CaroleDC Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) I've been wanting to improve my website traffic so I've been looking at SEO. I've got descriptions etc set for each page and for my blog posts. Yet when I Google my website domain, most of my blog posts are missing! No wonder my website doesn't get much traffic on my blog. We're talking about over a year's worth of content so there has certainly been enough time for them to capture them. My SEO settings on my blog make all posts/pages in my blog available to search engines. Does anyone have any suggestions about what's going on and what I can do to correct this? Edit: Bing has more results for my blog than Google but still not all Edited November 27, 2022 by CaroleDC Adding info Link to comment
paul2009 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 3 hours ago, CaroleDC said: when I Google my website domain, most of my blog posts are missing! Does anyone have any suggestions about...what I can do to correct this? Have you used Google Search Console to get indexing and ranking data for your site from Google, or to submit your sitemap for indexing? About me: I've been a SQSP User for 18 yrs. I was invited to join the Circle when it launched in 2016. I have been a Circle Leader since 2017. I don't work for Squarespace. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: I founded and run SF.DIGITAL, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is free. You can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. Coffee is optional. Link to comment
CaroleDC Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 11/27/2022 at 12:21 PM, paul2009 said: Have you used Google Search Console to get indexing and ranking data for your site from Google, or to submit your sitemap for indexing? I don't know how to use the search console to get currently unindexed pages indexed. I added my sitemap in November but it's not helped get any of my blog posts indexed Link to comment
Nickyp Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 Same here. My sitemap has a link to my blog but when submitted via Google Search Console none of the individual blog posts are indexed. Why is this? Link to comment
paul2009 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 On 1/18/2023 at 3:20 PM, CaroleDC said: I added my sitemap in November but it's not helped get any of my blog posts indexed Does your sitemap include the blog posts? If not, please see this post: Did this help? Please give feedback by clicking an icon below ⬇️ About me: I've been a SQSP User for 18 yrs. I was invited to join the Circle when it launched in 2016. I have been a Circle Leader since 2017. I don't work for Squarespace. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: I founded and run SF.DIGITAL, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is free. You can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. Coffee is optional. Link to comment
CaroleDC Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 Just now, paul2009 said: Does your sitemap include the blog posts? If not, please see this post: Did this help? Please give feedback by clicking an icon below ⬇️ Yes, my sitemap contains each and every blog post. According to Google Search Console, Google is aware of them all since I uploaded the sitemap but it still isn't indexing them. I don't know why and I don't know what else to do to get them indexed. Link to comment
paul2009 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 35 minutes ago, CaroleDC said: Yes, my sitemap contains each and every blog post. According to Google Search Console, Google is aware of them all since I uploaded the sitemap but it still isn't indexing them. I don't know why and I don't know what else to do to get them indexed. Thanks for the additional information. If you are asking about some of the blog posts on www.caroledianecoaching.co.uk, Google will not index these as the algorithm considers them to be duplicate content. For example, the Nov 2 post on your website was posted in your name a month earlier on the Life Coach Directory. I hope this helps 🙂 Did this help? Please give feedback by clicking an icon below ⬇️ About me: I've been a SQSP User for 18 yrs. I was invited to join the Circle when it launched in 2016. I have been a Circle Leader since 2017. I don't work for Squarespace. I value honesty, transparency, diversity and good design ♥. Work: I founded and run SF.DIGITAL, building Squarespace Extensions to supercharge your commerce website. Content: Views and opinions are my own. Links in my posts may refer to SF.DIGITAL products or may be affiliate links. Forum advice is free. You can thank me by clicking one of the feedback emojis below. Coffee is optional. Link to comment
CaroleDC Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 28 minutes ago, paul2009 said: Thanks for the additional information. If you are asking about some of the blog posts on www.caroledianecoaching.co.uk, Google will not index these as the algorithm considers them to be duplicate content. For example, the Nov 2 post on your website was posted in your name a month earlier on the Life Coach Directory. I hope this helps 🙂 Did this help? Please give feedback by clicking an icon below ⬇️ That I could understand but there are plenty of blog posts that *aren't* duplicate content and still aren't being indexed. Link to comment
CaroleDC Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 Only 3 of my blog posts are "duplicate content" so why aren't the others being indexed? Link to comment
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