Compliments To Code Monkey

michaeljvbull · 08-13-2007, 02:18 PM

I am normally not able to access forums from my work, but for some reason I can always access vbmodder. Is this by design and if so what is the secret?

Example of Blocked Site:

Quote:

IpAddress:
Reason:
199.194.250.241
The Websense category "Message Boards and Forums" is filtered.
URL:
vBulletin FAQ

Code Monkey · 08-14-2007, 10:15 PM

Just luck I guess. Or all the optimizations of my own as well as vBSEO have removed some kind of common factor that distinguishes forums. You'll just have to post more here I guess.

michaeljvbull · 08-15-2007, 06:17 AM

I'm wondering if your keywords and/or metatags omit the phrase message board and the word forum by design.

I would question the benefit of using those references anyway, given that all forums want to bypass filtering. Since content is paramount - the words "forum" & "message board" do little to help ranking and I see no upside to using them at all.

Code Monkey · 08-15-2007, 07:15 AM

They could also be using something like DMOZ to see how it's listed and categorized.