| Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 8:15 AM | http://luckcabins.com I did not do anything out of the normal - no sneaky SEO, etc. Waiting until site was complete to submit. Have now submitted twice. Today I asked for reconsideration, and set up sitemap.xml and sitemap.htm. I don't think I did anyth |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | BraveTide | 4/27/09 8:33 AM | You only need 1 sitemap. I recommend the .xml version personally, and then submit it through your Google Webmaster Tools interface. Try http://www.xml-sitemaps.com because they'll make you an .xml sitemap for FREE - very handy. And just when did you subm |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Autocrat | 4/27/09 8:44 AM | How old is the site? When was it launched? Did you "submit the URL" or just Verify the site? Please try to provide ALL relevant info. |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 8:56 AM | BraveTide, thanks for the link to the sitemap generator. I followed the instructions at http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34657 and it came back with errors and warnings! Autocrat, the site has been live and launched for |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 8:57 AM | Sorry, forgot to confirm, I have submitted the site twice at http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl. |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 9:04 AM | Also, when I try site:http://luckcabins.com I get 'page not found' and when I asked the Google Site Status Wizard to check on it (https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/sitestatus?hl=en) it came back: Potential indexing problems: We do not know about all |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Orob | 4/27/09 9:05 AM | In terms of websites, a month is not a long time to exist. If I were you the first thing I would attempt is to get the site listed in the local business listings. That way they might show up for a search for the branded term, and/or when some search |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 9:13 AM | Orob, Yes, you're right and I have given the client leads to other sites such as Google.Maps, local rental cabin directories, FRBO.com, etc. But I've been making websites for 12 years and I can tell you something is not right here. If you type "luck |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | BraveTide | 4/27/09 9:17 AM | The google addurl form is not THE best way to get your site indexed, getting inbound links from quality related/relevant resources is. I'd suggest getting some links to your site from other outdoors/camping/vacation resources. I'd also suggest sett |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Orob | 4/27/09 9:18 AM | Typing the URL directly into the search bar is basically a query for the URL... it would have to exist on a page that Google knows about for it to show up. The more accurate use of this would to use the advanced operator "site:" so...(site:luckcabin |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 9:22 AM | BraveTide and Orob, I know what you're saying about marketing and promoting the site and have notified the client several times with links of relevant directories. Also told her to check around town with other tourist sites. I always use URL without |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Orob | 4/27/09 9:26 AM | That what my hunch. In order to be listed in Google Business Listings - Which often appear in organic results - you need to verify the listing. "Once you've submitted your business information, you'll be asked to verify it before it goes live. For m |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Autocrat | 4/27/09 9:33 AM | I'm not seeing anything "wrong" with it. Is it verified - and showing any info in the GWMT? Have you checked the server logs and seen if GoogleBot is accessing the site at all? |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Orob | 4/27/09 9:35 AM | I know that this doesn't fix the problem 100 percent but I do think it could help in your situation. To get a better idea of what i mean, Do the search 'cabins hot springs nc' - you'll see a listing of a business with a website (most likely). Your |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 9:35 AM | I don't think Google is accessing it at all. Don't know what GWMT is. I'm getting so confused and frustrated and didn't understand BraveTide's canonical blog. |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 9:37 AM | Hi Orob, I've already given client lots of links to related businesses and Google maps. Their site only comes up via my web design portfolio! |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Autocrat | 4/27/09 10:00 AM | Okay... lets take a step back shall we? . You submitted via the AddURL tool Have you signed up and got a Google WebMaster Tools (GWMT) account for that site? (Verified?) If so - have you submitted a SItemap through the GWMT? Are there any message |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 10:03 AM | You submitted via the AddURL tool YES Have you signed up and got a Google WebMaster Tools (GWMT) account for that site? (Verified?) YES If so - have you submitted a SItemap through the GWMT? YES Are there any messages/warnings/errors? OK |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | BraveTide | 4/27/09 10:08 AM | Autocrat brings much sense to the insensibility... (is that even a word? - maybe confusion would be a more operative term) Oh, and check my response in the Chit-Chat section about Google's Morse Code. I nominate it for the humorous post list. |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Phil Payne | 4/27/09 10:11 AM | The sitemap is pointless - you'd be much better off deleting it. In the first place, the pages do not all change "daily" (was that an attempt to sucker the Googlebot?) and the lastmods dont agree with the server dates. It's useless to Google at bes |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 10:13 AM | Sorry Phil, I don't understand your answer at all. |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 10:38 AM | Guys, thanks a million! Hopefully an actual Google employee will take pity and review the site soon because I need to pay bills and the client is withholding payment. For now, I'm off for a walk in the woods to clear my mind. Thanks again! |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Autocrat | 4/27/09 10:41 AM | ...BraveTide... Great .... now I sound like the SE equivelent of Jane Austen :D ...Tropicali Designs... Regarding the info from ...Phil Payne... and the SItemap. The idea of the Sitemap is to give Google "additional" information. The least it can |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 11:53 AM | Autocrat, the walk in the woods didn't help. I don't understand why Phil says the sitemap is no good when Google specifically asks for it. I have a Stat Counter on the site and took a look. Didn't see anything except her and I checking the site. N |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 11:54 AM | This is the sitemap: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | JohnMu | 4/27/09 12:49 PM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Phil Payne | 4/27/09 12:52 PM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 12:54 PM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 12:56 PM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Phil Payne | 4/27/09 12:57 PM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 1:06 PM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Autocrat | 4/27/09 2:23 PM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/27/09 4:15 PM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | JohnMu | 4/28/09 6:02 AM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/28/09 6:07 AM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Phil Payne | 4/28/09 6:09 AM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Autocrat | 4/28/09 7:31 AM | |
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| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Phil Payne | 4/29/09 5:17 AM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/29/09 5:24 AM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Phil Payne | 4/29/09 5:24 AM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 4/29/09 5:30 AM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Phil Payne | 4/29/09 5:33 AM | |
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| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Orob | 5/1/09 11:11 AM | |
| Re: Client's website is not appearing in Google but does in Yahoo. Client threatening not to pay me! HELP! | Tropicali Designs | 5/1/09 3:38 PM | |
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