hi my site is`nt appearing on google with any of my key words i tried vauxhall forum and got to page 12 and still not on there the only way it appears is by typing the forum name my site is
www.vauxhallmodified.co.uk
yet post from when i was on forumation free forum show up and now i`m on a paid server nothing
(2012-04-26, 05:57 PM)CRAIG@VM Wrote: [ -> ]hi my site is`nt appearing on google with any of my key words i tried vauxhall forum and got to page 12 and still not on there the only way it appears is by typing the forum name my site is www.vauxhallmodified.co.uk
Check with your meta keywords, i think you need to seperate with comma(,) (im too not sure) and try adding some more related meta keywords. It may help...
Google ignores meta keywords since years.
well how can i get it to show up?
(2012-04-26, 07:30 PM)CRAIG@VM Wrote: [ -> ]well how can i get it to show up?
Well its not like togglin a switch, it takes time and a good management of the SEO. Doing to much SEO is bad doing no SEO is bad. Finding a proper balance is where its all about.
Important place where you can ask for help is:
https://groups.google.com/a/googleproduc...g--ranking
Another important thing is you are using a splash page. While i do this to you dont have any META tags in this page. There is no information about the site and this page (looking at the plugin) breaks googlesbot like all splash pages do.
You can do something like:
if (!isset($_COOKIE['(SplashName)']) && !(strpos($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], 'Googlebot') !== false)) {
To let google skip your splash page, but the moment some "real" google person checks your site and finds out you treat the bot different then real people you also immediately lose your ranking.
Most important part if you dont need a splash page please dont use it.
Or use some lightbox splashpage where you fade out the content of your site with a small pop up box infront of the page listing some information.
And this is the only thing a bot currently sees from your site:
<a href="http://vauxhallmodified.co.uk/portal.php/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t399/craigvm/HOMEPAGENEW.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
so it would be best to get rid of the landing page then? i`ve just installed the seo plugin too
(2012-04-26, 10:39 PM)CRAIG@VM Wrote: [ -> ]so it would be best to get rid of the landing page then? i`ve just installed the seo plugin too
The real question you need to ask yourself with a splash page is:
Do i absolutely (100%) need the thing if the answer (even if its 99% yes ) no dont do it.
They dont serve much purpose on most sites and where they do they have a good reason to do so. A simple announcement or rules etc. should not be done with a splash page so. They ruin SEO and kill your ranking really quickly. There are alternative options for Splash pages, if you want to keep your ranking do something like this for a traditional Splash page:
[1]
Your forum put it into the:
yourwebsiteurl/forum/
And make an index page in the root of your site with the splash page(not using any cookies!)
Without the use of any cookies. It wouldnt be to bad to have a splash page on a site in general ( since you could simply .htaccess redirect google to your main page). But the fact that when you start using Cookies you block google's bot and all other search engine bots acces to your site it will hurt your ranking.
[2]
The other way which is far more work is a lightbox splash page you do it something like this (for cookies etc this needs quite some work though):
http://www.willmaster.com/library/featur...b-page.php
But thats a lot of work add to that none of the index.php/portal.php have a body tag and you would have to load it outside the body tags.
Like this:
window.onload = function()
What this will have as a result is a greyed out main page with a lightbox on top of it (the first time somebody visits your site). The content on your site can still be seen by anybody only there is something floating over it. So using meta tags/ google CEO plugin etc all work there is only that thing floating over your site untill they click on the close/accept button. Obtaining the cookie and the next time its gone.
I like that method but honestly the first one is more simple if you absolutely 100% need a splash page.
But looking at your splash page:
http://i1057.photobucket.com/albums/t399...AGENEW.jpg
Its really not needed and can only have negative effects on SEO so my advice remove the plugin. And dont bother with splash pages for SEO sake.
thanks for that m8 ive took you advise and removed it now the only reason i had it is that my site started as .com but when i moved from my free site they said i cant transfer my .com domain untill ive had it 3 months (i can transfer it in a few days now) so i brought the .co.uk and put a landing page on my old site the .com and pur a redirect ob it so that you clicked it and went to the .co.uk and just want both the same ,is there anything else i can do to get it ranked better on google searches?
Uhmm you already have taken google SEO as plugin..
Otherthings would be have a
robot.txt file
sitemap file (uploaded to your webmaster google tool)
www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ account
Oh and i use
https://www.attracta.com/ i personally like it.
I wouldnt know much more to help you no..
But like i posted before the google group from webmasters etc can really assist you well with these things. They know a lot about the subject even when they are sometimes in there comments kinda harsh. But they indeed can assist you a lot better then i can.
https://groups.google.com/a/googleproduc...g--ranking
It took my site about a week to show up on google results, it's not instant,
you can go here http://www.google.com/submityourcontent/ and click add your url but you have to have a google account to do so. Also make sure your host hasn't made a deny google bot code in your robot.txt file or .htaccess file.