I am getting this type of code at end of my forum URL's:
&pid=3#pid3 (this code shows up after the correct endiing of a Url that ends in
http://my forum website .com/showthread.php?tid=2)
That is telling the browser which post in the thread to jump too.
I dont notice that on anyone elses forum though....not very friendly SEO urls huh?
I know this part is directing the browser to the post : "showthread.php?tid=2"
but then it adds this un-needed code after that: &pid=3#pid3
That code being where it is is perfectly normal. The &pid=3 part is the post's ID in the database, as well as in the thread's field list. the #pid3 is the non-url anchor(link to a page or to another part of the same page, html <a> tags.) telling the browser to jump to said post ID in the showthread page for that thread. Trust me, it happens to me a LOT.
typer Wrote:I dont notice that on anyone elses forum though....not very friendly SEO urls huh?
Were they meant to be?
The "pid" extension only shows up if you're jumping to a post.
That's normal mybb url for jumps. Search engines do not add any links after the # it will have no effect on SEO.
if you want to clean up your urls you can use this mod
http://mods.mybboard.net/view/mybb-seo
but like it was said it dose not really make much different to your search rank. if you are all ready been listed in google and have more then one hight
rank i would not change this. but if you are new and do not have many good ranks then i would think about this
i think this is has been added to mybb 1.4 so it should be good
ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:typer Wrote:I dont notice that on anyone elses forum though....not very friendly SEO urls huh?
Were they meant to be?
The "pid" extension only shows up if you're jumping to a post.
More specifically, when you jump to a post from within the showthread page.
It happens when you click the post's number after the
Post: in the top right/left of the post's table row.
Or if you click on "Next Oldest" or "Next Newest" on the thread page, or the new post icon or last post in the forum page.
Or after you post a reply. It's very common, and it even happens here. Watch, after I post this, I'll copy the url and edit it in to this post to show you.
http://community.mybboard.net/showthread...#pid197897
There you go, that's the exact url to this post, thus showing you that the &pid=nnn#pidnnn is perfectly normal.