# SEO - Pages crawled but not Indexed

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-pages-crawled-but-not-indexed/379309
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** seo
**Created:** [August 19, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-pages-crawled-but-not-indexed/379309 "2025-08-19T15:05:17Z")
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#### Post date: [August 19, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-pages-crawled-but-not-indexed/379309/4 "2025-08-19T23:40:25Z")

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We have seen this problematic pattern in the past with some other sites.

In many ways, Google is a black box and it behaves in mysterious ways. That said, there is some general guidance that I think is important to follow:

### Establish authority for your domain

Google is built on [PageRank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank). The more inbound links your forum has, the better the PageRank.

When I search for `keycloak.discourse.group`, the top link is on meta (this topic), but number #2 is:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/d/4/6d4efbfc78e0ab910db8c1b9331facc589581c1a.jpeg)

The #2 authoritative answer Google has is “don’t use [keycloak.discourse.group](http://keycloak.discourse.group)”

Additionally, there is no “authority” of where discussion should live:

- GitHub is fine
- Slack is fine
- Mailing is fine
- Discourse is fine

Instead, **centralize on one platform** for async discussion. You now have 3 options for a pretty small (in the big scheme) amount of discussion.

Mailing list is getting 20-30 posts a month.  
Discourse is getting a bit more  
GitHub is getting similar traffic to Discourse

Pick a winner and run with it; this is how you establish **authority**

### Bias toward capitalizing on your existing authority

When it comes to choosing a domain, you already have authority on your existing `https://www.keycloak.org/` brand.

When designing a community, your preference should be to grow your online brand.

`community.keycloak.org` or `forum.keycloak.org` is what you want. Not Reddit, GitHub, or even discourse.group.

Additionally, have a footer and link to this forum / async community portal from every page.

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