http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums Tag: sitemap en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:48:44 +0000 http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/getting-the-forum-picked-up-by-google#post-21078 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:27:35 +0000 johnhiler 21078@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I decided to give the bbPress plugin another chance. I installed it and tried creating a new topic... the browser was thinking for a looong time. I eventually stopped the process, deactivated the plugin, and created a new topic — that one was created very quickly.</p> <p>It could be an issue with the permissions of my sitemap.xml, although I am pretty sure I 777'd it properly. </p> <p>As for size of the forum, it's significant but not huge. Thanks to ck's awesome Mini Stats plugin, I can give you the exact stats: ~11k Topics and ~75k posts.</p> <p>Just thought I'd share an update. :-) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/getting-the-forum-picked-up-by-google#post-21076 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:49:31 +0000 johnhiler 21076@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Yah the site was still up and running that whole time. I not-so-intelligently generated the sitemap at 11 pm, when it still has a decent amount of traffic.</p> <p>Personally, I would use the WordPress SiteMap generator but not the bbPress one. Or at least, use the bbPress one only until you notice that it's starting to slow down the posting process... </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/getting-the-forum-picked-up-by-google#post-21072 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:06:14 +0000 mzimmers 21072@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Wow...I sure hope that figure of 7893 seconds represents wall time and not CPU usage.</p> <p>It sounds like both of these plugins are currently best suited for smaller-scale applications, which means they'll be fine for me (for now at least). But yeah, that overhead is something to keep an eye on.</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/getting-the-forum-picked-up-by-google#post-21071 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:34:20 +0000 johnhiler 21071@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>@_ck_: Yah I couldn't agree more that this would ideally be done with a cron.</p> <p>@chrishajer: The Google XML Sitemap isn't done in realtime (unless you set it to do that), but it sure can take a long time! I have 14,804 pages in our WordPress blog and according to the admin logs, the last SiteMap "building process took about 7893.94 seconds to complete and used 44.5 MB of memory." That's 13+ minutes! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/getting-the-forum-picked-up-by-google#post-21069 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:29:59 +0000 chrishajer 21069@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I turned that plugin off long ago as well (but sometimes run it manually), because as the forum grew, it was taking longer and longer to regenerate the sitemap, as the visitor waited, as _ck_ said. The <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/">Google XML Sitemap plugin</a> for WordPress doesn't have that problem, but I have no idea what makes it different. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/getting-the-forum-picked-up-by-google#post-21064 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:46:50 +0000 _ck_ 21064@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Maps like that should never be done in real-time while the user waits but behind the scenes with a cron.</p> <p>On very active sites though, I've never found the need for a map. Google seems to find EVERYTHING.</p> <p>I think maps just make webmasters of smaller sites feel better (and give SEO's something to charge for). </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/getting-the-forum-picked-up-by-google#post-21062 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:23:09 +0000 johnhiler 21062@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Yah there's a bbPress Google sitemap plugin:<br /> * <a href="http://boakes.org/talk/topic/sitemap-plugin-for-bbpress" rel="nofollow">http://boakes.org/talk/topic/sitemap-plugin-for-bbpress</a> (the original, I believe)<br /> * <a href="http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpress-sitemap-generator/" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpress-sitemap-generator/</a> (I think this is an updated version)</p> <p>I tried the earlier version, and it turned out that it regenerated a sitemap on every topic created/edited/deleted. This created a lot of overhead on my server, and slowed the process of posting a topic down to a crawl.</p> <p>It may work better now on that front? It'd be awesome if there was a way to have topic creation add an item to a queue somewhere, and then have the backend process the queue periodically (at a later point) to update the sitemap. That way, the process of creating a topic itself doesn't get slowed down. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/getting-the-forum-picked-up-by-google#post-21061 Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:19:09 +0000 chrishajer 21061@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p><a href="http://plugins-dev.bbpress.org/browser/bbpress-sitemap-generator/trunk/bbpress_sitemap.php?rev=1277" rel="nofollow">http://plugins-dev.bbpress.org/browser/bbpress-sitemap-generator/trunk/bbpress_sitemap.php?rev=1277</a></p> <p><a href="http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpress-sitemap-generator/" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/plugins/topic/bbpress-sitemap-generator/</a></p> <p><a href="http://boakes.org/talk/topic/sitemap-plugin-for-bbpress" rel="nofollow">http://boakes.org/talk/topic/sitemap-plugin-for-bbpress</a></p> <p>The first link is probably best since development of the plugin has been picked up by someone else. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/getting-the-forum-picked-up-by-google#post-21053 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:32:16 +0000 mzimmers 21053@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Will the WP plugin "Google XML Sitemaps" work with bbPress? If not, do we have an equivalent? I searched for "google" in the plugins and didn't see anything too promising.</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/google-sitemap-for-bbpress#post-20314 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:55:58 +0000 rensenieuwenhuis 20314@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>In addition to the above, sitemaps give google an indication on how often the URL will be updated, so how often Google should send in its crawlers ... </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/google-sitemap-for-bbpress#post-20313 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:34:28 +0000 chrishajer 20313@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>My point was that having a sitemap doesn't make your forum more search engine friendly. I mean, if you have bad page titles, bad meta tags, poor keyword density, none of those things change by listing all your URLs in a file and submitting that to Google.</p> <p>Don't get me wrong; I think the sitemap is a good idea, but it can't fix anything wrong with your site. It just lists all the content that is available on your site and submits that to the search engine. It's almost a crutch for having BAD SEO:</p> <p>"<strong>including URLs that may not be discoverable by Google's normal crawling process</strong>."</p> <p>If the site were optimized, Google's normal crawl process could handle it.</p> <p>Again, don't get me wrong, I think sitemaps are a good idea. I use them. But it doesn't *fix* any SEO problems with your site. That was my only point. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/google-sitemap-for-bbpress#post-20311 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:54:35 +0000 beernews 20311@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Chris, why don't you think bbPress sitemaps would make forums more SEO friendly?</p> <p>From Google:<br /> "Creating and submitting a Sitemap helps make sure that Google knows about all the pages on your site, including URLs that may not be discoverable by Google's normal crawling process."</p> <p><a href="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=40318&#38;hl=en" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=40318&#38;hl=en</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/google-sitemap#post-20160 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:18:17 +0000 macgeekco 20160@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>i also have the same problem with version 09.02<br /> &lt;url&gt;<br /> &lt;loc&gt;://&lt;/loc&gt;<br /> &lt;lastmod&gt;2008-09-02&lt;/lastmod&gt;<br /> &lt;changefreq&gt;monthly&lt;/changefreq&gt;<br /> &lt;priority&gt;0.0625&lt;/priority&gt;<br /> &lt;/url&gt;</p> <p>What can i change, in order to be validate by google webmaster tools </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-19512 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:25:33 +0000 sambauers 19512@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>You have a blank line at the start of the plugin file. Remove it. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-19507 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:12:13 +0000 martin2008 19507@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /www/htdocs/w009804c/gruenderstipendium/bb-plugins/bbpress-sitemap-generator/bbpress_sitemap.php:1) in /www/htdocs/w009804c/gruenderstipendium/bb-includes/pluggable.php on line 228</p> <p>:(</p> <p>after open new topic </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-19081 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:32:03 +0000 chrishajer 19081@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Nice to see you around :-) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-19080 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:20:14 +0000 ear1grey 19080@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Glad to see the GPL bit is working :) Employment is stifling any development time for me at the moment, so I'm way quieter than I'd like to be! </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/google-sitemap-for-bbpress#post-18963 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:24:01 +0000 chrishajer 18963@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>&gt; Do we really need the plugin for making sitemaps<br /> &gt; for search engines? </p> <p>No</p> <p>&gt; Does it make bbPress forum more SEO friendly?</p> <p>No</p> <p>All the sitemap does is submit a list of URLs to a search engine. It doesn't do anything else. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/google-sitemap-for-bbpress#post-18959 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:44:16 +0000 cartmanffc 18959@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>bbPress Sitemap Generator 0.61</p> <p>I had the plugin installed for some time and on one sunny day I couldn't post any reply</p> <p>I deactivated the plugin and everything went back to normal </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/google-sitemap-for-bbpress#post-18955 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:53:13 +0000 lstelie 18955@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>Works for me too </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/google-sitemap-for-bbpress#post-18954 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:51:41 +0000 Benzilla069 18954@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Weird, it works for me. What seems to be the problem with it? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/google-sitemap-for-bbpress#post-18952 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:32:40 +0000 cartmanffc 18952@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Do we really need the plugin for making sitemaps for search engines? Does it make bbPress forum more SEO friendly?</p> <p>The one available is not working with 1.0 Alpha </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-18220 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:53:58 +0000 gio500000 18220@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Perfect thanks!</p> <p>Gio </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-18216 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:28:42 +0000 csseur3 18216@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>you can choose the location of the sitemap.xml file, and the name too :) (see at the top of the mod)</p> <p>create the .xml file and chmod 777, make a new post and see the .xml file, the sitemap is completed :) </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-18214 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:16:37 +0000 gio500000 18214@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I installed this plugin. Does it create the sitemap.xml file? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-18144 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:38:53 +0000 chrishajer 18144@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I have not seen the author around in a while. I would say if it's not your work, you should not upload it to the extend section. I didn't see it there already. Of course, someone could look at this plugin and extend it. It's GPL2 licensed.</p> <p>There was a problem with the plugin creating a site map when there are lots of posts; it slowed down posting. Maybe it could be fixed to allow creation of the sitemap via cron or via a GET request, rather than randomly when a post is marked favorite. There was also a problem with certain characters not being encoded in the URL if you're not using permalinks.</p> <p>Lots of work could be done to extend and improve the plugin, then it could be released and posted to the bbPress extend/plugins section. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-18131 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:33:41 +0000 csseur3 18131@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>it works! :p</p> <p>can i add this plugin in the extend and put the original author in the plugin? Or the author is present in the forum? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-18128 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:46:44 +0000 chrishajer 18128@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>There is a sitemap plugin for bbPress:<br /> <a href="http://boakes.org/download/bbpress_sitemap.txt" rel="nofollow">http://boakes.org/download/bbpress_sitemap.txt</a></p> <p>This is old and I can't find a link to it on the author's site any more, but there it is. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/sitemap-generator#post-18125 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:59:53 +0000 csseur3 18125@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>like for Wordpress, i think a sitemap generator is interesting for the users who wants a forum good in seo.</p> <p>someone would have it plans to make a nice sitemap plugin? : p</p> <p>++ </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/users-how-long-does-it-take-for-google-to-index-your-bbpress-posts#post-16732 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:04:59 +0000 geld_lenen 16732@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Depends on your domain. It takes about 1 week of the frontpage.<br /> All subject can take 3-4 weeks I think! </p>