Google indexed my default WP install

Vlad Shelest · 01-04-2011, 10:17 PM

I made a stupid mistake of installing WP on a number of brand new domains with view of building sites on those domains later on, but before I had a chance to change these default installations, Google came in and indexed these sites. So if I google "site:mysite.com" I can see all the default Wordpress stuff having been indexed.

I am assuming, now that I am going to build proper sites on these I am goi g to have a tough time ranking, at least for a long time.

Am I panicking for no reason, has anyone had this experience and if so, is there anything I should do now to minimize the potential problems with ranking.

Many thanks, Vlad.

(typed this on an iPhone so please excuse typos, if any)

Marvin Johnston · 01-04-2011, 10:47 PM

Personally, I wouldn't worry about it since it is a brand new site.

Next time if you really don't want a site indexed, you might add a robots.txt file to the root directory with the following in it:

User-Agent: *
Disallow: /

I typically will use that when playing around on a URL and don't want the contents indexed.

Marvin

Steve Faber · 01-04-2011, 11:10 PM

When you build out the sites and ping them, google will revisit them, especially when you get some backlinks to your different pages. Make sure you get backlinks to the pages you want to rank for specific keywords, not so much the home page.

LiquidSeo · 01-05-2011, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by diggitydog

I made a stupid mistake of installing WP on a number of brand new domains with view of building sites on those domains later on, but before I had a chance to change these default installations, Google came in and indexed these sites. So if I google "site:mysite.com" I can see all the default Wordpress stuff having been indexed.

I am assuming, now that I am going to build proper sites on these I am goi g to have a tough time ranking, at least for a long time.

Am I panicking for no reason, has anyone had this experience and if so, is there anything I should do now to minimize the potential problems with ranking.

Many thanks, Vlad.

(typed this on an iPhone so please excuse typos, if any)

Hi Vlad,

This is nothing to worry about. Complete each site, install the appropriate SEO and other plug-ins and build some backlinks to each site. Google will revisit your pages and update their cache. Most of the time this is a fairly quick process.

I have 4-5 sites like this right now that I have on the radar to complete. I like to use a placeholder WP theme that I put my title tags, keywords, and description on, with 2-3 lines of targeted text on the page.

Brian

thebitbotdotcom · 01-05-2011, 07:54 AM

Don't sweat it. It will be re-indexed as soon as you start posting. Worst case scenario...just resubmit it after you fix it up like you like.

auradev · 01-05-2011, 11:46 AM

Also if you use a sitemap plugin and submit your sitemap in webmasters, G will figure it out faster. They arent going to penalize you for deleting pages or changing the permalinks (unless you have a bunch of links pointing to urls that you are deleting).

Vlad Shelest · 01-05-2011, 11:47 PM

Not surprisingly, warriors have come to help yet again. You people are awesome, thank you so much! I feel a lot better now about these sites of mine.

Vlad

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Vlad Shelest Warrior For Freedom War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sydney, AUSTRALIA Posts: 295 Thanks: 167 Thanked 42 Times in 34 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Google indexed my default WP install - advice needed please! I made a stupid mistake of installing WP on a number of brand new domains with view of building sites on those domains later on, but before I had a chance to change these default installations, Google came in and indexed these sites. So if I google "site:mysite.com" I can see all the default Wordpress stuff having been indexed. I am assuming, now that I am going to build proper sites on these I am goi g to have a tough time ranking, at least for a long time. Am I panicking for no reason, has anyone had this experience and if so, is there anything I should do now to minimize the potential problems with ranking. Many thanks, Vlad. (typed this on an iPhone so please excuse typos, if any)

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