Permalink-type urls?

[Peggy]

When someone says they want permalink urls on their site - wth are they referring to?
Can anyone give me an example of a permalink?

[La Grange]

IM thinking like a link thats on the homepage thats allways there.

[Peggy]

hmmmm... that doesn't sound right, for some reason. But then, I don't even know what the permalink is...

[Caddyman]

permalink i think refer's to the original link, not a re-written one, like this thread is

http://www.talkdelaware.com/showthread.php?t=9084 (not real)

rewritten with seo software could be

http://www.talkdelaware.com/why-we-n...19.html?t=2119

[Dave A]

Maybe crawlable vs script generated?

For example, I've got a headlines page full of links to latest news content - but it's generated by scripts. Robots don't execute links, therefor they don't see the URLs.

[browie]

permalink i think refer's to the original link, not a re-written one, like this thread is

http://www.talkdelaware.com/showthread.php?t=9084 (not real)

rewritten with seo software could be

http://www.talkdelaware.com/why-we-n...19.html?t=2119

He's got it right. When you first get vB they just use numbers and showthread.php?t-9084.. now if some one searched for that GREAT. But no one does.

You make a thread called Bonds breaks HR record - in your url it could say... yoursite.com/bonds-breaks-record and that is a realistic search some one my try.

[Peggy]

ahHA now I understand. Thanks browie

[MetalX]

So..Is it possible or not..?? How..?

[todd2222]

Wikipedia says, "A permalink is a URL that points to a specific blogging entry even after the entry has passed from the front page into the blog archives"

[todd2222]

So..Is it possible or not..?? How..?

vbSEO has a program that rewrites the URL of vbulletin forums in this manner for better SEO.

[Peggy]

I'm almost ready to sell my vBSEO license.

[browie]

Or, you can get that for free from Zoints.

[todd2222]

Or, you can get that for free from Zoints.

Please explain further? I've heard about zoints but not really sure what it is. Can you provide a 30 sales pitch.

[Peggy]

I don't like Zoints, sorry. Now that Dave has pulled out, I don't see it going much of anywhere. jmo.

[Fireproof]

30 second sales pitch? Practically the same thing as vbSEO but $150 cheaper!

This gives you a good idea. I'm using it and like it:
http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showp...52&postcount=2

And the "value" of rewritten URLs (from a search engine standpoint - especially with vBulletin) is hotly debated, so I wouldn't state it as fact.

[Peggy]

And the "value" of rewritten URLs (from a search engine standpoint - especially with vBulletin) is hotly debated, so I wouldn't state it as fact.

exactly. Case in point -

I have vbseo on one of my sites - Top vB. I did quite a bit of SEO work in addition to vbseo.

On the other site, Themes by Design, I have done nothing but good old fashioned SEO work, and have worked hard at it.

I have the same PR on TBD as on Top vB - but 5 times the traffic.

I just closed Top vB a few weeks ago, moved all my business to TBD. So to me, it's obvious that plain ol' SEO, lots of time and hard work, brings much better results.

[Fireproof]

Great case study there Peggy! Not many people have the chance to try both methods like that. I'm glad to see that your hardwork on SEO paid off - especially the traffic! That's compelling!!

Cool stuff.

[Fireproof]

By the way - I went to TBD to see how much you charge for custom-work - on the home page I clicked the third link on the left "Custom Forum Skins" and was sent to an invalid page.

How do you handle pricing custom skin work?

[Peggy]

hmmm I need to fix that link, thanks for telling me.

Here's the link I have on the forum - http://www.themesbydesign.net/forums...stom_vb_themes