logging in or signing up Reasons Why Your Website Is Not Yet Indexed HelenInnes Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 5 Category: Others/ Misc License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: May 19, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Reasons Why Your Website Is Not Yet Indexed: Reasons Why Your Website Is Not Yet Indexedweb pages already indexed: web pages already indexed Do a “ site:http ://domain” search in Google (leave out the quotation marks ) returns a message saying “ Your search - site:http ://domain/ - did not match any documents” it means Google has not found any of your web pages yettwo possible reasons why your website is not yet indexed: two possible reasons why your website is not yet indexedtwo possible reasons why your website is not yet indexed: 1) Your Robots.txt file restricts Google bots from crawling your website. two possible reasons why your website is not yet indexedSlide 5: Google follows whatever is in your Robots.txt file. If Google sees User-agent : * Disallow : / it will not bother to crawl in your website.Explaining the Robot.txt: Explaining the Robot.txt User-agent: * “ user agent” means the robots (i.e. search engine crawlers or spiders) “ * ” means all. So the first line means: “All robots” Disallow: / what is disallowed to be crawled “/” means the root directory simply means: disallow all files in the entire site.Slide 7: To allow Google bots and other robots to crawl all your files in the root directory simply remove “/” the code should be: User-agent : * Disallow :“PC Robot.txt” : “PC Robot.txt” A WordPress plugin Allow you to edit your Robots.txt file Install the plugin and activate ittwo possible reasons why your website is not yet indexed: 2) Your website is newly built. two possible reasons why your website is not yet indexedSlide 10: There are billions of web pages on the Internet. If there are no backlinks pointing to your web pages Google and search engines might take a while to discover your site. Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/view_photog.php?photogid=659Things to do: Things to do Sign-up with Google Webmaster tools submit your Sitemap URL if website is using the WordPress platform, install an XML Sitemap plugin Add your website in major search enginesSlide 12: It is recommended to do proper On-Page SEO to your web pages. When Google or other search engines crawl your website they find out as much as possible about your site.Slide 13: Copyright © 2011 Heleninnes.ca You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Reasons Why Your Website Is Not Yet Indexed HelenInnes Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 5 Category: Others/ Misc License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: May 19, 2011 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Reasons Why Your Website Is Not Yet Indexed: Reasons Why Your Website Is Not Yet Indexedweb pages already indexed: web pages already indexed Do a “ site:http ://domain” search in Google (leave out the quotation marks ) returns a message saying “ Your search - site:http ://domain/ - did not match any documents” it means Google has not found any of your web pages yettwo possible reasons why your website is not yet indexed: two possible reasons why your website is not yet indexedtwo possible reasons why your website is not yet indexed: 1) Your Robots.txt file restricts Google bots from crawling your website. two possible reasons why your website is not yet indexedSlide 5: Google follows whatever is in your Robots.txt file. If Google sees User-agent : * Disallow : / it will not bother to crawl in your website.Explaining the Robot.txt: Explaining the Robot.txt User-agent: * “ user agent” means the robots (i.e. search engine crawlers or spiders) “ * ” means all. So the first line means: “All robots” Disallow: / what is disallowed to be crawled “/” means the root directory simply means: disallow all files in the entire site.Slide 7: To allow Google bots and other robots to crawl all your files in the root directory simply remove “/” the code should be: User-agent : * Disallow :“PC Robot.txt” : “PC Robot.txt” A WordPress plugin Allow you to edit your Robots.txt file Install the plugin and activate ittwo possible reasons why your website is not yet indexed: 2) Your website is newly built. two possible reasons why your website is not yet indexedSlide 10: There are billions of web pages on the Internet. If there are no backlinks pointing to your web pages Google and search engines might take a while to discover your site. Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/view_photog.php?photogid=659Things to do: Things to do Sign-up with Google Webmaster tools submit your Sitemap URL if website is using the WordPress platform, install an XML Sitemap plugin Add your website in major search enginesSlide 12: It is recommended to do proper On-Page SEO to your web pages. When Google or other search engines crawl your website they find out as much as possible about your site.Slide 13: Copyright © 2011 Heleninnes.ca