Optimizing phpBB forum for Yahoo and MSN

gobeyond · Share | #1 (**permalink**) 12-12-2006, 11:13 AM

I built a forum with phpBB. So far, I have been getting a lot of traffic from Google, but very little from Yahoo and MSN. Google has indexed more than 2000 pages, while Yahoo only about 300, and MSN less than 30.

Can anyone offer some tips or guidance on how to get the site better indexed by Yahooa and MSN? Thanks!

ninjashoes · #2 (**permalink**) 12-12-2006, 09:54 PM

I have the same problem with a vbulletin forum. You gotta remember 90% of people or close to that use google so youll never have anywhere near as much traffic. If you are doing good with google I wouldnt worry about other SE's.

Bagi Zoltán · #3 (**permalink**) 12-13-2006, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ninjashoes

I have the same problem with a vbulletin forum. You gotta remember 90% of people or close to that use google so youll never have anywhere near as much traffic. If you are doing good with google I wouldnt worry about other SE's.

Yes, it is absouletly right, do not worry about them. Good luck for getting high rankings in Google!

brahmchari · #4 (**permalink**) 12-28-2006, 03:59 PM

Provide RSS feed of your forum. Yahoo loves it!

Ferre · #5 (**permalink**) 12-28-2006, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by brahmchari

Provide RSS feed of your forum. Yahoo loves it!

True. I remember that after I implemented an rss feed to my forums Yahoo picked up fast.