Google Weirdness

Christie01 · 02-25-2009, 06:57 PM

I know I've read a lot on the WF lately about things shaking up on Google, but I don't think I've seen this particular strangeness mentioned. If I've missed it somewhere, please forgive me and point me to the correct thread.

I have a site that's been live for most of February. I've listed it in my Google Webmaster Tools account, submitted a sitemap, done several articles, a Squidoo lens, a Hubpage, a Weebly page, and lots of social bookmarking, all pointing to various pages on the main site. I started to see some traffic from Google searches a couple of weeks ago.

Here's the strange part... The "Overview" page in Webmaster Tools is telling me "No pages from your site are currently included in Google's index." Also, a Google search for site:mydomain.com turns up nothing. HOWEVER, if I do a Google search on the keywords I've been targeting, my site clearly shows up on the first page of results. It also shows up in the results for a couple other keyword phrases I've been working on.

Has anyone else ever encountered anything like this? I've been trying to wait and see, but like I said, it's been a couple of weeks now, and I'm still getting the same results. I guess the important thing is that I AM getting Google traffic, I just haven't had anything like this happen before.

Weird...

- Christine

Technologize · 02-25-2009, 08:18 PM

I've seen this happen before with new sites. It should become consistent in the index in a few weeks.

02-25-2009, 06:57 PM	#1
Christie01 Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 85 Thanks: 8 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts Social Networking	Google Weirdness I know I've read a lot on the WF lately about things shaking up on Google, but I don't think I've seen this particular strangeness mentioned. If I've missed it somewhere, please forgive me and point me to the correct thread. I have a site that's been live for most of February. I've listed it in my Google Webmaster Tools account, submitted a sitemap, done several articles, a Squidoo lens, a Hubpage, a Weebly page, and lots of social bookmarking, all pointing to various pages on the main site. I started to see some traffic from Google searches a couple of weeks ago. Here's the strange part... The "Overview" page in Webmaster Tools is telling me "No pages from your site are currently included in Google's index." Also, a Google search for site:mydomain.com turns up nothing. HOWEVER, if I do a Google search on the keywords I've been targeting, my site clearly shows up on the first page of results. It also shows up in the results for a couple other keyword phrases I've been working on. Has anyone else ever encountered anything like this? I've been trying to wait and see, but like I said, it's been a couple of weeks now, and I'm still getting the same results. I guess the important thing is that I AM getting Google traffic, I just haven't had anything like this happen before. Weird... - Christine

02-25-2009, 08:18 PM	#2
Technologize Living The IM Dream... Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 87 Thanks: 17 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Google Weirdness I've seen this happen before with new sites. It should become consistent in the index in a few weeks.