profile of a user now put on the correct page with the proper link.
Yep, those are indeed important improvements
Ir should be of great help for small and medium size setups
Thanks again!
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The SEF URL work has been done to 90% or the code and there are a few spots like search that are not done yet.
Would you be able to list these spots, as I'd like to help ?
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The sh404SEF cache would grow to 30-40k URLs within 2 days. With this permanent redirect fix in place, the URL cache is only 7k URLs longs after more than 24h.
During my -rather quick, perhaps too quick- visit to
www.starVmax.com i think i noticed that the tagcloud module leads to a (Joomla) search results page with very 'pretty looking' urls: at first sight, links appeared to lead to threads and not to posts.
In the FB search results page, as we discussed, the new redirection you implemented is at work, which fixes the imporatant issue of 'further propagation' of malformed urls.
Am i correct in assuming that, for now, taking the FB search option out of the template and offering a Joomla search module (like 'advanced search' etc. etc.) i would further reduce load on the sh40SEf database ?
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edit the template so i can show the pages behind the 'categories' tab AND the 'recent discussions' tab on the SAME page, one below the other ?
no easy way to do this. .... that you create a pretty 'expensive' page with lots of data having to come from the database. Need to think about this for 2.0
ewel said: What about a FB view stripped of headers and footers wrapped in a module?
Everything is possible, it just takes time.... Maybe you can find a developer to help you with this ...
i had mentioned that idea as i thought it may be of help with SEO issues, by 'simply' substituting the 'recent posts plugin' with 'latest posts.
would you say its easier in comparison to revise a 3pd latest post module tahn attempting any of the above ?
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All third party modules still should get revised to create the proper URL in the first place, but until then the new solution will make sure the site works end to end and your search engine rankings increase due to less URL 'spam'.
if i was to tackle one of these myself, the place to refer to would be:
www.bestofjoomla.com/component/option,co...ew/id,59483/catid,9/
Any other info to refer to that I missed ?
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another small observation regarding thread pagination:
currently, the pattern of pagination is:
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http://www.starvmax.com/Forum/Anything-Goes
http://www.starvmax.com/Forum/Anything-Goes/11693-The-Funny-Thread/Page-2.html
http://www.starvmax.com/Forum/Anything-Goes/11693-The-Funny-Thread/Page-3.html
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etc, which gets us a '404' for
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http://www.starvmax.com/Forum/Anything-Goes/11693-The-Funny-Thread/
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the 'root dir' of the thread , so to speak
Would changing '/11693-The-Funny-Thread.html' to '/11693-The-Funny-Thread/'
be something that requires adjustments in the shs404SEF plugin or in FB itself ?
best regards
dee
