i want my forum to be recognize by search engines(yahoo, google,big etc)

by minneauxx July 27th 2015, 8:52 pm

this is what it show after i search my forum.."A description for this result is not available because of this site's robots.txt – learn more"

the url is certifiedvendor.org
i want it to be recognized like this forum legitvendor.org
u type legit vendor and the page will be given to u by the search engine..
but mine unless u type in the whole url..this makes it difficult for people to see..

help me....im not good in this robot.txt and the languages....
or anything to help get to moving , i mean recognize by search engine or guests i want my forum to be recognize by search engines(yahoo, google,big etc) <a href=

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by Guest July 27th 2015, 9:23 pm

Hello @minneauxx

You can read theese topics. They might help you:
https://help.forumotion.com/t9488-google-webmaster-tools
https://help.forumotion.com/t10986-forum-promotion
https://help.forumotion.com/t36994-how-to-add-keywords-metatags

Greetings.

by **Shadow** July 28th 2015, 11:29 am

Hello

Robot.txt message appears when your forum is 100% private. Search engines are like a visitor, they browse your forum but if this latter is 100% private they are not able to access your forum description.

You can either let the whole forum public or just one sub-forum. Like that, Google will be able to reach your description Smile

Normally the aim of the private forum is not to be visible on Google Wink

Best regards
Buttercup

by minneauxx July 28th 2015, 12:18 pm

i'm getting error and stuffs...brrrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh
am not good in this thing..can help?
provide u the logins and u do it for me Hello

by **brandon_g** July 28th 2015, 2:07 pm

Hello,

Most of the issues can be corrected in Acp (Admin panel)->General->Categories and forums click the little gear icon (modify) and go to a forums permissions. Make sure it says Guests CAN view the forum and read the topics.

-Brandon

by **Shadow** July 28th 2015, 2:13 pm

Hello

I won't enter your forum to reset your permissions Wink

If you manage to make your forum private, you'll manage to change your permissions without problem Wink

You can watch this video: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbou88_how-to-add-a-forum-and-set-permissi_tech
or read this tutorial: https://help.forumotion.com/t3315-permissions

Thanks Smile

by minneauxx July 28th 2015, 6:24 pm

lol... i have changed the permissions...now guests can view and read...

Yet am getting this..A description for this result is not available because of this site's robots.txt – learn more.

i have submitted it to the search engines too

by **brandon_g** July 28th 2015, 6:38 pm

Hello,

I would say give it a day or two, for the results to be adjusted after you made the change. It can a bit for the search engines update or put forth and revisions you make into the search.

The next couple times the bots visit your forum, they will now be able to properly index it and relay the information it finds to Google. This can a take a couple days for search engines to show any changes made.

I would say wait a couple days, then see if it has changed. Wink

-Brandon

by minneauxx July 28th 2015, 6:47 pm

by **Ape** July 29th 2015, 11:47 am

you have to have your forum live to bots for upto 48hrs or more before the info is shown in google and Bing Note yahoo is now bing so if you see bing and no yahoo then you know why.

by minneauxx July 29th 2015, 11:51 am

i have done the robot.txt.
sitemaps is the problem...i have tried several times...i think u should make videos on such things..
anyway i followed the steps but still getting errors when i submit the sitemap url to google.

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by minneauxx July 29th 2015, 11:57 am

i have verified it to google...but facing problems with the site maps..

by **brandon_g** July 29th 2015, 2:30 pm

minneauxx wrote:i have done the robot.txt.
sitemaps is the problem...i have tried several times...i think u should make videos on such things..
anyway i followed the steps but still getting errors when i submit the sitemap url to google.

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Which steps? We only asked you try waiting a bit?

-Brandon

by minneauxx July 29th 2015, 4:16 pm

yes... my forum have been verified by google..!
i want to get sitemap of my forum so i submit that one too...
that what am tryna say

by **brandon_g** July 29th 2015, 5:02 pm

Your site description has updated on search engines and you have moved on to create a site map. Do I understand that correctly?

-Brandon

by minneauxx July 29th 2015, 5:09 pm

yes...sitemap so i can submit to other search engines

by **SLGray** July 29th 2015, 6:57 pm

You do not have to submit a sitemap for search engines to index your forum. They will index your forum when they come across it. Also there should be ways to submit your forum's link to search engines.

It takes time for all search engines to index your forum.

Remember: search engines can only index what they see on your forum. They see what guests see on your forum.