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softstor

12-11-2004, 05:54 PM

I have vBulletin 3.0.3 and vbadvanced Homepage 1.1. It seems that google is indexing everything on my home page (vbadvanced page), but not indexing anything on the forum folder (vbulletin).

Has anyone ever run into this problem?

Brad

12-11-2004, 07:16 PM

Make sure you have a link to the forum that guest can see. I see people with portals forgetting to link to the forumhome page all the time. :)

softstor

12-11-2004, 07:19 PM

Thanks for the reply. There is a forum link on my site. The site is located at http://www.politicalword.com .

The forum was being indexed, but the forum has received no new google indexes after the installation of vbadvanced a few months ago.

Make sure you have a link to the forum that guest can see. I see people with portals forgetting to link to the forumhome page all the time. :)

Brad

12-11-2004, 07:24 PM

Sorry I have never used vBa, maybe someone that dose will chime in and have a solution.

Also, your index page seems to have html errors (at least when I viewed it as a guest), you may want to look into that.

softstor

12-11-2004, 07:35 PM

I just loaded the page and logged out. I do not see any errors. What errors do you see?

Adrian Schneider

12-11-2004, 07:56 PM

So are you saying if you have a text link to the forums on your site index, your forums get indexed? Also, how quickly should a new thread be indexed on google?

CSS59

12-12-2004, 12:52 AM

I have the same problem :confused:

will this solve it?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=65703&highlight=link

Brad

12-12-2004, 03:15 AM

Googlebot (and others) finds it way around via links, so if you have a link on your portal it should be able to find its way to your forum. I have no idea why vBa would break this but like I said I have never used it.

I just loaded the page and logged out. I do not see any errors. What errors do you see?

What browser you using? I'm on firefox and this is what I see :) (attached)

softstor

12-12-2004, 03:21 AM

I use IE 6. I looked at your screen image and do not see any errors either.

Brad

12-12-2004, 03:42 AM

I use IE 6. I looked at your screen image and do not see any errors either.
Oo?

Maybe im missing something and you wanted it to look that way, but to me it looks like your first news table is not begin closed properly.