google wtf
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- jox
I've been trying to get a site indexed, but all it does index is some old cached crap from months back. Meta tags are defined properly, there's a robots.txt and more importantly - all other major search engines is indexing the site properly.
WTF am I doing wrong? Even more interesting - the old crap it IS indexing had a "noindex, nofollow" meta tag in it.
- Haydesign0
"robots.txt" whats this dude?
- jox0
Are you serious?
- Haydesign0
* leaves NT in shame
- ********0
I have a site with a site map that google simply refuses to index completely.
I've since given up.
- jox0
So it's settled then. Moth, grab your broad axe - we're going to Google HQ.
- UndoUndo0
have you got a Google Sitemaps account, signup create yr sitemap and submit it. (there are lots of free sitemap generators out there).
https://www.google.com/accounts/…
failing that you can request to have the page removed from the index, cant remeber the url but search www.webmasterworld.com and you will find it
- ********0
Undo might be able to solve it without violence.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong - and I code pretty solid sites if I do say so myself.
- monoboy0
Check your html, there might be something in it that the google bots object to.
- weestu0
when did you last submit it?
- UndoUndo0
also if the page has changed from a normal listing to a supplimentary one you know its one the way out. If the page is still active and you only find the link through the "site:" operator instead of the a search term why be bothered by it? unless yr new page doesnt rank higher for the same terms.
A good solution could be to do a permanent redirect from the old page to the new page with htaccess 301 redirect, if yr familiar with that geekiness
- jox0
Undo - thanks, just attached a sitemap with the google tool. Hopefully it'll help.
Can't find anything that the googlebot objects to. :(
I keep submitting 3-4 times every day.
- cls0
link to the site you want to be indexed. Place the link on a site that is frequently spiderd by G. It's the best way to speed the index thing up.
- jox0
What's odd is that it's linked from a LOT of sites right now..
There was a press release the other day promoting the site, and 50-70 news sites and portals are currently linking to it. All of which have higher rank than the site itself. Hmm..
- cls0
Also take a look in the logfiles to see if googlebot visist you, if it does and you still don't get indexed. There might be something wrong with your headers.
- UndoUndo0
were those incoming links going to the old page?
- cls0
how long have you been waiting? From the day you published the new sit untill now.
- cls0
got to go for a meeting now, will look bavk in 3 4 hours
- jox0
It's the same URL. Only diff is that the holding page (that's indexed) was a .html and the one it's supposed to show now is a .php.
- UndoUndo0
put this in a htaccess file in the root of yr server
Redirect 301 /index.html http://foobar.com/index.php
and upload in ascii
that should solve yr problem
- UndoUndo0
see this