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La_bete

6:50 pm on Dec 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Hi all

I have a site that is well placed for my target search phrases and keywords, the only problem is googlebot won't index any page other than my home page, the other pages have different meta and body text, how can I get these pages into google.

Cheers

La Bete

caine

6:52 pm on Dec 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

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how long has the base url been in Google, and what method do you use to tell that it is in Google?

La_bete

7:03 pm on Dec 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

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My index page has been well positioned for certain search phrases for about 2 yrs, no other pages can be found.

what method do you use to tell that it is in Google?

Every now and again I search for my site using certain key phrases, I never overdo it, I have a quick peak about once a month.

Thanks

La Bete

La_bete

7:05 pm on Dec 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

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BTW

I have <meta name="robots" content="ALL"> in the head and I have no robots text file.

ulstrup

7:11 pm on Dec 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Do you have links from your homepage to other pages?

Remove the <meta name="robots" content="ALL">, it's wrong syntax and should be <meta name="robots" content="index, follow"> but googlebot default, is to index and follow, so only use meta robots / robots.txt to limit spidering.

Does your site have dynamic urls, i.e. mydomain.com/page.asp?id=123#?

Terry_Plank

7:13 pm on Dec 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

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La_bete, one quick way to see if you are indexed with google is to type your domain in the Google Bar. mydomain.com and if you are indexed you will come up with a description.

If you come up with just the URL and no description, my understanding is that it means you are in there for future spidering. At least that is what happened for us when we were dropped and then were getting back in the index. It first appeared as a URL link and no description.

La_bete

7:29 pm on Dec 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

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ulstrup

Links on the home page.....I have many.

Remove the <meta name="robots" content="ALL">, it's wrong syntax and should be <meta name="robots" content="index, follow">

Okay, thanks for that, I'll get it sorted :)

Does your site have dynamic urls, i.e. mydomain.com/page.asp?id=123#?

None at all.

Terry_Plank

one quick way to see if you are indexed with google is to type your domain in the Google Bar. mydomain.com and if you are indexed you will come up with a description.

I get a description :)

I suppose it has something to do with
<meta name="robots" content="ALL">, I'll change that and see what happens.

Cheers

La Bete

caine

8:32 pm on Dec 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

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it should'nt do. all and index,follow are both accepted as far as i am aware.

are the links from the homepage straight html or is javascript/flash being used?

La_bete

8:47 pm on Dec 14, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Caine

>>>are the links from the homepage straight html or is javascript/flash being used?

They are straight html.

Cheers

La Bete