Is our website on Google?

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groutclean

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  • #1
    Can anyone help?

    Our website has been live for a year or two but it's in the process of being improved. One thing we've never checked til now is if it comes up in Google searches.

    It doesn't - not even when we search on the web address itself, including .co.uk.

    Is this something we should be worried about?

    Thanks!
     
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    No Pork Pies

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    The site hasn't been indexed by Google

    The best way to get it indexed quickly is to create an XML sitemap, setup a Google webmaster tools account and point Google to the sitemap through webmaster tools. It is pretty easy to do and plenty of free tools that will create a sitemap for you.

    If you need more info give me a shout

    Adam
     
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    Annoying Donkey

    Annoying Donkey

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    No Pork Pies said:
    The site hasn't been indexed by Google

    The best way to get it indexed quickly is to create an XML sitemap, setup a Google webmaster tools account and point Google to the sitemap through webmaster tools. It is pretty easy to do and plenty of free tools that will create a sitemap for you.

    If you need more info give me a shout

    Adam
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    BusinessIdeas said:
    Buy a full membership on this forum and sign up to other forums, then put the url link in your signature - works wonders for indexing IMO
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    Nuts to both of those...

    Sitemaps are only useful for large sites, and can cause issues for smaller sites if done incorrectly.

    Add URL in webmaster tools typically slows down indexing.

    You don't need full membership, just put your URL in your profile. If there are no other issues with the site, then you'll be picked up very quickly.

    Having said that, I'd be surprised if there is not some other issue preventing you from being indexed... Suggest putting URL in profile so we can take a look...
     
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    WeblinkPlus said:
    If it's your user with www & .co.uk then you are indexed...
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    Not on the Google cache I have looked at - type cache: followed by the site address into Google and you'll see.

    As Frank and I have both said Google webmaster tools is your best bet and is completely free. The purpose of webmaster tools is to help Google index sites and I've never seen any issues with it for small websites and regularly get my own site indexed within an hour due to the xml sitemap so slowing indexing is also something I've never seen.
    Getting links would also work but that will be a slower option than a sitemap as Google will have to index the linking site first followed by your site which will take longer than the hour or so it takes from an xml sitemap.
     
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    David Chamberlain

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    I have had some of my sites indexed in 20 minutes or so.

    Go to pingoat.com and enter requested details to ping your site.

    Then head over to Digg! and Stumble Upon to social bookmark your site.

    I have a report I wrote on this somewhere...if anyone wants a copy just message me and I will send it over when I find it!
     
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    Sorry Weblinkplus I was only looking at the homepage.

    As Weblinkplus has shown there are 3 pages index and 2 pages in the cache.

    One issue I have spotted is that you have duplicate content with your homepage and you /services.html page. Wouldn't have thought this would be causing many issues though. Other than that I can't see any issues with the site itself
     
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    fisicx

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    PaulReddy said:
    Basically getting more links to your website will help. Google's tracking frequency is correlated to the link popularity of a site.
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    Really? So you think 500 links on free-for-all directories will make google visit more often than a single link from a .gov homepage
     
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