How you optimize your forum

Discussion in 'SEO, Traffic and Revenue' started by Nick, Mar 17, 2009.

  1. Nick

    Nick Regular Member

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    What little tricks and modifications do you make on your forum to optimize it for search engines?

    There are so many little tricks to do that are said to benefit your forum for SEO purposes. For example, removing the "Powered by" text from the page titles.
     
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    Soliloquy Regular Member

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    I definitely remove the "powered by" text, and also install the free sitemap generator.
     
  3. 50calray

    50calray Grand Master

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    I'm not sure how well it's working but I have started using a lot more keywords in my post/replies.
     
  4. Vekseid

    Vekseid Regular Member

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    For SMF, the powered by logos that aren't legally required definitely go.

    Google loves canonical urls. I am getting a lot more random searches now that Google properly indexes things on my forum.

    I'm actually beginning to do a lot more off-site optimization - which means a lot of things, really. I want to promote sites that are willing to link to Elliquiy, etc.
     

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