Magic SEO URL for phpBB
Comparison with phpBB SEO MODs
| Magic SEO URL for phpBB 1.0.x |
Able2Know.com Search Engine Optimization 2.0.0 |
phpBB SEO Advanced mod Rewrite 0.2.4 |
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| Static URLs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Key-word URLs | Yes | No | Yes |
| Well-structured URLs | Yes | No | Partially (structured incorrectly) |
| Supported types of URLs | categories, forums, topics, posts, faqs, profiles, private messages, memberlist, search and more | forums, topics, posts | categories, forums, topics, posts, profiles |
| No same content available on the different URLs (prevents possible duplicate content penalties) |
Yes | No (e.g. over 30 different URLs per thread - high penalization by crawlers) |
No (e.g. over 15 different URLs per thread - high penalization by crawlers) |
| Verifies and validates each URL (prevents possible duplicate content penalties and HTTP 404/Not Found error when visitor makes any typo in URL) |
Yes | No | Partially (only few) |
| Safe changes of URLs If any page receives new URL due to change in the content, than all older URLs will still working and the web browser or crawler is redirected through HTTP 301/Moved Permanently to the new URL. |
Yes | No | No |
| Redirections from ALL original phpBB URLs (prevents possible duplicate content penalties) |
Yes | No | Partially |
| Previous/Next thread links Workaround (prevents possible duplicate content penalties) |
Yes | No | No |
| Newest posts links Workaround (prevents possible duplicate content penalties) |
Yes | No | No |
| Permalinks to posts (useful when the number of "Posts Per Page" is changed in phpBB configuration) |
Yes | Yes (with duplicate content penalties) |
No |
| Prevents home page duplicate content penalties | Yes | No | No |
| Makes all relative URLs absolute (Search Engines will spider your forum more easier) |
Yes | No | No |
| Sesions IDs removing (prevents possible duplicate content penalties) |
Yes (when spider detected) |
No (third party MOD required) |
No (third party MOD required) |
| Properly Sessions IDs handling and Highlights Removing | Yes | No | No |
| Does not add any SQL queries | Yes | n/a | n/a |
| Uses cache for keyword URLs (save database server resources) |
Yes | n/a | No |
| Possibility to set Maximum number of words in one URI's level | Yes | No | No |
| Possibility to set Minimum word's length (shorter words are excluded from URIs) |
Yes | No | No |
| Does not break phpBB MODs or EasyMOD compatibility | Yes | No | No |
| No modifications to phpBB or template files required | Yes | No | No |
As you can see from the above table, Magic SEO URL for phpBB is not some feeble attempt at a SEO add-on. Rather, it’s a full featured solution which can increase your forum thread’s rankings! Your pages will be indexed faster and more often and receive greater Page Rank due to fewer duplicate content penalties. Also, you will receive more thread pages indexed in the major Search Engines, drawing more targeted visitors to the content you provide on your site. Additionally, your keyword relevancy for all pages will be improved.
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