Improving our search engine rankings

[beancounter]

It could be from your computer, you may have bookmarked certain threads.

No, I get the caterpillar link too.

 

[beancounter]

No one has to click on it, but it has to be on a page that is public. Most people's FB walls are not public I would think.

Also, inbound links from "trustworthy" sites such as academic sites, and popular news media sites are weighted higher than inbound links from less trustworthy sites.

Ok, well unless we have members who are web admins at a large company, then we might as well scratch that idea.

 

[Spang]

I think one thing that would really help us is more inbound links, i.e. links to threads / posts on here from other websites.

I can use my Twitter account to tweet links to threads if it will help. Which forums are viewable by non-members?

 

[Second Summer]

Ok, well unless we have members who are web admins at a large company, then we might as well scratch that idea.

Well, every inbound link helps. And there are other options for "trustworthy" sites. Some universities have blogs that are open for comments, the same is true for some news media. Also, the infamous comments sections in newspapers. Although I expect sometimes the websites may have marked those areas as no-go areas for search engines through the use of robots.txt files.

I can use my Twitter account to tweet links to threads if it will help. Which forums are viewable by non-members?

Thanks! Everything you normally see except The Lounge, the subforums under Health Issues, 18+ discussion and the sexuality forum. I think that's all ...

 

[CrazyCatLady]

It could be from your computer, you may have bookmarked certain threads.

I haven't changed anything and now not getting it xxx

 

[Second Summer]

I haven't changed anything and now not getting it xxx

Excellent, that means the thing I did is working I think

 

[Moll Flanders]

I was just doing a search about a vegan issue and ended up clicking on The Vegan Forum Any recommendations for other, good vegan forums? and I read Korn is thinking of closing it down so that could be good for VV.

 

[thefadedone]

I was just doing a search about a vegan issue and ended up clicking on The Vegan Forum Any recommendations for other, good vegan forums? and I read Korn is thinking of closing it down so that could be good for VV.

Wow for a few minutes there I thought you were talking about Korn the group. I kept thinking Jonathon Davis is a vegan and has a vegan forum?

 

[Second Summer]

I was just doing a search about a vegan issue and ended up clicking on The Vegan Forum Any recommendations for other, good vegan forums? and I read Korn is thinking of closing it down so that could be good for VV.

Interesting - thanks for the info ...

 

[Pickle Juice]

I was just doing a search about a vegan issue and ended up clicking on The Vegan Forum Any recommendations for other, good vegan forums? and I read Korn is thinking of closing it down so that could be good for VV.

He does this every year to get more donations. He's yet to follow through.

 

[ledboots]

He does this every year to get more donations. He's yet to follow through.

Lol.

 

[Moll Flanders]

He does this every year to get more donations. He's yet to follow through.

I thought it was so he could make passive-aggressive digs at banned members.

 

[Second Summer]

Another thing you can do that will help us with search engines is to start threads with titles such as "Is [product name x] vegan?" or "Is [product name y] vegetarian?"

 

[Alice-Bee]

^Would those questions show up if they were asked IN threads? I dont know how search engines work?

 

[Second Summer]

^Would those questions show up if they were asked IN threads? I dont know how search engines work?

Not really so much. The thread title becomes the web page title, and that is the most important part of the page. The content of the page is important as well of course, but I get the impression that the title counts for more.

 

[Alice-Bee]

Ok I wasnt sure how it works.
Im always asking is X vegan in threads. I guess Ill just make new ones