new to SEO

good day!

i started my own forum like 3 weeks ago, and im pretty new to this seo stuff, i know there are countless articles in here but, i have some questions:

i have heard about "SEO friendly vbulletin skins" and id like to know more about them, i did my own custom skin and i want to be sure it is SEO friendly

as well, right now im using a sub domain, should i SEO my forum right now? or should i wait untill i get a full domain? googlebots are crawling my forums already and i wish to know if i should start now even if my URL is going to change in the future or i should i wait untill i have my url?

thanks for your time!

 

I'm not sure if non-vbSEO license holders can download it, but have you seen vbSEO's optimized template? That would probably be a good place to start.

 

ill check it out, but still, i wonder if i should seo my forum even if im going to change domain

 

I would do it. At least you'd have everything in place when you do move.

 

thank you for your quick answers

i know its impossible to know exactly when, but, what about an estimate time on how long would it take google to update my old url with my new url?

 

Depending, it might take some hours, maybe days.

 

thank you!

 

Last time I moved a site I think it took about a week.

 

Really?? Mines take hours usually.

 

Yeah, I don't think Google spidered that site very often.

 

Here's the vBSEO skin: vBSEO Style 1.0 PRO - vBulletin.org Forum

 

thank you a lot