This is really frustrating!

by airforce12 December 27th 2009, 6:33 pm

I still got no bots even though I submitted my site to google and my board has been open for 22 days!

by Darren1 December 27th 2009, 11:10 pm

You have been informed that it may take up to 3 full months for a bot to index your site.

Please be patient.

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 10:29 am

Yeah but other sites have bots in like 2 weeks!

Is there something wrong with my forum?

by Darren1 December 28th 2009, 10:54 am

airforce12 wrote:Yeah but other sites have bots in like 2 weeks!

Is there something wrong with my forum?

You also have bots don't worry, you may just not have them able to be seen.

Can you check the following:
Admin panel >> Display ( Tab ) >> Structure & Hierarchy > Hierarchy > Display bots in statistics of the forum : = Yes

If that = no, your forum will not show that Yahoo, MSN & Google are visiting your forum, but they are still vising your forum

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 12:46 pm

It checked YES But i still can't see them Sad

by dotDavid December 28th 2009, 12:55 pm

Its a test of patience. Sooner or later, Bots will come.

by Sanket December 28th 2009, 12:58 pm

Keep posting content on your forum.

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 1:04 pm

Well it's got content do you want me to prove it to you? It's got plenty of content I still don't get it?

by Sanket December 28th 2009, 1:06 pm

No nothing about proving, i believe you. I am just telling you keep posting.

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 1:07 pm

But I got 5 users (Including Me) But They Hardly Ever Post!

by dotDavid December 28th 2009, 1:31 pm

You have like to activity on your forum, so even if Google Bot comes, they have nothing to index.

Have you shown any effort by promoting your site, using google webmaster, using links directories, or even google analytics?

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 1:33 pm

Yes I have my forum on ForuMansion This Forum And An Another Advertising Site

by Kyouri December 28th 2009, 1:39 pm

airforce12 wrote:I still got no bots even though I submitted my site to google and my board has been open for 22 days!

It can get frustrating, but be patient. I didn't even submit my site to any of the search engines and within a month they started appearing, starting with Google. Even if you do submit your site to search engines, they have a very long cue of sites that have been submitted that they need to get to. If you don't see anything within the next few weeks or so, you may try to resubmit your site, but as darren1 stated, it can take up to 3 months. One thing that does draw them, submitted or not, is your forum description and alot of changes going on... fresh content. If your site goes days without any new posts or skin changes, anything, then it may take longer for the bots to appear. Not saying you're not keeping it fresh, just letting you know. But with your site only having 33 posts, you really may want to put more effort into starting alot more topics in order to draw them in. Smile

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 1:42 pm

Yes but can you speed up the proccess?

by Sanket December 28th 2009, 1:43 pm

airforce12 wrote:Yes but can you speed up the proccess?

Its nothing to do with forumotion. Google has to do it.

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 1:50 pm

Verify ownership
Verifying your site proves to Google that you're really the site owner.

Site URL http://flightsimulatorx.forumotion.co.uk/
Verification status Not Verified

Verification method Meta tag Upload an HTML file

Copy the meta tag below, and paste it into your site's home page. It should go in the <head> section, before the first <body> section.

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="tRR2cOPsjqrC2AvK8qf2NobdQZx2Yr0Yw8thrOh4RCU" />

Help!

by Kyouri December 28th 2009, 1:53 pm

https://help.forumotion.com/updates-and-new-features-f1/new-update-25-fresh-functionalities-for-your-pleasure-t57131.htm

It's the first one. Smile

by dotDavid December 28th 2009, 1:56 pm

airforce12 wrote:Yes I have my forum on ForuMansion This Forum And An Another Advertising Site

No offense, but that is nothing. Are you a recognized member on any of those forums? Have you tried any other methods that I said?

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 1:59 pm

thats for google analatyics i using webmaster tools!

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 2:00 pm

dotDavid wrote:
airforce12 wrote:Yes I have my forum on ForuMansion This Forum And An Another Advertising Site

No offense, but that is nothing. Are you a recognized member on any of those forums? Have you tried any other methods that I said?

I am trying google webmaster tools but what does this mean?

Verify ownership
Verifying your site proves to Google that you're really the site owner.

Site URL http://flightsimulatorx.forumotion.co.uk/
Verification status Not Verified - Last attempt Less than a minute ago - Show history Hide history
.

Verification method Meta tag Upload an HTML file

Copy the meta tag below, and paste it into your site's home page. It should go in the <head> section, before the first <body> section.

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="tRR2cOPsjqrC2AvK8qf2NobdQZx2Yr0Yw8thrOh4RCU" />

Can anyone help?

by Sanket December 28th 2009, 2:27 pm

May I remind you that double/triple posting isn't tolerated unless separated by 24 hours (Use the edit button)

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 5:33 pm

Ok Google Webmaster = Solved!

But I look at robots.txt and it says

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google*
Disallow:

Is this the reason why?

by gazzie December 28th 2009, 6:53 pm

Have you tried changing them to allow?

by airforce12 December 28th 2009, 6:57 pm

i can't i can't change database where not allowed to

by Darren1 December 28th 2009, 11:19 pm

Can you please just stop for a few moments, your way overacting over such a trivial matter.

How long are you online for 4+ hours a day?
How often in that time are you actually on your forum?
In that time are you consistently looking & Refreshing the "who's online" list?
Could the possibility be that your simply not online when the bots come onto your forum??

The most probable reason is the content within your forum -> You MUST keep going with fresh and newly made topics, at least 2 a day, at least 50 posts made a day -> That WILL draw attention to your forum!

But does that speed up the process: No
Can I speed up the process: No, you don't have access to the DataBase, nor do you have access to the bot's sites line of referencing

What does "/robots.txt" mean?
It is simply now displaying what is prohibited from visiting your forum, if it isn't listed there then it can visit your forum
...But Google is prohibited?!?!??
DON'T FRET!!!!
Google is still visiting, just not that that 1 particular bot that has been blocked.

Concerning this part:

Verification method Meta tag Upload an HTML file

Copy the meta tag below, and paste it into your site's home page. It should go in the <head> section, before the first <body> section.

<meta name="google-site-verification" content="tRR2cOPsjqrC2AvK8qf2NobdQZx2Yr0Yw8thrOh4RCU" />

This is a Meta Tag, you need to insert it to the meta tag list via:
Admin panel >> General ( Tab ) >> Search Engines > Additional tags > Create a Meta Tag >
In the "Name attribute" = google-site-verification
In the "Content attribute" = tRR2cOPsjqrC2AvK8qf2NobdQZx2Yr0Yw8thrOh4RCU
Now save it, and verify with Google, i guarantee it will work!

Now, please relax and wait up to 3 months for the bots to show up on your forum !!

by airforce12 December 29th 2009, 9:49 am

thanks for this! Solved!

by Sanket December 29th 2009, 9:58 am

Since this thread is marked solved, I will lock this thread.

Sanket

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