do any of you guys use it? would you recommend it? is there a free alternative that is just as good? i am currently running version vbulletin 4
There are a lot of features that vbseo features that vbulletin does not offer. With that being said, digital point ranks pretty good without vbseo.
For when you first start a forum yes, but if you have over a thousand threads just get a sitemap and a few useful addons.
Guys, you should keep in mind that vbseo is not just a URL Rewrite modification. It has many options that improves your forums SEO which is not there as default feature of vBulletin. I am using vBSEO 3.5 and just loving it.