Magic SEO URLs for phpBB 3.2

Magic SEO URLs are the definitive phpBB Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Enhancement.

Magic SEO URLs for phpBB extension changes dynamic URLs to static, well-structured SEO friendly formats which help improve Search Engine ranking (PageRank) and readability. They also include verification and validation of each SEO URL; it supports safe changes of SEO URLs as well as redirects from all native and rewritten phpBB URLs. They properly handle Sessions IDs*, operate at high speed without negative effects on server load or response time, prevent duplicate content penalties and much more!

* Sessions IDs (sid parameter in URLs) are removed when one of 120 world-wide web robots is detected. If the web robot finds a backward link containing a Session ID, it is redirected to the non-Session ID version of the SEO URL.

Overview - phpBB SEO

• Maximizes your site's PageRank!
• Brings your site up on SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages)!
• Helps you succeed in your SEO strategy!
• Does not break phpBB MODs or EasyMOD compatibility!
• Features easy installation - requires only one line of code
• More efficient and user-friendly than other phpBB SEO MODs
• Comes with an optional installation service

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Features - phpBB SEO

• Changes dynamic URLs into static SEO friendly URLs
• Generates well-structured SEO URLs in relation to content
• Verifies and validates each SEO URL

  If a user/visitor make any mistake in the SEO URL, he/she is redirected to the correct URL - no HTTP 404/Not Found error or content penalty occurs. E.g.:
  www.example.com/your-wrong category-name-1/ your-wrong-forum-name-1/your-wrong-topic-name-1/ to www.example.com/your-category-name-1/ your-forum-name-1/your-topic-name-1/

• Supports safe changes of SEO URLs

  If a page receives a new SEO URL because of the content changes, all older SEO URLs will still be valid. The web browser or crawler will be redirected via HTTP 301 Moved Permanently to the new SEO URL. E.g.:
  www.example.com/your-category-name-1/ to www.example.com/your-new-category-name-1/

• Supports redirects from ALL original phpBB URLs

  E.g.: www.example.com/viewforum.php?f=1 to www.example.com/category-name-1/forum-name-1/

• Prevent possible duplicate content penalties - no duplicate content available on the different SEO URLs

  E.g.: www.example.com/viewtopic.php?t=1 and www.example.com/viewtopic.php?p=1#1 will be www.example.com/category-name-1/forum-name-1/topic-title-1/#1
  ...and more - Inveo Magic SEO URLs for phpBB fix many duplicate content penalties such as:
  www.example.com/viewtopic.php?t=1&postdays=7&post order=asc&highlight=highlightedtext&start=0
  www.example.com/viewtopic.php?t=1&postdays=7&post order=asc&start=0
  www.example.com/viewtopic.php?t=1&start=0&postdays=7&post order=asc&highlight=highlightedtext
  www.example.com/viewtopic.php?t=1&start=1
  www.example.com/viewtopic.php?t=1&view=newest
  and much more!

• Prevents possible duplicate content penalties of Previous/Next thread links

  www.example.com/viewtopic.php?t=1&view=previous and www.example.com/viewtopic.php?t=1&view=next will be www.example.com/your-category-name-1/ your-forum-name-1/your-topic-name-1/?view=next and www.example.com/your-category-name-1/ your-forum-name-1/your-topic-name-1/?view=previous with redirect to real SEO URLs such as www.example.com/your-category-name-1/ your-forum-name-1/your-topic-name-2/

• Prevents home page content penalties

  www.example.com/?, www.example.com/index.php and www.example.com/index.php? will be www.example.com only!
  (also incorrect backward links are redirected to www.example.com)

• Makes all relative URLs absolute

  Search Engines will spider your forum more easily.

• Properly Sessions IDs handling and Highlights Removing

  Sessions IDs and Highlights (sid and highlight parameters in URLs) are removed when one of 120 worldwide web robots is detected. If the web robot finds a backward link containing Session ID or Highlights, it is redirected to the non-Session ID/non-Highlights version of the SEO URL.

• Limit the maximum number of words in the URI's level

  Others are omitted in URIs.

• Limit the minimum word length

  Shorter words are excluded from URIs.

• Supports a number of character encodings

  cp-1250, cp-1251, cp-1252, cp-1254, iso-8859-1, iso-8859-2, iso-8859-3, iso-8859-4, iso-8859-5, iso-8859-7, iso-8859-9, iso-8859-10, iso-8859-15 and utf-8

• Two level cache and RegEx optimizations allow for high speed operations without hurting server load or web server response times

  Does not add any SQL queries - in order to save database server resources, data for SEO friendly URLs are cached in the system memory during the script execution and are stored in special files for future reference.
  All Rewrite Rules are optimized for maximum speed.

• Supports brand new PHP 5.4
• Separate optimized versions

  PHP 4.3 and higher, PHP 5.0/5.1/5.2, PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4. All in one package!

• Does not break phpBB MODs or EasyMOD compatibility
• No modifications to phpBB core or template files are required

  Only one line of code is needed for installation.

Requirements - phpBB SEO

• phpBB 2.0.xx or any other (including the heavily modified) phpBB based board (BBtoNuke or any other ports of phpBB used in some CMS are not supported)
• Apache with mod_rewrite installed and .htaccess file handling enabled (or with an ability to add Rewrite Rules to Apache configuration files);
  Or also Microsoft IIS with IIS Mod-Rewrite (recommended) or ISAPI Rewrite 3.x and higher installed.
• PHP 4.3 or 5 and later (Safe Mode is supported)
• Zend Optimizer 3.0 and later or Zend Guard Loader installed as PHP extension (free download)*

What do you get after purchasing this phpBB SEO?

• Inveo Magic SEO URLs for phpBB 2.x 3.x
• Licenses to use on one (1) live and two (2) development sites (the number of licenses can be increased in special cases - such as a separate HTTPS site - upon request at no charge)
• Full documentation (including the installation and update instructions)
• Free and very fast Technical support (2 years)
• Installation service (optional for a fee)
• Free product updates within purchased series

* Even if your web host doesn't have the Zend Optimizer/Zend Guard Loader installed, we are able to install it on most web servers (administrator/root permissions are not necessary).