MsJacquiiC

Thanks in part to our JPiC Contributors - Poetry in Color Forum now has the best search engine optimization available for vBulletin. I have spent the better part of 3 or 4 hours installing & optimizing the system for JPiC Forum.

As stated on the JPiC Donation page and the November Newsletter, vBSEO will help make JPiC readily visible for those who search the internet for writing & poetry forums! Hopefully being so very visible on the internet will entice internet surfers to register with our Community first. And when those surfers see what we have to offer - I'm sure the number of Registered Members will grow substantially, adding to the great abundance of talent that already exists here on JPiC.

So thanx to all of you who've made charitable contributions for the vBSEO system! Your generosity is much appreciated!
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SOCIAL BOOKMARKING -- When responding to threads there will be several options for you to make. There is a function known as "social bookmarking" which will allow you to share a post/thread with possibly thousands of internet surfers via digg.com, del.icio.us, technorati.com and/or furl.net ---- This is also a very popular way of getting the word out about the forum!

The 1st pic below shows that particular function in the LinkBack dropdown box, next to the Thread Tools that are in at the top of each thread display... The 2nd shows the buttons on each post, right beneath the Member Signature...


The social bookmarking feature is purely OPTIONAL to use - Those of you who are computer savvy may wish to use them, others of you may not... Additionally - you may need to be a registered participant of those websites. (Don't quote me on it - but it may be a possibility...)


ADD THREAD TITLE LINK -- A really neat feature of vBSEO (one of my favorites) is the Thread Title Link... This feature automatically adds the link name of a regular url. Say you want to let someone know a webaddress:

1. You type www.websitename.com OR http://websitename.com
2. The link shows as "Name Of Website" as a clickable link

For instance: http://JPiCForum.info will automatically show as Poetry in Color Forum

**NOTE** There is no bbcode formatting needed, as this is an automatic function/feature of vBSEO.


Other Features -- There are many other features of vBSEO. Though most are subtle and discreetly performed in the background, they are highly important to the success of the Search Engine Optimization:

1. Instead of JPiC pages ending in .php, most are now "rewritten" to .html pages
2. LinkBacks (Ping/Track/Refbacks) - more info on those can be found HERE
3. A huge amount of Administrator functions and many other settings...

Now ----> I know a lot of you are not a COMPUTER GEEK like myself lol = So you may opt not to use the the Social Bookmarking features... You may just choose to ignore the vBSEO at anyrate, as it mostly works in the background...

But for those of you interested in reading more about vBSEO - Additional information about vBSEO may be found at vBSEO - Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Friendly URLs for your vBulletin Forum - vBulletin Modification Discussions

Again -----> A HUGE THANX TO THE JPiC CONTRIBUTORS!
If anyone has any questions, comments and/or suggestions, don't hesitate to post in the the following section: http://jpicforum.info/questions-comments-concerns OR Private Message MsJacquiiC!

JPiC Moderating Team

Abae

U....m have no idea what this is all about?? Read it, and really don't know about this at all?? Will it effect how we enter stuff?? Thanks for the infos anyway.

MsJacquiiC

Hi ABAE - no! It vBSEO will not affect how you go about your posting
In the last JPiC Newsletter - there was a call for donations for the vBSEO system - so this announcement just informs the Community about the "extra" abilities that vBSEO provides.

So in addition to the Search Engine Optimization - the 1st post states some of the Forum Member/User options.

So if you don't know anything about it - Just continue to post as you always have

Thanx,

Jacquii.

btw = note the particular:

AND

so don't stress it

PaintedDiary

Thank you and Congratulations Ms Jacquii for making our Community continue to be number one!!

KIM,

MsJacquiiC

Hi KIM & EVERYONE!

I am happy to announce that vBSEO is working like a charm. MS KIM & I were talking the other day about the refering sites stats AND I thought it only fair to include the Community in on the good news!!!!!!!!!

Now it's been what???? Some 2 or 3 weeks since the installation of vBSEO...

We have seen a TREMENDOUS increase in the Search Engine referals - including Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines. We have also had several Members join since the installation of vBSEO and I dare say they found JPiC via one of those search engines = That is YAY for the smilie-challenged

Below is a screenshot of the top 30 refering sites stats (search engines only...) So I hope everyone realizes what a EXTREMELY VALUABLE addition vBSEO is to the Community.

A FABULOUS THANK YOU! to those who've contributed financially towards the vBSEO goal. Please note that the DONATE page is always available for your generous contributions!

Jacquii.

MsJacquiiC

OK - so I was checking out the site stats a little earlier on Google Analytics as well (((Webmistress boredom LOL))) At anyrate - Managed to view the stats of the past week - Which as we all know were the Holidays

Stunning really - The Numbers look totally AWESOME and can only get better with time!

Included below is a pic of the "condensced" stats of Forum Visitors.
Remember also that this period has been "slow" for JPiC, considering the Holiday...

PaintedDiary

FANTABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!