Google search

jedinudist

Apologies if there is a sticky.
Google cant seem to find my site www.aoteraroaphoto.smugmug.com . Even typing in the web address in the google search box it cant find it.
I have have done a bit of research but I am pointed to a wiki website that lists steps but it doesn't seem to function anymore.
Anyone got any ideas ?

I have filled in the metadata boxes but no cigar,

Lille Ulven

Hi jedinudist

First of all: your site is not pre-fixed with a www but it is "only" aotearoaphoto.smugmug.com unless you get yourself your own domain and connect the two you'll not get the www as it is replaced by your smugmug site name.

Regarding the not being found by google: Did you register your site with google webmaster tools? If not it might take quite some time until google will find your site if they ever do so. (The same counts for Bing by the way, you'd have to set up a bing webmaster account here too.)
If you have done that registration and have added the google-webmaster-tool code to your smugmug account information by entering your google analytics code into the "stat" section of your smugmug account settings already you are a step closer to the goal.
Still it might take some time until google has finished crawling and is displaying your website.

Hope this helps you a little further

Best regards

Lille Ulven

Hikin' Mike

Your site shows a '403 Forbidden'. You might want to fix that first.

EDIT: my mistake.

Hikin' Mike

To add, you can find if Google has index your site by typing in 'site:aoteraroaphoto.smugmug.com' to the search bar.

denisegoldberg

Hikin' Mike wrote: »

To add, you can find if Google has index your site by typing in 'site:www.aoteraroaphoto.smugmug.com' to the search bar.

but leave the www off.

It used to be that the url would be redirected to the proper site if the www was in front of the smug url but that is no longer the case.

--- Denise

Hikin' Mike

denisegoldberg wrote: »

but leave the www off.

It used to be that the url would be redirected to the proper site if the www was in front of the smug url but that is no longer the case.

--- Denise

Yeah, I forgot about that, but I tried it about 4 different versions and all came up empty.

denisegoldberg

Hikin' Mike wrote: »

Yeah, I forgot about that, but I tried it about 4 different versions and all came up empty.

I just tried again too. Funny, I got to a site earlier today but now I'm just taken to the smugmug home page.

--- Denise

jedinudist

denisegoldberg wrote: »

I just tried again too. Funny, I got to a site earlier today but now I'm just taken to the smugmug home page.

--- Denise

Thanks for the help.Ill try the google analytics

denisegoldberg

jedinudist wrote: »

Thanks for the help.Ill try the google analytics

The first thing you need to do is make sure that your site is accessible to viewers. When I use the URL you posted in the first entry in this thread, after removing the www (which is invalid, your smug name starts the URL), so https://aoteraroaphoto.smugmug.com/ - I am taken to the smugmug home page. That says there is something wrong in the name you posted here. Or perhaps you haven't published your site yet.

--- Denise

Hikin' Mike

denisegoldberg wrote: »

The first thing you need to do is make sure that your site is accessible to viewers. When I use the URL you posted in the first entry in this thread, after removing the www (which is invalid, your smug name starts the URL), so https://aoteraroaphoto.smugmug.com/ - I am taken to the smugmug home page. That says there is something wrong in the name you posted here. Or perhaps you haven't published your site yet.

--- Denise

I saw it a few days ago, but trying it again....no go. Takes me to the SM home page too.

leftquark

It looks like your site address is https://aotearoaphoto.smugmug.com/ and is working for me!