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Q: Web site searching ( Answered 4 out of 5 stars,   3 Comments )
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Subject: Web site searching
Category: Computers > Internet
Asked by: jandg-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 13 May 2003 13:16 PDT
Expires: 12 Jun 2003 13:16 PDT
Question ID: 203267
Why my web page can't be searched by Google?
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Subject: Re: Web site searching
Answered By: robertskelton-ga on 13 May 2003 16:30 PDT
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hi,

The problem is frames. http://shop.jandgintl.com resolves to several
pages within frames:

http://shop.jandgintl.com/en-us/button.html
http://shop.jandgintl.com/en-us/toc.html
http://shop.jandgintl.com/en-us/extra.html
http://shop.jandgintl.com/en-us/front.html

Amongst Google's "Reasons your site may not be included" is:

"Your page uses frames. Google supports frames to the extent that it
can. Frames tend to cause problems with search engines, bookmarks,
emailing links and so on, because frames don't fit the conceptual
model of the web (every page corresponds to a single URL)."
://www.google.com/webmasters/2.html

AltaVista and AlltheWeb have also not indexed your site.

Redesigning your site so that it doesn't use frames will make it
search engine friendly.

Also keep in mind that any site submitted to Google may take several
months to appear in search results.

Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga
jandg-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars

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Subject: Re: Web site searching
From: cynthia-ga on 13 May 2003 14:49 PDT
 
Hi jandg,

It's hard to give you an answer without the URL of your web site.

The usual reason google does not see you is that your site is new and
that no (google indexed) page is currently linking to you.

Go to the main google page and check your backwards links by entering
your URL like this (exactly as typed):

link:http://www.yourwebsiteurl.com

Also, do it again leaving a space between "link:" and your URL, like
this:

link: http://www.yourwebsiteurl.com

[ yourwebsiteurl = Your Web Site Address ]

...to see even more results, if there are any. If you don't get any
results at all, then this is the reason why you are not indexed by
google.

If this answers your question, let me know in a clarification and I'll
post it as the answer and collect my reward.

It's possible though, that you are having another problem, so be sure
to let us know either way.

Thanks,
--Cynthia
Subject: Re: Web site searching
From: supermacman-ga on 13 May 2003 15:22 PDT
 
You may have inadvertently added a "robot don't crawl" META tag to
your page. For more info, refer to this document:

http://www.w3.org/Search/9605-Indexing-Workshop/ReportOutcomes/Spidering.txt
Subject: Re: Web site searching
From: jandg-ga on 13 May 2003 15:49 PDT
 
Thanks lot.

Here is my url:  http://shop.jandgintl.com.  I can't find it when I
just typed jandgintl using google.

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