SEO and Simpleboard

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  • 20 August 2005 at 7:23 pm #3230
    Anonymous

      Dr. Williams-

      Thanks for the helpful posts and articles. I’ve found using Mambo can be a challenge, and your comments are well organized and thoughtful.

      I’m using Mambo (4.5.2.3), Simpleboard (1.1.0 Stable), and Xaneon Extensions (2.0.0-beta2) on a site called http://www.ComplainAboutIt.com.

      It is primarily a forum site, and I’ve had a heck of a time with duplicate url’s within Simpleboard. I want to highlight the “lastest 5 posts” module, but it only shows the original url’s. I tried to use Xaneon to create new URL’s within Simpleboard, but it doesn’t work.

      Any ideas on how to get the “latest 5” to show either Mambo-generated or Xaneon-generated URL’s?

      Is there a hack out there to get the module to play nice with the other SEF components?

      Regards,

      Jeff
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      Post complaints, help others, and learn about faulty products and services on http://www.ComplainAboutIt.com

      21 August 2005 at 11:44 pm #3766
      Martin W
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        Hi Jeff:

        Glad you find the posts and articles helpful; encouraging, so I’ll see about expanding sometime.

        But, till your post, I hadn’t noticed re getting duplicate URLs from Simpleboard Latest 5 module – had focused elsewhere.

        Now, however, I too see this problem. No idea re fix. Just maybe someone at tsmf forums will be able to help.
        Though really, this is at least partly a Mambo issue: it seems to me that Mambo is now at stage at which could improve URL generating, including with better mechanism from component URLs.

        In article about using menalto Gallery, I mention a fix for SEF URLs for this component, to work with Xaneon – not sure if could be adopted for Simpleboard (I’m clueless re coding).

        If you have any success, maybe make a follow-up post.

        Cheers,
        Martin

        25 August 2005 at 4:36 pm #3767
        Martin W
        Participant

          Later thought:

          wonder how important duplicate URLs issue is here.

          For myself, I want Google to index threads, rather than individual posts. Not getting dupes for these.

          then, only five posts a time, and if a forum’s active (much more than this one!), no one post should be around for long.

          Guessing somewhat; and after all, you mentioned it’s a problem.

          27 August 2005 at 9:50 am #3768
          Anonymous

            Martin-

            You’re correct, the latest 5 links are not a huge deal, since there are only 5 of them. It just dilutes the search experience, and from what I can tell, makes it more difficult for the search engines to figure out what the thread is about. (The latest 5 posts do link to threads, and not just the posts)

            For example, I have some Geico-related complaint threads (see complain about Geico insurance), where Google can’t figure out that this is an insurance-related page. Google keeps serving ads for the Chrysler 300C! Can’t figure out why, except for the latest 5 link. I’m thinking about shutting it off until I can find a fix, just to eliminate it as a source of the problem.

            I posted this question on the TSMF site, and rec’d an email from a guy saying he had a fix for it. If I receive it and it works, I will post it back here and let you know.

            Regards,

            Jeff

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