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Google not indexing my static pages

I have a dynamic site made 25 or so static pages to be indexed

deanril

6:55 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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On all the search engines my static pages , some 25 of them are not being indexed. I was wondering if there was something wrong with my code. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I love this forum :)
I have copied and pasted my Head below, possibly in there there is a problem, I have links on my front page (that IS indexed) to all my static pages.

<script language=JavaScript>var message="MY SITE NAME";</SCRIPT><script language=JavaScript src="http://www.mysite.com/Zcode/AllowRightClick.js"></SCRIPT> <link href="/zcode/StyleSheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no">
<META Name="Description" CONTENT="I have description in here some 20 or so words">
<META Name="Keywords" CONTENT="Some 40 keyords in here">
<META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="Global">
<META NAME="revisit-after" CONTENT="5 days">
<META NAME="robots" CONTENT="All">
<META NAME="rating" CONTENT="General">
<META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="my servers name here">
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Host name and www here">
<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

a sample link

<div align="left"><font color="#000099" size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.staticpage.cfm" title="widgets"> widgets</a> - widgets only the best</font></div>
<li>

nell

6:57 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Maybe having a <TITLE> would help. The rest of the meta tags other than <DESCRIPTION> are useless with Google

[edited by: nell at 7:00 pm (utc) on April 2, 2003]

Clovis

6:58 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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am i missing the title tag? or did you purposely exclude it from the post?

also recommended... an index, robot follow tag

skibum

7:00 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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When did you put them up? Google will typically take 4-8 weeks to index and update. Probably don't need most of those meta tags, but they shouldn't cause problems. Check back after the next Google update (give it a week or so till the next G update and they may show up).

There is no robots.txt keeping spiders out is there?

yea titles are good

nell

7:02 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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>also recommended... an index, robot follow tag

Useless.

Clovis

7:04 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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sorry, but i disagree

nell

7:22 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Clovis, you really believe Googlebot needs to be invited before it will index and follow a page?

Clovis

7:23 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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maybe not googlebot, but i believe the concern was for all search engines. while the index follow tag may not be essential to success... it certainly is helpful.

nell

7:32 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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>Google not indexing my static pages

The title of the post.

deanril

7:43 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Thank you all! Very much for responding.

It does indeed have a tittle tag, just left that out sorry.

From what I read, Google is real good with links, and may index them, however the others I been on alot longer and they have not Indexed them at all, maybe it my links, or the way i have them maybe. Because I really need them to be indexed, because all of my content is dynamic, so none actually know I have 700 other pages. The only way I can get anywhere was making these static pages.

There is no Robots.txt keeping spiders out.

And Im sorry to cause a debate, actually yes Google is not and either is the rest. Ill get a "robot follow tag"
if you think it will help atleast all the other engines.

Thank you again. I thought maybe there might have been a problem with the actual link format, or head area.

EDIT: Did some quick research, here [searchengineworld.com...]

There are also, two global directives that can specify both actions: ALL=INDEX,FOLLOW, and NONE=NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW.
Robots Meta Tag Examples:
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="INDEX,FOLLOW">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,FOLLOW">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="INDEX,NOFOLLOW">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW">

So I think Im ok, because i have <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="All">

What do you think?

deanril

7:58 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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My whole top of page

<script language=JavaScript>var message="My Site";</SCRIPT><script language=JavaScript src="http://www.mysite.com/Zcode/AllowRightClick.js"></SCRIPT> <link href="/zcode/StyleSheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no">
<META Name="Description" CONTENT="Discription stuff">
<META Name="Keywords" CONTENT="Keywords in here">
<META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="Global">
<META NAME="revisit-after" CONTENT="5 days">
<META NAME="robots" CONTENT="All">
<META NAME="rating" CONTENT="General">
<META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="Hostname">
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="host name and www.">
<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

</script>
<link rel="shotcut icon" href="http://www.My site.com/favicon.ico"> <link href="http://www.mysite.com/zcode/Zomix.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<link href="http://www.mysite.com/zcode/Zomix_gen.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<SCRIPT src="http://www.mysite.com/zcode/Zomix.js" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT src="http://www.mysite.com/zcode/Zomix_gen.js" language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"></SCRIPT> <TITLE>Tittle in here</TITLE></HEAD>

Clovis

8:04 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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looks good to me, i would advise putting the title tag as close to the top as possible. it is my understanding that google gives it a lot of precedence along with the text and inbound links. your thoughts nell?

glengara

8:17 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Deanril are you saying your static pages have the .cfm rather than the htm(l) ending, and if so, could it be relevant?

deanril

8:46 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Yes my whole site is .cfm They are relevant, I dont want to break any rules, so Ill say the links say Sony widgets, JVC widgets, Samsung widgets, and my title and keywords and desription is all widgets.

So yes they are relevant.

Now this Engine I bought, they have alot of sites and i have noticed Google did index the .cfm So Im not sure if thats a problem or, not its just the other sites are indexed, that use the same server/dynamic engine. However throughout my website experience(this is my first but Ive been surfing many years, and have a good idea what they need ect...) with this engine, and its confinement, limiting factors of what you can do, me and the owner of the package deal(websitew using dynamic engine) have made alot of changes, Ive said how about this he liked the idea and changed the whole engine. However again, mine is the only site running Version 2 or the revised engine, so Im thinking my site may differ a bit from the rest of the ones using the older revission. The guy has been great there is literally a list of atleast 30 things changed and he has done them all very professionally.

The home page the way the engine works is the top on the left collom of pages, and if you go to www.mysite.com thats all you see, until you click on "HOME" on the left then www.mysite.com/widgets.cfm shows up. However the search engines display www.mysite.com , but the title is always whatever I have named the home page.

Sorry to be confusing here..

deanril

8:54 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Clovis - I will see if I can get the tittle to the top, thats where it should be your right. We had a problem earlier on, because the engine is all browser designable pages, you use browser to design pages, except you can input HTML code straight in aswell. I would design my pages in dreamweaver, then cut and paste in, I would keep them at 600 pixels, so as to keep the border tight for 800x600 users. Anyway he had it so I had 2 heads and 2 tittles going on because of this, he fixed it, now 1 head 1 tittle, so Ill get him to move tittle to top, hopefully

Clovis

9:00 pm on Apr 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

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spiders read pages from top to bottom and left to right, so any important info (title, keywords, desc etc...) carry more weight when placed closer to the top of the pages. i did have a link that showed the order in which each portion of a webpage is viewed by se spiders, but i cant seem to locate it, sorry. if memory serves correctly, it went URL, title, desc, keywords (where applicable) ... but im not certain.