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Astralis
Making topics easily searchable by search engines
15 July 2005, 02:36
I used to use a mod that made pages of the forum easily accessable by search engines and used to get a lot of visitors through that method. But, once I switched to MSSQL Server, that mod couldn't work well because it would time out.
Does anyone remember what this mod was and if there's something around that can do this?
UPDATE: Found it as Topic Maker on SnitzBitz but all the items about it in this forum have been archived.<
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Astralis
15 July 2005, 02:38
Wait a sec...I think the new Google Sitemap mod will do this.
UPDATE: Actually, Google Sitemap is different. Still need assistance.<
Astralis
15 July 2005, 04:18
Here is a specific error I get after it writes 250 topics:
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80004005'
[DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (Connect()).]SQL Server does not exist or access denied.
/forum/inc_func_secure.asp, line 53<
MarcelG
15 July 2005, 05:13
Perhaps something with too many db calls in too short a time ? (But that's just a wild guess)
Just a tip ; I don't use the topic maker mod, but still Google seems to find his way to oxle very well!
I've used a self-written feature that fills the KEYWORDS metatag of each topic.asp page with the first post of that topic.
Unfortunately that mod was posted at crashsite.nl (crashcode portal), but you could have a look at my inc_func_common.asp and my inc_header.asp to see how it works. (login demo/demo)<
Astralis
15 July 2005, 17:13
Marcel,
Thank you. I'll take a look at that. You're very generous to provide that feature on your site.
I used to get a lot of hits on the most current subjects after I ran topic maker but now it seems like Google can't even find it.<
Astralis
15 July 2005, 17:17
BTW, I like your shrinking utility. How does that work? I guess the code is there too. :)<
cladon
15 July 2005, 18:36
Is it the spider mod?<
MarcelG
15 July 2005, 20:25
Originally posted by cladon Is it the spider mod?
I'm not sure what it was called back then. I know for sure it was still in the latest GML code though.<
Astralis
26 August 2005, 19:07
Is it the spider mod?
No, it's called Topic Maker Mod.<
dayve
26 August 2005, 20:52
Is it the spider mod?
No, it's called Topic Maker Mod.
I believe I was the one that introduced this to Snitz members during 3.1SR4. I still have a copy of it that I got to work using the old inc_functions.asp from 3.1 which works fine. I'm sure it can use some major improvements, but if you're interested in it then here it is:
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