# SEO issue with Google results **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-issue-with-google-results/158490 **Category:** Support **Created:** [July 22, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-issue-with-google-results/158490 "2020-07-22T12:22:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![ElForoViajero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elforoviajero/32/187116_2.png) [@ElForoViajero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ElForoViajero) #### Post date: [July 22, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-issue-with-google-results/158490/1 "2020-07-22T12:22:36Z")
Hi there, I have been developing my travel community [elforoviajero.com](http://elforoviajero.com) with Discourse for a while, and it is gradually gaining traction. I have the blog-style component, as one of my intended monetization strategies is to add interesting travel content and monetize it with affiliate links, for example [in this topic.](https://www.elforoviajero.com/t/las-mejores-maletas-de-cabina/1424) However, I have noticed that even though these pages are indexed by Google, they have very poor SEO rankings in many different SEO tools [like this one](https://suite.seotesteronline.com/seo-checker/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWxmb3JvdmlhamVyby5jb20vdC9sYXMtbWVqb3Jlcy1tYWxldGFzLWRlLWNhYmluYS8xNDI0/base) or [this one](Another report [here:](https://sitechecker.pro/app/main/project/1096888/audit/summary)) just to name a few. ![Captura de pantalla 2020-07-22 a les 14.05.31](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/2/127b8dbd8b5497a5485183a9171de02e131c392b.png) It seems like H1 and H2 are a problem. What would be a good approach to improve the SEO? Should I write the articles and include the H1 and H2 tags within them? Also, it seems like the meta description is not correct either, as it takes the first sentences, or maybe I am doing it wrong. ![Captura de pantalla 2020-07-22 a les 14.17.10](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/6/f6f105a6d5b3809c73ee2da30e08c85aa2f83534.png) Even when I search on Google “Las mejores maletas de cabina el foro viajero” (best travelling cabin bags), my site does not appear in the results, but my MAIN competitor does. The only way to see the results is to use “[las mejores maletas de cabina elforoviajero.com](https://www.google.com/search?q=las+mejores+maletas+de+cabina+elforoviajero.com&oq=las+me&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j69i57j0j69i60l3.1270j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)” in the query, and even like this, sometimes the articles do not show up. I do not know if I am doing something wrong because I checked the article before, and from an SEO point of view, it seemed correct. Thanks, ---
### Author: ![ElForoViajero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elforoviajero/32/187116_2.png) [@ElForoViajero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ElForoViajero) #### Post date: [July 31, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-issue-with-google-results/158490/2 "2020-07-31T10:09:25Z")
Hi…I’m still facing this issue and I found some more information: When you search in google inside a domain it gives you correct results for my forum for example with the term “viajes” ![Captura de pantalla 2020-07-31 a les 12.00.22](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/3/631a16866f9178ff99a546eb50294a70409770a6.png) However, using the same restricted domain search with [the same exact words](https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk02mLWphqoFKt4tz6Gqw-ytjLtaWPQ%3A1596189210379&ei=GuojX7PUFqnkgweGpKeYBA&q=site%3A+elforoviajero.com+las+mejores+maletas+de+cabina&oq=site%3A+elforoviajero.com+las+mejores+maletas+de+cabina&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzoECAAQR1Cf_RxY4pAdYJCTHWgCcAJ4AIABgQGIAdcJkgEEMTIuMpgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwizyYOXnPfqAhUp8uAKHQbSCUMQ4dUDCAw&uact=5) as the topic title,which should show the topic, that topic doesn’t appear. It only appears the Category Blog but not the topic. ![Captura de pantalla 2020-07-31 a les 12.03.21](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/1/a1ebe1382c3fc0e04cac497bed0b732ce002cffc.png) Even the topic here at discourse will appear before the topic. The only way to find the topic in google is to [directly type the URL](https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk01z-ojVJc1JUlsezzvHopIwx1g4Bg%3A1596189688607&ei=-OsjX4rKJLK7gwfd0rO4Ag&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elforoviajero.com%2Ft%2Flas-mejores-maletas-de-cabina%2F1424&oq=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elforoviajero.com%2Ft%2Flas-mejores-maletas-de-cabina%2F1424&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzIECCMQJzoHCCMQ6gIQJzoJCCMQ6gIQJxATOgcILhDqAhAnUOixDVikuw5g9cAOaAFwAHgAgAFRiAFRkgEBMZgBAaABAqABAaoBB2d3cy13aXqwAQrAAQE&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwiKpoj7nffqAhWy3eAKHV3pDCcQ4dUDCAw&uact=5) in the search bar but then as you can see google doesn’t detect the topic title, just the “number” ![Captura de pantalla 2020-07-31 a les 12.05.29](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/e/0ed6b6ac49d306af3e0acc86ce782f86efdd9b6b.png) I think there’s something wrong here and I’m absolutely lost on how to solve it but I think this could be a problem, maybe of the “Blog Style theme component” or just the way discourse handles SEO? ---
### Author: ![Rodrigo\_Farcas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rodrigo_farcas/32/197569_2.png) [@Rodrigo\_Farcas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rodrigo_Farcas) #### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-issue-with-google-results/158490/3 "2020-11-20T16:22:04Z")
Hey, I think we are experimenting the same issue at [https://comunidad.universitarios.cl/](https://comunidad.universitarios.cl/) Have you found any workaround for this? We’re happy to share ideas.