Search Engine Friendly Archive

[Ted's a Rat]

What is the best setting for these 4 options in the ACP ?

Or is there a BEST setting?

I ask because I was sitting at #1 on the google ranking for my type of message board when I was using the SMF format, I've recently swicthed over to VB and i'm now listed on page 2 :rolleyes:

[Ted's a Rat]

I'm currently set like this


Forum Archive Enabled
The Search-Friendly Archive (http://www.carolinaskiffowner.com/archive/index.php) works only under the Apache web server with PHP compiled as a module.

It provides a basic structure that search engines can spider to grab all the content on your site.
Yes No

Display Simple View of Threads
By default, threads in the Archive are displayed in a simple manner. Set this to no to have the real threads linked from the archive.
Yes No

Forum Archive Threads Per Page
The number of threads to display per page in the threads listing.
This is done on a per-forum basis.
250
Note: This number must be at least 1.



Forum Archive Posts Per Page
The number of posts to display per page in the thread listing.
250
Note: This number must be at least 1.

[Ted's a Rat]

Anybody know the correct setting for this ?

[Ted's a Rat]

Anybody ?

[Steve Machol]

There is no 'correct' setting. I left mine at the defaults.