Pages Not Getting Indexed By Google?

[jbmail]

Using Version 1.14

2 of my sites have hardly any pages indexed , around 100-200 after 1 YEAR and the other 2 have 11,000+, all with same volume and members.

is there ANY chance that this code has anything to do with that not being indexed?

Thanks

JB

I set URL Method to number 2

I set Friendly URL's for Stories to TRUE

They were 1 and FALSE for past year???



URL methodDescription: Search engine friendly URLs
1 = Non-SEO Links. Example: /story.php?title=Example-Title
2 SEO Method. Example: /story/example-title/ method.
Note: You must rename htaccess.default to .htaccess AND add code found at the bottom of the Admin > Manage > Categories page to the .htaccess file
Value: 2
Default Value: 1
Default Value: 1 or 2
Friendly URL's for storiesDescription: Use the story title in the url by setting this value to true. Example: /story/(story title)/
Keep this setting as TRUE if using URL Method 1
Value: true
Default Value: true
Default Value: true / false
************************************************** ************************************************** ***********

Code they speak about at bottom of page is: Set HTA access, but when i do, it says this


The file ../.htaccess already exists. To protect you from accidentally removing it, you must manually remove it from your server before moving on.

[PliggTemplate]

Hi jbmail,

Firstly where have you installed pligg to, on the main domain or in a subfolder?.

If you have now set seo urls to 2 you will need to edit the .htaccess file in your pligg sites root directory. If you dont have a .htaccess file look for htaccess.default in the pligg directory and simply rename it to .htaccess on your server.

If you pligg installation is installed in a subfolder on your domain you will need to edit your .htaccess file rewrite path to include your subfolder name.

Open your .htaccess file.

Look For....

RewriteBase /

Change that line to...

RewriteBase /yoursubfoldername/

You may also need to do the same for the code below.

RewriteRule (.*)([^/])$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1$2/ [R=301,L]

Changing it to...

RewriteRule (.*)([^/])$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/yoursubfoldername/$1$2/ [R=301,L]

Save your .htaccess file on your server then clear your sites cache and see if that works.

[sukrut51]

yes this is r8

it seems there is some problem with your htaccess file configurations...

follow above steps see if it works..this should be a problem created by your htaccess file bcoz of subfolder..

[star303]

Hi,

Thank you for your sharing useful topic. This idea is very useful for me. I am currently doing researches on various topics.

Thank you.

[jbmail]

Hi jbmail,

Firstly where have you installed pligg to, on the main domain or in a subfolder?.

If you have now set seo urls to 2 you will need to edit the .htaccess file in your pligg sites root directory. If you dont have a .htaccess file look for htaccess.default in the pligg directory and simply rename it to .htaccess on your server.

If you pligg installation is installed in a subfolder on your domain you will need to edit your .htaccess file rewrite path to include your subfolder name.

Open your .htaccess file.

Look For....

RewriteBase /

Change that line to...

RewriteBase /yoursubfoldername/

You may also need to do the same for the code below.

RewriteRule (.*)([^/])$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1$2/ [R=301,L]

Changing it to...

RewriteRule (.*)([^/])$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/yoursubfoldername/$1$2/ [R=301,L]

Save your .htaccess file on your server then clear your sites cache and see if that works.

I cannot find anything that says REWRITE BASE, and I am not good at C-panel and webmaster is busy, so i have attached file. Maybe someone can look and disect for me

I also need to upgrade and I think the owner who sold to me 2 yrs ago was playing with files as alot of features on the site do not work, categories, days of week, etc, so at some point, i was trying and advertising for Pligg help in USA and all I git was from india and NO SKYPE. I don't want to let anyone into MY C-panel unless I have a phone number and can talk to them first and they are confirmed by the forum

thanks for the help. I think we are close after a year of clues

JB

I attached the file but had to name it htaacess.wmv as it would not upload, thanks

[jbmail]

I cannot find anything that says REWRITE BASE, and I am not good at C-panel and webmaster is busy, so i have attached file. Maybe someone can look and disect for me

I also need to upgrade and I think the owner who sold to me 2 yrs ago was playing with files as alot of features on the site do not work, categories, days of week, etc, so at some point, i was trying and advertising for Pligg help in USA and all I git was from india and NO SKYPE. I don't want to let anyone into MY C-panel unless I have a phone number and can talk to them first and they are confirmed by the forum

thanks for the help. I think we are close after a year of clues

JB

I attached the file but had to name it htaacess.wmv as it would not upload, thanks

I got my webmaster involved over the phone and he told me that the HTAacess files does not come into the picture as we are now using Njinx for a platform, so after a year, I am still no further ahead

I had the notion that if I upgraded to the newer version, which i did to 1.14, that maybe it would correct, but it did not, so I am back to square one.

Anyone have any ideas?

JB

[urbn]

Using modrewrite / "Friendly URL's" will only get you so far with getting your pages indexed and shouldn't be blamed on the site layout. RSS feeds, site maps, paid backlinks and all the big "tricks" will not do much to increase your search indexing. The biggest factor in getting your pages indexed is your sites content.

1) Your site needs to have relevant high quality content. If you have a site that is 50 different categories of links and you allow all types of links posted on your site then the search engines are not going to find your site to be relevant or worthy of begging indexed. How does your site stand out against the thousands of other similar to other sites? Why should your site get higher ratings in search engines than other similar websites? The simple answer is better content!

2) Your site needs to have frequently updated content. Search engines are pretty damn smart these days. They can pick up on if their is new content on your site. If the content isn't new then it won't bother indexing your site until it recognizes their is new content.

3) Deep linking (I can't remember the correct SEO term). Links from other sites that link to content within your site will increase indexing. By this I mean if you have a link from a car site that focuses on Ford sedans, and they link to a page on your site that has content about different ford sedans made in 2009 is a very relevant deep link to your site. This is a fantastic type of link to have. A link from a game site going to your main page of your car website though for example would be an awful unrelated link to your site (and would not generate any traffic from visitors or indexing from search engines).

That being said the best way to increase search engines is to focus on a specific niche and relevant links and content specific to this niche. Don't make a "catch all" site that will allow hundreds of different non-relevant content because search engines will be able to tell that your site is just another site with lots of crappy content no one would want to visit.

Also you cannot expect an "automated" site to do all the work for you. You're not going to make money off a site that just runs itself. It just doesn't work that way. If you want a site that gets high search results and gets better indexing then your competitors expect to spend 5 - 10 hours a week on your site for several months. Once you have invested time in the work then you can depend on the automation, but an out of the box generic site will not get you anywhere.