Why my lab website is not findable by google search? Only accessible by using the link. #318
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Link to your website repohttps://lupianezlab.github.io/Website/ Version of Lab Website Template you are using1.3.4 DescriptionI have created my lab template website a few weeks ago. The only way to access it is by clicking on the link (https://lupianezlab.github.io/Website/), but if I try to search it on google using words like "lupianez lab" or "lupianezlab github" it is impossible to find it. Any idea? Thank you very much :) |
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Google (supposedly) lists search results roughly in order of how many times they are referenced by other pages. I see that your repo is public and has the link in the readme, so theoretically the Google crawlers should have picked that up by now. But if that is the only place that link appears on the internet, Google would put it way way down the list, or possibly just omit it. I'd recommend trying to spread the link as much as you can. If you have public social media, post about it. I also see that you have an existing wordpress site. If that's been around a while, it might take a long time for the new one to overtake the old one in the search results. Lastly, you can manually submit your site to Google to force it to be indexed (even if your site isn't linked to anywhere on the internet). Look up "Google Search Console" (you'll need an account) and follow their process in the interface. It seems you may already be onto this. It can take a few days for it to show up even after submitting. |
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Thank you very much for your answer! And paying for a custom domain does not make it more visible on google, right? |
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It shouldn't make a difference, no. That said, Google's search algorithm is proprietary, so we can't know for sure exactly how it works. |
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Ok, thank you very much for the answer and the great website template you provide :) |
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Google (supposedly) lists search results roughly in order of how many times they are referenced by other pages. I see that your repo is public and has the link in the readme, so theoretically the Google crawlers should have picked that up by now. But if that is the only place that link appears on the internet, Google would put it way way down the list, or possibly just omit it.
I'd recommend trying to spread the link as much as you can. If you have public social media, post about it. I also see that you have an existing wordpress site. If that's been around a while, it might take a long time for the new one to overtake the old one in the search results.
Lastly, you can manually submit you…