Forum not being indexed by Google

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Hi all,

I have launched my forum a week ago, the forum has over 11 new threads and only the homepage has indexed by Google. What could be missing?

I have check robots.txt and have also set google search console.

Thanks

  • Ahsan
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Google works in mysterious ways… give it time, they have some web master tools perhaps look there.

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Hi @sam

I did use “Fetch” option in Google Search Console. I will give it time though, already a week has passed :frowning:

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Are you using HTTPS?

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Yes it is on Https, all my website properties are on https.

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Do you see any crawler access in your statistics?

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No I am afraid I do not see any crawler access.

Where can I find that by the way?

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Hi @Ahsan_Parwez,

as already pointed your best bet is the google search console (previously known as GWT: google webmaster tools). Make sure there are no errors anywhere.

One week is nothing, especially for a new domain/site. If you have pretty much no content and no backlinks google might consider your page is not worth indexing beyond the home page.

So I would just verify the site is perfectly crawlable with no javascript, and concentrate on the community/content/backlinks and it will come with time.

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Hi all,

The forum is now indexing, it took three days after Webmaster was configured and manually fetched.

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