# \#seo **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/seo/332.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Canonical tag not reset after client-side redirect from crawler ?page=N to /t/slug/id/\](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canonical-tag-not-reset-after-client-side-redirect-from-crawler-page-n-to-t-slug-id-post-number/412370)
**Author:** [@XIX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/XIX)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canonical-tag-not-reset-after-client-side-redirect-from-crawler-page-n-to-t-slug-id-post-number/412370 "2026-09-14T16:10:32Z")
We’re seeing a large number of topic-permalink and pagination URLs land in Google Search Console’s “Crawled - currently not indexed” bucket (~35k URLs on a ~20-year-old imported forum, discourse version v2026.9.0-latest,… --- ## [My Discourse forum deindexed from Google](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-forum-deindexed-from-google/410177)
**Author:** [@cnrtechspot.com](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cnrtechspot.com)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-discourse-forum-deindexed-from-google/410177 "2026-08-17T12:07:49Z")
Hello, never mind my username. This is my forum: It’s online about 1 month. It was indexed but Google deindexed it 1 week later. I sent sitemap links. I am requesting specific evergreen pages to index. I am providin… --- ## [After migrating to Discourse, my Bing search engine website weight dropped...](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bing/405270)
**Author:** [@AkarinLiu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AkarinLiu)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-bing/405270 "2026-06-15T02:12:08Z")
A few days ago, I migrated from Flarum to Discourse, but encountered very serious issues: my site's weight in the Bing search engine dropped significantly. I need your help! "Please help me diagnose on the Bing Webmaster Tools forum.a…" Click to view Yuanbao's answer --- ## [Google indexing my Meta topic in Italian instead of English](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-indexing-my-meta-topic-in-italian-instead-of-english/403318)
**Author:** [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-indexing-my-meta-topic-in-italian-instead-of-english/403318 "2026-05-19T13:12:30Z")
Hello, When I run a Google search for my full name - sometimes needing to add discourse to the end - the following topic appears to have been crawled in Italian. As a result, when I open the topic, it remains in Italia… --- ## [Error encountered while inspecting Live URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-encountered-while-inspecting-live-url/402595)
**Author:** [@cshll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cshll)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-encountered-while-inspecting-live-url/402595 "2026-05-16T23:42:33Z")
--- ## [Translated pages cannot rank in Google. Killed by CANONICAL. Content Localization + ?tl=](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translated-pages-cannot-rank-in-google-killed-by-canonical-content-localization-tl/401275)
**Author:** [@bmind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bmind)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/translated-pages-cannot-rank-in-google-killed-by-canonical-content-localization-tl/401275 "2026-04-24T07:07:30Z")
Hello dear community! I’m running a multilingual Discourse forum in English, Russian, and Italian using Content Localization with content\_localization\_crawler\_param enabled. AI translations are working well. Crawlers r… --- ## [Applying SEO settings to tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/applying-seo-settings-to-tags/352543)
**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/applying-seo-settings-to-tags/352543 "2026-03-14T17:07:33Z")
Hi guys can anyone help me please, I am trying to SEO a Discourse site and finding it impossible to do. Can someone help me understand? I have changed the category and tag meta titles which shows in a browser tab corr… --- ## [How to preserve seo equity when merging multiple threads?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-preserve-seo-equity-when-merging-multiple-threads/396497)
**Author:** [@Jason\_Hsia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jason_Hsia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-preserve-seo-equity-when-merging-multiple-threads/396497 "2026-02-26T20:42:27Z")
If I understand correctly, when merging threads, the source threads are deleted and their content is copied to the destination thread. This means the view count and search engine impressions (e.g., Google) are lost along… --- ## [Google search indexing not working?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-search-indexing-not-working/358515)
**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-search-indexing-not-working/358515 "2026-01-04T14:04:59Z")
Here’s a sample thread: It has this in it: Just jumping into some of the communities over the holidays and wanted to introduce myself Here’s a google search showing that the content is not indexed: Why is this? … --- ## [Google Search Console can't read the sitemap](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-search-console-cant-read-the-sitemap/359762)
**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-search-console-cant-read-the-sitemap/359762 "2026-01-02T16:56:19Z")
Hi! It looks like Google Search Console can’t read one of the sitemaps. The main sitemap sitemap.xml (https://forum.pragmaticentrepreneurs.com/sitemap.xml) is read correctly, but only sitemap\_recent.xml is imported. … --- ## [Topic Tags SEO meta description stopped working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-tags-seo-meta-description-stopped-working/367683)
**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-tags-seo-meta-description-stopped-working/367683 "2025-12-18T13:43:17Z")
Following on from other post which is closed The topic tag meta description has stopped working, basically when I update the topics description it doesn’t update the meta description. Old ones are working fine new… --- ## [Doc pages - Schema Article](https://meta.discourse.org/t/doc-pages-schema-article/389964)
**Author:** [@tpetrov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tpetrov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/doc-pages-schema-article/389964 "2025-11-30T12:01:41Z")
Have you considered making the schema for doc-categories topics that are in the to have schema article? I love that Discourse is so powerful and it can be used not just as a forum, but much more: knowledge base, news, e… --- ## [Why my forum can’t be displayed on google or bing search results?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-my-forum-can-t-be-displayed-on-google-or-bing-search-results/388555)
**Author:** [@Frankz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frankz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-my-forum-can-t-be-displayed-on-google-or-bing-search-results/388555 "2025-11-25T19:42:28Z")
Hi, my whole website is a forum built by Disourse. I searched the domain of my website, both Google and Bing can not display my website domain. AI says perhaps some settings of crawlers on Discourse security block the go… --- ## [H1 Header Tag Usage & H2-H6 Header Tag Usage for SEO purposes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/h1-header-tag-usage-h2-h6-header-tag-usage-for-seo-purposes/386803)
**Author:** [@hameedacpa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hameedacpa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/h1-header-tag-usage-h2-h6-header-tag-usage-for-seo-purposes/386803 "2025-10-28T00:53:42Z")
It is something annoying me that Discourse doesn’t have options or settings to solve this issue that SEO taking care about --- ## [Set tags to noindex,follow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-auf-noindex-follow-setzen/380982)
**Author:** [@jan2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jan2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tags-auf-noindex-follow-setzen/380982 "2025-10-01T14:50:02Z")
Hello everyone, how can you set all tags to noindex, follow? We currently exclude the tags via robots.txt. But we don't want that. We want Google to be able to see the tags, but not index them... --- ## [SEO - Pages crawled but not Indexed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-pages-crawled-but-not-indexed/379309)
**Author:** [@pnzr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pnzr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-pages-crawled-but-not-indexed/379309 "2025-09-23T14:21:14Z")
Hello, I am a community maintainer for a prominent open-source project’s, Keycloak, Discourse group. We noticed starting this last January that the Discourse site stopped showing up in Google search results. They still … --- ## [Add ability to edit Title tag meta title](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ability-to-edit-title-tag-meta-title/352133)
**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-ability-to-edit-title-tag-meta-title/352133 "2025-02-13T18:59:10Z")
Is there anyway to remove the - from the meta title and change the latest and topics text. We want to use tags heavily and they will be one of the most important parts of our site. Hence the need to Seo them properly. L… --- ## [Deindex a single discussion without archiving](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deindex-a-single-discussion-without-archiving/357787)
**Author:** [@Mark07](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark07)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deindex-a-single-discussion-without-archiving/357787 "2025-09-17T22:07:03Z")
Hi all, I was reading the linked thread and it got me thinking. If there’s a discussion that I don’t want to moderate/archive/hide, but I’d like to minimise it’s visibility to search engines, is there a way i can add … --- ## [More informative onebox for forum categories and tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-informative-onebox-for-forum-categories-and-tags/55455)
**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-informative-onebox-for-forum-categories-and-tags/55455 "2025-08-26T16:32:16Z")
When linking to a Discourse category, would be nice if the onebox image (and other related image metadata used on Facebook) could be specified at the category level. I think this topic has come up previously, but wanted … --- ## [My website cannot be crawled or indexed by Bing's crawler](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bing/376359)
**Author:** [@cshll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cshll)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bing/376359 "2025-07-30T09:50:40Z")
My website is built with Discourse, and I have optimized the SEO. I also have a sitemap, but Bing has been unable to crawl and index it. How can I fix this? --- ## [SEO & Forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-forums/328198)
**Author:** [@noahl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/noahl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-forums/328198 "2025-07-25T11:10:14Z")
Hey! I manage a community support forum (community helping and supporting each other). Over the last 3 months, we’ve noticed a consistent downwards trend in traffic coming from Google. Considering topics and posts are… --- ## [Plugin or Script to Automatically Interlink Content?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-or-script-to-automatically-interlink-content/362262)
**Author:** [@joshhabka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshhabka)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-or-script-to-automatically-interlink-content/362262 "2025-04-17T07:55:58Z")
Is there a plugin or theme component or a script that can use Discourse AI or something to either automatically edit a user’s post to add a link section of similar posts or reply to a topic and link to other topics for S… --- ## [Google Not Indexing Discourse Forum – Sitemap Not Approved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-discourse-forum-sitemap-not-approved/359589)
**Author:** [@Michael82](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael82)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-discourse-forum-sitemap-not-approved/359589 "2025-04-01T11:46:05Z")
Hi everyone, I’m running a Discourse forum (forum.evteam.pl), and I’m struggling with getting my pages indexed by Google. While a few pages have been indexed, most remain unindexed despite submitting a sitemap. Here’s … --- ## [Need a way to add "meta robots noindex" in topics from a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-way-to-add-meta-robots-noindex-in-topics-from-a-category/151347)
**Author:** [@Thiago\_Mobilon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thiago_Mobilon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-way-to-add-meta-robots-noindex-in-topics-from-a-category/151347 "2025-02-12T03:43:09Z")
Continuing the discussion from SEO for Thin Content or Modify Meta Tags: I’m struggling with the same problem, here. I’m using WP-Discourse and it is great! But for every new blog post, it creates a topic with the exac… --- ## [How to Customize 3-Level Category Titles for Better SEO in Browser Tabs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-3-level-category-titles-for-better-seo-in-browser-tabs/349915)
**Author:** [@thaidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thaidb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-customize-3-level-category-titles-for-better-seo-in-browser-tabs/349915 "2025-01-31T15:55:31Z")
I want to restructure my Discourse forum’s category titles in the browser tab to be more SEO-friendly for Google search. My forum categorizes topics based on real estate locations using a 3-level hierarchy: For Sale / … --- ## [Why doesn't Discourse support IndexNow?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-doesnt-discourse-support-indexnow/292214)
**Author:** [@Petr\_Mišák](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Petr_Mi%C5%A1%C3%A1k)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-doesnt-discourse-support-indexnow/292214 "2025-01-03T21:21:10Z")
In today’s fast-paced and rapidly obsolete information, indexing speed is one of the most important factors for success. But why doesn’t Discource support this protocol at all? https://www.indexnow.org/ --- ## [CLS Impacting our SEO](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cls-impacting-our-seo/338841)
**Author:** [@npearson99](https://meta.discourse.org/u/npearson99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cls-impacting-our-seo/338841 "2024-12-02T22:28:21Z")
I found a similar issue that Discourse said was fixed but I think we’re experiencing the same problem: ?page=n URLs have high CLS hence bad SEO We have an issue: On September 3rd, 2024, our Search Console core web vital… --- ## [Troubleshooting sitemap indexing issues in Google Search Console](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-sitemap-indexing-issues-in-google-search-console/332799)
**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/troubleshooting-sitemap-indexing-issues-in-google-search-console/332799 "2024-10-25T15:32:46Z")
Only the sitemap\_recent.xml is read by the Google Search Console when I add sitemap.xml to the sitemaps list. The other sitemap listed in sitemap.xml, sitemap\_1.xml is never added to the Search Console. Moreover if I ad… --- ## [Removing the /2, /3, /4, etc links for each reply within a topic URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-the-2-3-4-etc-links-for-each-reply-within-a-topic-url/209648)
**Author:** [@SethWilliams](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SethWilliams)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-the-2-3-4-etc-links-for-each-reply-within-a-topic-url/209648 "2024-10-13T15:03:11Z")
I’m wondering if there’s a way to remove canonical links entirely from a Discourse forum. I’m referring to the /2, /3, /4, etc extensions that show up for each topic URL as a user scrolls down the page. I would like to … --- ## [Search Console error: Either "text", "image", or "video" should be specified](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-console-error-either-text-image-or-video-should-be-specified/322918)
**Author:** [@lucy.sierracircuits](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lucy.sierracircuits)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-console-error-either-text-image-or-video-should-be-specified/322918 "2024-10-07T16:57:36Z")
Has someone ever faced this Google Search Console error? My Search Console displays the below warning and I don’t understand why. The one thing that these pages have in common is that they’re all event threads. Here… [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/seo/332.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=seo)