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Problems with Google Ranking
Ever since I installed GARS I have not been able to get any of my reviews to show up in Google. I am using VBSEO sitemap generator. All the links are being displayed in the sitemap but they are not getting ranked. I am a newb so I am not discounting the fact that I have mis-configured something somewhere.
Any insight woulf be extremely appreciated. Here is a link to the forum: http://www.atvtorture.com Here is a link to GARS: http://atvtorture.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=290 |
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The links to GARS formatted pages are the same as default vBulletin threads/posts so it is likely coincidence only that you don't see certain pages in Google. Try searching Google on the following and note that a result appears, so the GARS pages are getting indexed:
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http://atvtorture.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=290
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http://atvtorture.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16930#post16930 |
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This isn't a problem with GARS. It is how Google is indexing and displaying results from your site. Some links are indexed; some are not; some show in Goolge; others do not. For example, if you search on the following in Google, what appears to be a review shows up in the search results:
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atvtorture.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16513 Code:
http://atvtorture.com/forums/showthread.php?p=16513
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I appreciate the information I am not real sure about how to proceed from this point though.
Here is my dilemma. My site revolves around the product reviews. I expect a person looking for a specific review to be able to Google keywords for specific reviews and see results with hopefully my site listed somewhere within those results. For instance, someone Googles "Trail Tech Vapor Review" which is actually the following GARS review page. Code:
http://atvtorture.com/forums/showthread.php?p=17003#post17003 We used to have individual HTML pages which were our reviews and they we ranked very high. I liked how GARS simplified things and allowed a more dynamic approach for our members to be able to participate also. I understand that this may be beyond the scope of GARS and this forum; however, I am just trying to decide on steps to increase traffic flow to my site once again. |
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The problem has nothing to do with Gars.
Your site is not SEO optimized at all. Using Sitemap Generator can help you to a bit. You allow your site to be reached by 2 different domains. You have your site name within page title You donot use any header structure Your style is not validated and lots of other problems on SEO side.
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