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

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" />.

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.

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

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

Best regards
Buttercup

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,


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

Hello

I won't enter your forum to reset your permissions If you manage to make your forum private, you'll manage to change your permissions without problem

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

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

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.


-Brandon

okay

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.

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

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

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

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


-Brandon

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

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.

okay...problem solved...!!