Location: Ask & Answer

Discussion: can someone explain Google SearchReported This is a featured thread

Showing 1 - 13 of 13  |  Show  posts at a time

lynn_boy4life
can someone explain Google Search
Jan 29 2009, 11:44 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 29 2009, 11:44 PM EST
I am having trouble getting Google or Yahoo search engines to bring up my wetpaint site. I will type "godrulz.wetpaint" and all that comes up are Myspace pages that I use to get traffic or help pages like this one.
There is not direct link to my site on these engines. Why?
3  out of 3 found this valuable. Do you?    
Sophy-chan
Sophy-chan
1. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Jan 30 2009, 8:05 AM EST | Post edited: Jan 30 2009, 8:05 AM EST
you forgot to put your wp's name into the search terms.
Go at promote and place it there.
I think that should do the trick.
2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    
Sophy-chan
Sophy-chan
2. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Jan 30 2009, 8:08 AM EST | Post edited: Jan 30 2009, 8:08 AM EST
also, I found somewhere also on wp central that to add your site to google search you should also add your url here:
http://www.google.com/addurl/
3  out of 3 found this valuable. Do you?    
yy10
yy10
3. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Jan 30 2009, 8:15 AM EST | Post edited: Jan 30 2009, 8:15 AM EST
"also, I found somewhere also on wp central that to add your site to google search you should also add your url here:
http://www.google.com/addurl/"
Wow. Cool. I'll add my Wetpaint site now...
2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    

Posted Anonymously
4. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Feb 1 2009, 5:37 PM EST | Post edited: Feb 1 2009, 5:37 PM EST
"you forgot to put your wp's name into the search terms.
Go at promote and place it there.
I think that should do the trick."
Thank you, I did it now I will monitor the traffic and see if it increases
Do you find this valuable?    
mothy
mothy
5. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Feb 1 2009, 6:18 PM EST | Post edited: Feb 1 2009, 6:18 PM EST
Don't hold your breath. I tried all this and more and still my site doesn't appear on Google.

At https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/sitestatus you can get Google status of your site - mine comes back with:
"Potential indexing problems:
We do not know about all the pages of your site. You can submit a Sitemap to tell us more about your site."

But WetPaint doesn't allow you to submit a sitemap.

You can then try http://www.google.com/webmasters/start/ to verify your site:
"Once you verify that you're the site owner, we can provide you with comprehensive statistics and error information about
the pages in your site. If you're unable to verify, you can still use the webmaster tools, submit Sitemaps, and see detailed
information about those Sitemaps as well as basic information about your site.

We offer two methods of verification. You can either upload an HTML file with a name we specify, or you can add a meta
tag to your site's index file. Choose your preferred method below."

Again WetPaint doesn't allow you to use either method of verification.
1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
Sophy-chan
Sophy-chan
6. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Feb 3 2009, 9:43 AM EST | Post edited: Feb 3 2009, 9:43 AM EST
erm... also, linking to other sites helps.
googlebots find this kind of sites easier... probably because they consider it more popular and more helpful.
1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

marioman1000
7. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Feb 3 2009, 9:53 AM EST | Post edited: Feb 3 2009, 9:53 AM EST
"Don't hold your breath. I tried all this and more and still my site doesn't appear on Google.

At https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/sitestatus you can get Google status of your site - mine comes back with:
"Potential indexing problems:
We do not know about all the pages of your site. You can submit a Sitemap to tell us more about your site."

But WetPaint doesn't allow you to submit a sitemap.

You can then try http://www.google.com/webmasters/start/ to verify your site:
"Once you verify that you're the site owner, we can provide you with comprehensive statistics and error information about
the pages in your site. If you're unable to verify, you can still use the webmaster tools, submit Sitemaps, and see detailed
information about those Sitemaps as well as basic information about your site.

We offer two methods of verification. You can either upload an HTML file with a name we specify, or you can add a meta
tag to your site's index file. Choose your preferred method below."

Again WetPaint doesn't allow you to use either method of verification."
Trade links with other sites, and your site URL/name will appear on google search when you search it up.
1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

marioman1000
8. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Feb 3 2009, 9:55 AM EST | Post edited: Feb 3 2009, 9:55 AM EST
My site is the first result on the Google search.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=http%3A%2F%2Fzgaming.wetpaint.com%2F
Google also looks forsites with many members and pages. So make your site popular!
1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Posted Anonymously
9. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Feb 8 2009, 7:43 AM EST | Post edited: Feb 8 2009, 7:43 AM EST
well just type in goole. 2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    

marioman1000
10. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Feb 8 2009, 8:28 AM EST | Post edited: Feb 8 2009, 8:28 AM EST
"well just type in goole. "
Not all sites appear on Google. Make your wiki more popular and add tags to pages and threads.
1  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    
walrusworldstudios
walrusworldstudios
12. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Apr 25 2009, 4:50 PM EDT | Post edited: Apr 25 2009, 4:50 PM EDT
How nice are you?
Please dont be mean on Wetpaint. I would appreciate if you were nice and if you have a mean comment, keep it to yourself.
1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Posted Anonymously
14. RE: can someone explain Google Search
Sep 10 2010, 2:11 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 10 2010, 2:11 AM EDT
Can someone please confirm it is not possible to to 'verify' a wetpaint site with Google? If it can be done please tell me how. Do you find this valuable?    

Related Content

  (what's this?Related ContentThanks to keyword tags, links to related pages and threads are added to the bottom of your pages. Up to 15 links are shown, determined by matching tags and by how recently the content was updated; keeping the most current at the top. Share your feedback on Wetpaint Central.)