The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

tjolley2000 · #1 02-18-2014, 05:39 PM

Ok... this might be a really dumb question. How do I go about improving my pages viability when search AND more specificly the info displayed when it comes up. Right now when I search "RideorRot.com" with Yahoo! it returns with the Page Name and then "Forum - Ride Or Rot!
rideorrot.com Cached
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to ... "

I am pretty sure I have seen where this can be edited in the past, but cant find it to save my life now.

Please help, also suggestions and tips for any other ways to optimize the site is welcome.

Videx · #2 02-20-2014, 05:28 PM

Good question. Clearly a problem with the search engine, but they don't display that message for my own forum so I'm not sure what you could be doing differently. I should add that what they do display for me isn't much more useful - just seemingly random snippets.

Is your site map okay and has it been up long enough to be fully indexed (2-3 months)?

Spangle · #3 02-20-2014, 07:01 PM

You probably need to edit your page descriptions, the search engine is picking up this rather than the page descriptions.

A lot will depend on the number of pages you have indexed.

X vBulletin 3.8.12 by vBS Debug Information
Page Generation 0.07497 seconds Memory Usage 2,174KB Queries Executed 13 (?)
More Information
Template Usage: (1)SHOWTHREAD (1)ad_footer_end (1)ad_footer_start (1)ad_header_end (1)ad_header_logo (1)ad_navbar_below (1)ad_showthread_beforeqr (1)ad_showthread_firstpost (1)ad_showthread_firstpost_sig (1)ad_showthread_firstpost_start (1)footer (1)forumjump (1)forumrules (1)gobutton (1)header (1)headinclude (1)navbar (3)navbar_link (120)option (3)post_thanks_box (3)post_thanks_button (1)post_thanks_javascript (1)post_thanks_navbar_search (3)post_thanks_postbit_info (3)postbit (3)postbit_onlinestatus (3)postbit_wrapper (1)spacer_close (1)spacer_open (1)tagbit_wrapper Phrase Groups Available: global inlinemod postbit posting reputationlevel showthread	Included Files: ./showthread.php ./global.php ./includes/init.php ./includes/class_core.php ./includes/config.php ./includes/functions.php ./includes/class_hook.php ./includes/modsystem_functions.php ./includes/functions_bigthree.php ./includes/class_postbit.php ./includes/class_bbcode.php ./includes/functions_reputation.php ./includes/functions_post_thanks.php Hooks Called: init_startup init_startup_session_setup_start init_startup_session_setup_complete cache_permissions fetch_postinfo_query fetch_postinfo fetch_threadinfo_query fetch_threadinfo fetch_foruminfo style_fetch cache_templates global_start parse_templates global_setup_complete showthread_start showthread_getinfo forumjump showthread_post_start showthread_query_postids showthread_query bbcode_fetch_tags bbcode_create showthread_postbit_create postbit_factory postbit_display_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_start post_thanks_function_post_thanks_off_end post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_start post_thanks_function_fetch_thanks_end post_thanks_function_thanked_already_start post_thanks_function_thanked_already_end fetch_musername postbit_imicons bbcode_parse_start bbcode_parse_complete_precache bbcode_parse_complete postbit_display_complete post_thanks_function_can_thank_this_post_start tag_fetchbit_complete forumrules navbits navbits_complete showthread_complete
Messages:

The Arcive of Official vBulletin Modifications Site.

It is not a VB3 engine, just a parsed copy!