Have I set it up wrong for SEO? - General Discussions

RE: Have I set it up wrong for SEO?

joel — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 18:06:49 +0000

If you have a forum and a blog together you need to add both sitemaps to Google so they will be indexed.

RE: Have I set it up wrong for SEO?

AlexanderLC — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 14:38:03 +0000

Hi Blade,

Have you checked if your robots.txt is blocking the search engines? You can insert your domain and type /robots.txt after to check.

If you haven't created a robots.txt for your domain, I would strongly recommend it. Remember to insert your sitemap URL in your robots.txt also.

To give you an example of how to set up your robots.txt correctly, this is how you do it: https://excelerate.dk/robots.txt
You can find plugins to help you with this, e.g. Yoast.

I would also suggest that you add an SEO plugin to your WordPress site to help you with the basics. For example, all-in-one SEO, Yoast SEO, RankMath, or something else. It can help you with better indexing.

Another thing I would recommend is to download the plugin IndexNow.

With this plugin, you can submit URLs from your WordPress site to multiple search engines without the need to register and verify your site with them.

Also - once installed - you can set the plugin up to automatically generate and host the API key on your site --> enabling faster indexing.

Also, I'd recommend you start building some backlinks. That can help you increase your domain authority, rank better, and index your site more quickly.

I hope this helps.

Best,

Alexander from Excelerate

RE: Have I set it up wrong for SEO?

gulshan212 — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:24:04 +0000

Well, It also depends on the quality of content. If your content is Good and Authentic then you can be spot in first number of Google SERP.

Thanks

RE: Have I set it up wrong for SEO?

dimalifragis — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:27:11 +0000

Create a Google Webmasters account and see what is going on (after a while).

Also that forum has very little content. Do you have ANY votes? (backlinks)

RE: Have I set it up wrong for SEO?

Blade — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 13:06:01 +0000

Hi.

I have both site maps in console.

Sitemap.jpg

RE: Have I set it up wrong for SEO?

Chris — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:39:51 +0000

Hi @blade,

make sure you've submitted your forum sitemap to Google in Google Search Console Tools.

Here is your forum sitemap URL: https://avanzatel.com/forum/sitemap.xml/

Have I set it up wrong for SEO?

Blade — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 07:35:21 +0000

Hi.

Have I set it up wrong for SEO?

I have a few pages on my website using WPforo but only 1 page shows up in Google.

Had them online about 9 months, maby the structure is wrong. Should they show in Google

You can see only 1 shows site:avanzatel.com

Should I change the layout?

Thank you.