# Google's presentation of a Discourse site

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-presentation-of-a-discourse-site/49922>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2016年九月9日 07:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-presentation-of-a-discourse-site/49922 "2016-09-09T07:18:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jamesmarkcook](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jamesmarkcook/32/168563_2.png) [@jamesmarkcook](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamesmarkcook)\
**Post date:** [2016年九月9日 07:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-presentation-of-a-discourse-site/49922/1 "2016-09-09T07:18:12Z")

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![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/1/015019a8b6bf8cbb62618321d6f3e0e37bfe08c7.png)

When searching for the term ‘discourse meta’ you’re presented with the above view on Google.

When searching for ‘meta discourse’ you’re presented with the following view:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/7/87b02a75951cad5b30ed9adfd2bd23fa71fe6148.png)

How can I make sure that my forum shows as the first one in the search results? Do I need to do anything specific or just hope that I have enough traffic for Google to deem my site important enough?

Also, for anyone with more insight than me on this topic, why does Google present the same site in different ways depending on the search term used?

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**Author:** ![vinothkannans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/vinothkannans/32/86465_2.png) [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)\
**Post date:** [2016年九月9日 09:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-presentation-of-a-discourse-site/49922/2 "2016-09-09T09:15:45Z")

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I hope there is nothing to-do in Discourse.

Google’s algorithm is sensitive on order of the search terms.

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**Author:** ![TechnoBear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/technobear/32/40546_2.png) [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Post date:** [2016年九月9日 11:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/googles-presentation-of-a-discourse-site/49922/3 "2016-09-09T11:33:27Z")

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As far as I’m aware, this comes into the _Mysteries That Are Google_ category. There seems to be nothing much you can to do to influence it.

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