Q and A: Why doesn't Google index my site any more?
Dear Kalena...
My client's site (www.coaching.uk.net ) has been recently converted to Joomla (around 6 months ago). The content is the same as previously. However Google no longer indexes the site.
The other search engines pick it up with no problems, and all my other Joomla sites are picked up by Google.
Can you suggest any reasons why this one should be an exception??!
Carrie
Kalena's Answer:
Dear Carrie
I've taken a look at the site and here's what I see:
1) You've got a Google Toolbar PageRank of zero.
2) You've got zero backward links listed on Google.
3) Google last cached your site on 7th November.
4) According to their Site Status Tool, Google does not know about all your site pages.
Seeing this, I doubt that Joomla that is causing the problem, it is more than likely that the re-design has triggered the site to get stuck in Google's Aging Delay. This delay can impact new or existing sites and can last up to 9 months. You're not the only one with a Joomla site facing similar problems.
Something to keep in mind when working with dynamic technologies and CMS's like Joomla: Google has stated in the past that they don't index pages containing session ids. I've seen such sites indexed before, so perhaps Google is getting better at this. But why take the risk? Make sure that your site either doesn't use session ids or contains a way for searchbots to grab the data via a parameter-clean URL. You can check how a search engine robot would see your site by downloading a text-based browser like Lynx and running your URLs through it.
See this post for advice on what to do while you're waiting in Google aging limbo.
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My client's site (www.coaching.uk.net ) has been recently converted to Joomla (around 6 months ago). The content is the same as previously. However Google no longer indexes the site.
The other search engines pick it up with no problems, and all my other Joomla sites are picked up by Google.
Can you suggest any reasons why this one should be an exception??!
Carrie
Kalena's Answer:
Dear Carrie
I've taken a look at the site and here's what I see:
1) You've got a Google Toolbar PageRank of zero.
2) You've got zero backward links listed on Google.
3) Google last cached your site on 7th November.
4) According to their Site Status Tool, Google does not know about all your site pages.
Seeing this, I doubt that Joomla that is causing the problem, it is more than likely that the re-design has triggered the site to get stuck in Google's Aging Delay. This delay can impact new or existing sites and can last up to 9 months. You're not the only one with a Joomla site facing similar problems.
Something to keep in mind when working with dynamic technologies and CMS's like Joomla: Google has stated in the past that they don't index pages containing session ids. I've seen such sites indexed before, so perhaps Google is getting better at this. But why take the risk? Make sure that your site either doesn't use session ids or contains a way for searchbots to grab the data via a parameter-clean URL. You can check how a search engine robot would see your site by downloading a text-based browser like Lynx and running your URLs through it.
See this post for advice on what to do while you're waiting in Google aging limbo.
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[If you found this post helpful, you might benefit from downloading our free Search Engine Optimization lesson]
Labels: google, google aging delay, google indexing, joomla, session ids
2 Comments:
you can use OPENSEF to have proper url for your site.
http://www.j-prosolution.com/en/projects/os-projects/download-opensef.html
There is more to making Joomla to be indexed to search engines.
Read http://seo4joomla.wordpress.com/ for more information on this topic.
Joomla websites can be indexed well if you follow those guidelines.
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