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mprough:
See sitemaps.org
They can be indexed, not crawled.
~Melanie
Dear Mprough,
you are so patient, thanks.
Is it possible to fix this problem???:D
Zen Follower
I noticed when i search for something that returns no matches i am redirected to the advanced search page results without the message atthe top that says "No results found." Turning off seo gets rid of this problem. sorry, i treid to search if there is some mention out there but could not find one.
Totally Zenned
I do not have this problem.....
http://prominentpets.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search&search_in_description=1&keyword=fffff&inc_subcat=0&sort=20a
In fact I have checked quite a few without this issue. Did you double check your SEO urls configurations?
~Melanie
New Zenner
Hi,
I have been reading this thread and i realize i might have the same problem.
my website is sgweddingfavors.com. When i enter "site: sgweddingfavors.com" into google, the backlinks to my site shows up but not to my site. There are other urls index as well, like to my faq page and my login page but not to my main page.
Initially i thought it was because i have the "noindex, nofollow" thing in the meta tags, but from what i read, i dun think its the case.
Can anyone advise on this? my site is more than 2 months old already...i have a blog at https://www.sgweddingfavors.com/blog which is indexed...but just not the main site!
i went everywhere to look for answer but couldn't find any solution. I would really appreciate if someone in zencart forum can advise me...
thanks,
Henry
https://www.sgweddingfavors.com
Totally Zenned
<head>
<title>Wedding Favors, Unique & Elegant Wedding Favors From SG Wedding Favors</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<meta name="keywords" content="Candle Wedding Favors Glass Coasters Favors Wine Wedding Favors Silver Wedding Favors Unique Wedding Favors Place Card Holders DIY Wedding Favors Practical Wedding Favors Bath & Soap Wedding Favors wedding favors, wedding favours, wedding gifts, unique wedding favors, wedding gifts " />
<meta name="description" content="Wedding Favors, Unique & Elegant Wedding Favors From SG Wedding Favors : - Candle Wedding Favors Glass Coasters Favors Wine Wedding Favors Silver Wedding Favors Unique Wedding Favors Place Card Holders DIY Wedding Favors Practical Wedding Favors Bath & Soap Wedding Favors wedding favors, wedding favours, wedding gifts, unique wedding favors, wedding gifts" />
<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no" />
<meta name="author" content="The Zen Cart™ Team and others" />
<meta name="generator" content="shopping cart program by Zen Cart™, http://www.zen-cart.com eCommerce" />
[B]<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" />[/B]
<link rel="icon" href="favicon.gif" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.gif" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/ico" href="sg.ico" />
This prevents indexing and crawling of the pages with it.
and its ..... site:sgweddingfavors.com See no space.
~Melanie
New Zenner
Hi Melanie,
You reply extremely fast! i just made the post and was reading your replies in another thread, and you replied! fantastic, let me try this and see what happens.
thanks a million!
New Zenner
By the way i should change it to "index, follow" right?
New Zenner
Hi Melanie,
Is "noindex, nofollow" really the issue? Cos i went to another wedding favors website, and i saw that they also used "noindex, nofollow" but the site is indexed and have a PR of 4 or 5. The site is https://www.myweddingfavors.com. It is not run on zencart, i think its on yahoo stores.
So if some sites can be indexed and ranked highly with a "noindex, nofollow" meta tag, could the problem be something else?
Or is it more likely that the owner switch the meta tags to "noindex, nofollow" after all the pages were indexed?
can the esteem people in zencart share with me your experience and give me some advice?
thanks!
Totally Zenned
So if some sites can be indexed and ranked highly with a "noindex, nofollow" meta tag, could the problem be something else?
It cannot happen.... NO page can be indexed with a noindex tag. This is your problem, guarantee it.
Or is it more likely that the owner switch the meta tags to "noindex, nofollow" after all the pages were indexed?
It matters little because their tag is miscoded and NOT working properly, or even a dynamic tag that is triggered with an include.
None the less, IF it were working properly the pages would eventually all be deindexed.
But, seriously.... You need to read up on your stuff. PR has NOTHING to do with rank, indexing nor this tag. PR is a relative score representing the number of incoming backlinks to a page.
The "NOINDEX" part of this tag does just that, prevents indexing
The "NOFOLLOW" tags prevents ANY links on a page from being followed out from the page.
Your noindex, nofollow tag is working perfectly and these pages in your site with the tag will NEVER be indexed, nor ranked..... But build links to them and they can accumulate PR.
But hey... why take my word for it http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=93710
You can lead a horse to water.....
~Melanie
New Zenner
thanks melanie. your words certainly brought some enlightenment, although i am still puzzled by how https://www.myweddingfavors.com can be indexed and rank so highly as well with all the "nofollow and noindex"
Totally Zenned
henrytan:
thanks melanie. your words certainly brought some enlightenment, although i am still puzzled by how www.myweddingfavors.com can be indexed and rank so highly as well with all the "nofollow and noindex"
http://www.robotstxt.org/meta.html
Totally Zenned
henrytan:
thanks melanie. your words certainly brought some enlightenment, although i am still puzzled by how https://www.myweddingfavors.com can be indexed and rank so highly as well with all the "nofollow and noindex"
Their tag is not functioning...... It is either miscoded or part of a process that is only active when turned on.
~Melanie
Zen Follower
Melanie,
Turn off your SEO and then you will see what i mean. Your result does not return any resutls. But when it does that it sould say at the top "There is no product that matches the search criteria."
Check this out:
http://pencraftcreations.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search&search_in_description=1&keyword=asdfasfsaf&inc_subcat=0&sort=20a
(not my website...)
Thanks for your help!!
mprough:
I do not have this problem.....
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> In fact I have checked quite a few without this issue. Did you double check your SEO urls configurations?
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> ~Melanie
Totally Zenned
It has ZERO to do with Ultimate.... load this page ```
http://pencraftcreations.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search&keyword=asdfasfsaf&search_in_description=1&inc_subcat=0&sort=20a
Then hit the search button... and you will see this.
Same thing here```
http://prominentpets.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search&keyword=fffff&search_in_description=1&inc_subcat=0&sort=20a
The reason is you are loading the resulting page directly and not with an active session..... So no alert.
~Melanie
New Zenner
Hi all,
my site is getting indexed now, after i change the meta tags to "index, follow", however i realize all my pages, which includes the ones i dun wanna index such as "log in", "my account", "shopping cart" are being indexed now.
Is there any other pages that i forgot to list which should NOT be indexed?
And how do i disallow these pages from being indexed?
many thanks,
Totally Zenned
You need to repair your site... you broke it by removing the tag. Here are the directions to remove it properly.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=498927&postcount=12
~Melanie
New Zenner
Hi Melanie,
I supposed the above reply was for me? You are saying by including the code into the specified file as mentioned in the link you gave, i can remove those that are not supposed to be indexed, is that right?
Totally Zenned
henrytan:
Hi Melanie,
I supposed the above reply was for me? You are saying by including the code into the specified file as mentioned in the link you gave, i can remove those that are not supposed to be indexed, is that right?
I am saying you broke the function you are speaking of.... and you should restore your html_header file and complete the fix in the link I provided you.
~Melanie
New Zenner
Hi Melanie,
Thanks for the kind intentions. However i am afraid i am too novice in Zencart to understand what you mean...do you mind elaborating a little further?
thanks in advance
Totally Zenned
henrytan:
Hi Melanie,
Thanks for the kind intentions. However i am afraid i am too novice in Zencart to understand what you mean...do you mind elaborating a little further?thanks in advance
You removed the noindex, nofollow tag improperly and broke your cart. You must restore the html_header to how it was originally and then complete the fix described here....
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=498927&postcount=12
~Melanie
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