XF 2.1 Why are xenforo threads not indexed on Google?

[Ruh]

No matter what I did, the thread are not indexed in Google?
what would be the reason. Many people complain about this.

 

[CedricV]

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[Chromaniac]

test it through google search console. and submit it. rest is essentially google's choice if it wants to index the content or not.

 

[Ruh]

yes it's all like that

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[L3gacy]

I'm having the same problem.

 

[bzcomputers]

First be sure you check your site pages are actually not indexing, a lot of times people confuse this with pages not ranking which is completely different.

Also be aware Google does not index all pages it processes. If Google considers the quality of the page content to be low it will not index it.

 

[Alvin63]

It can take time and backlinks help. Eg I have one article I've linked on various sites and it comes up on google a lot. Incidentally, I was just checking my own settings after reading this post and noticed this in the SEO settings "Enable support for Index Now". I wasn't aware of that previously. Does anyone have it ticked?

 

[bzcomputers]

It can take time and backlinks help. Eg I have one article I've linked on various sites and it comes up on google a lot. Incidentally, I was just checking my own settings after reading this post and noticed this in the SEO settings "Enable support for Index Now". I wasn't aware of that previously. Does anyone have it ticked?

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Google does not support IndexNow, and Google represents over 90% of search engine traffic globally. How much does IndexNow help? ...very little for most sites.

 

[Alvin63]

Thanks.

 

[Alvin63]

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Can't actually find that - where is it in ACP?

 

[MySiteGuy]

Can't actually find that - where is it in ACP?

There's a search at the top/right of the ACP.

 

[Alvin63]

Yes and I couldn't find it there

 

[CedricV]

In your node setting page. At the bottom.

 

[Alvin63]

Sorry if I'm being dense but - is that ACP - Forums - Nodes? Can't see anything at the bottom or anything that says settings.

 

[Mr Lucky]

ACP - Forums - Nodes? Can't see anything at the bottom or anything that says settings.

It's at the bottom of each Node - Advanced settings.

Noindex any node that doesn't help you in Search engines, e.g. from support, off topic etc.

 

[Alvin63]

It's at the bottom of each Node - Advanced settings.

Noindex any node that doesn't help you in Search engines, e.g. from support, off topic etc.

Thanks. So open the node - advanced options. Assume all mine are ticked unless I unticked them or unless it's a private node, but I'll check.

Apologies for hijacking the thread.

 

[Mr Lucky]

unless it's a private node

In which cases it's irrelevant because no search bots will get there anyway