Site not being Indexed by Google

Rox · Sep 18, 2012

Hello,

I have a problem where Google is crawling my website but is not indexing the content. See the below screenshot from webmaster tools account. I would like to point that none of the posts/pages/categories created after 9th Sep 2012 are indexed on Google. Not sure what is wrong, i even changed from Yoast's SEO plugin to Platinum SEO two days back, still nothing!

Site is very new and hence only 3 links have been indexed.

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Appreciate if anybody can let me know what is wrong. PM me for site link.

Thanks!

Spartan · Sep 18, 2012

It could be due to Low Value page Content detected by google.
Make a Target backlinks to that particular page from highly indexed related website.

Submit sitemap and ping google...( XML sitemaps plugin for WP is ok )

Google takes time to indexed content if website is new as there are many websites popping up each day with low page content.
To get indexed faster you need to make related niche exact backlinks...More backlinks will help you to index faster

Rox · Sep 18, 2012

On a second thought, i used some shitty sitemap generator. Can it be the problem? My content is not so low value, although it is not unique - it is not low value. I am sure there is some issue with the way something is setup since Google has not updated links for my site from Sep 9, before this date all content was getting indexed instantly.

I have changed the sitemap plugin to Google XML Sitemaps. Lets see how it goes.

Smith · Sep 18, 2012

Drop me a PM with website URL. I'll check it for you.

HostStage · Sep 18, 2012

Quickly checked your robots.txt nothing is wrong there.

Otherwise, your sitemap is short, you may want to regenerate it. (I'm unsure, if it is up to date)

URL Priority Change Frequency LastChange (GMT)
http://yourwebsite.com/ 100% Daily 2012-09-17 03:56
http://yourwebsite.com/alternatives-to-the-worlds-most-popular-web-services.html 100% Always 2012-09-17 03:56
http://yourwebsite.com/contact-us 60% Daily 2012-09-17 01:56
http://yourwebsite.com/facebook-planning-search-engine-business.html 100% Always 2012-09-15 02:26
http://yourwebsite.com/know-inventors-cash-register-cash-in.html 100% Always 2012-09-15 01:36
http://yourwebsite.com/tired-remembering-multiple-passwords-wave-hand.html 100% Always 2012-09-15 01:05
http://yourwebsite.com/fbi-rollout-public-facial-recognition-system-2014.html 100% Always 2012-09-09 20:32
http://yourwebsite.com/google-buys-browser-based-virus-scanning-firm-virustotal.html 100% Always 2012-09-08 20:48
http://yourwebsite.com/complete-list-of-domain-extensions.html 100% Always 2012-09-04 13:22
http://yourwebsite.com/the-great-indian-thorium-scam-48-lakh-crores-scam.html 100% Always 2012-09-03 14:08

Rox · Sep 19, 2012

Thanks for the valuable suggestions guys, i have made the below changes:

Removed some shitty sitemap plugin which i myself don't know why i installed it and added Google XML Sitemaps plugin
Added back Yoast's Wordpress SEO plugin.
Changed breadcrumbs plugin since the previous one looked very bad.
Added few categories in the navigation menu.
Pinged sitemap.
Submitted feeds to quite a few RSS directories.
Updated the ping list as advised by HostStage and installed "no-ping-wait" plugin as well.

Lets see what happens now - will post the results here in two-three days.

Edit: I have added SEO Ultimate plugin and not Yoast's Wordpress SEO since SEO Ultimate gives tons of config options.

Smith · Sep 19, 2012

That should do it.

Reason why I recommended Yoast SEO plugin is because it gives you all important settings you'll need and you also get integrated breadcrumb plugin. Which is great. 2 in 1.

Rox · Sep 20, 2012

Finally, google has indexed all my content now.

Thanks all for the response.

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