Cannot find my forum on a google search

by TigerHawkB March 4th 2009, 8:53 pm

I have my forum indexed and succesfully accessed by google.Below are the info I have from Google Webmaster Tools:
"Home page crawl:
Googlebot has successfully accessed your home page. More information.
Index status:
Pages from your site are included in Google's index.
No pages from your Sitemaps are currently in Google's index. Indexing can take time. You may find it helpful to review our information for webmasters and webmaster guidelines."
I have about 10 keywords and I have submitted sitemap but so far I can only find my forum if I search for "tiger's forum", not with any other keywords, such as "area 51"(the new forum name) or "conspiracy" or "UFO", etc....
Also I haven't seen googlebot at all, even though I have the above confirmation message.

Do I just have to wait more or do I have to do something about it?

I used search function for googlebot queries but I couldn't find what I am looking for.

by musket March 4th 2009, 9:32 pm

In admin panel >>>Display>>>structure and hierarchy
have you set for display bots in the statistics of the forum ?

Cannot find my forum on a google search Bots10

by TigerHawkB March 4th 2009, 9:46 pm

Yes it is set for bot display

by musket March 4th 2009, 10:05 pm

In admin panel >>General
have you written a site description for your site
so that it might be picked up by Bots?

Cannot find my forum on a google search Site_d10

by TigerHawkB March 4th 2009, 10:08 pm

yes, ofc it has a site description

by musket March 4th 2009, 10:10 pm

It doesn't appear on your homepage only on banner?
Bots would not pick it up from a Banner
it should not be an abreviation, use several full words
to describe your forum Smile

by TigerHawkB March 4th 2009, 10:14 pm

huh? what do you mean? I am talking about my forum not coming on google search.

by musket March 4th 2009, 10:17 pm

Forums are meta tagged by their site description

show a screen shot of your site description like I did above

by TigerHawkB March 4th 2009, 10:19 pm

Well, this is my site description "For conspiracy theorists, ufologists and people interested in paranormal"
And it doesn't come up

by musket March 4th 2009, 10:30 pm

You only need three words Conspiracy Theory Ufology
to describe your forum Smile

by TigerHawkB March 4th 2009, 10:34 pm

musket wrote:You only need three words Conspiracy Theory Ufology
to describe your forum

Right...you mean the description only or the keywords too?

by musket March 4th 2009, 10:41 pm

If you have a PC then a free program Download
will allow you to take screen shots Smile

Code:: and in site description insert <p style=text-align: center;> Conspiracy Ufology Theory </p>

by TigerHawkB March 4th 2009, 11:02 pm

Ok, so I've put this: "<p style=text-align: center;> Conspiracy Ufology Theory </p> " into site description box and I hit save, but I still have my old description

by Christos March 4th 2009, 11:21 pm

Does your forum has clicks?
Maybe there are other sites with "Conspiracy Ufology Theory" in their text, body and have more clicks than your site Wink

Give some time to Google , ohh and try searching exactly what your site title is

by TigerHawkB March 4th 2009, 11:31 pm

Christos wrote:Does your forum has clicks?
Maybe there are other sites with "Conspiracy Ufology Theory" in their text, body and have more clicks than your site

Give some time to Google , ohh and try searching exactly what your site title is

Well, I do have ads by Google, and I have changed my site title, from Tiger's Forum ( no one would search for this, unless they are close friends) to Area 51, but still can't find it.
I am willing ofc to wait more, but how long? If, ofc, this is the problem........

by musket March 5th 2009, 12:43 am

Bots read this site, so it's a good idea to include your
site address when there are queries made in messages
concerning your site, it not only helps others to see what
the problem might be but also alerts the search engines to
log another site on line eg. include http://conspiracy.forumotion.net/forum.htm
in your messages when seeking help on the help forums about
maters concerning your forum Smile

by Rok March 5th 2009, 1:12 am

I recommend you to read my short tutorial that will help get your forum on Google :

When you search for something on Google, and it is one of your keywords, then it will appear in the Google Search. This is a very great way to achieve members.

To add keywords :

Admin Panel >

Display tab >

Homepage -- Generalities >

Scroll down to the Referencing : metatags section. Beside where "Keywords for your site
Words must be separated by a comma." is stated, enter some famous word searches. Some examples of famous wors searches would be :
• Hannah Montana
• Friday the 13th
• Tony Hawk
• -Holidays- (Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving)
• -Famous Movies-
• -Famous Games-
• -Small, but used words- (and, the, in)

Make sure you Save the settings afterwards.

Also, your forum will appear on Google the higher your forum's popularity is. So, mak as many threads as you possibly can, and get the member ranking very high.

Rok