Not in Google on Local search

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Hi Guys

Im struggling with my new site, Im trying to find new way to earn some money, and doing in my free time some websites.

I usually did good with google positioning, but with this site not.

Actually doesnt even appear in the main keyword search on google. It exist cause some other pages work.

Im worried I over optimized it.

I added the site to google webmaster tools
I added the site to "submit url" of google
I added the sitemap
I did google+ page and even got the post card.
I addes some schemas
I used good Seo template "small biz " wordpress
I added to some pr 6 directory but didnt get listed yet anyway.
I'm using, CDN, Siteground Cache, w3tc wordpress plugin.
Gt Metrix says 96% and 92 % so its not slow at all


Google Webmaster Tools

The only problem that I see with my eyes, in Google Webmaster Tools

"Google couldn't crawl your site because we were unable to access your site's robots.txt file"

So I changed robots txt to :

User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/

But still, even after I did again "fetch as google" the crawler still stuck and didnt update the file from 6 days ago.

But other pages get indexed even 2nd on google on local search.

I dont know how it work here, can I post my website or its spam ? namewebsite dot it its allowed ?

Thanks a lot for help!
#google #local #search
  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Originally Posted by pollini View Post

    Im worried I over optimized it.
    Well, did you do something to optimize it? You've listed some fairly minor technical stuff, but not really any SEO work apart from one small attempt at link building.

    Originally Posted by pollini View Post

    But other pages get indexed even 2nd on google on local search.
    So apparently it's working as intended. You aren't guaranteed to rank on any particular keyword.
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  • Profile picture of the author fernando25
    I always wonder how many of those facebook visitors actually contract someone found online, or bought something from him or her?
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  • Profile picture of the author alvinchua91
    Ok, first of all, paste your naked url meaning domain.com.tld onto google.com search bar. If your website does not appear on page 1 of the search results, your website is most likely de-indexed (unless it has never been indexed before).

    I can help you further once you confirm the above point first.
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    • Profile picture of the author pollini
      my website is visualweb dot it

      Im tryijng to rank for "siti internet brescia", its italian so maybe it would be a problem to test it out for you guys.

      Anyway means Internet sites in my town that is called brescia.

      I dont wanna promote my site, feel free to edit if I did something wrong

      About being 2nd in google on particular word, I was wrong, today I checked again and I dont appear.

      I'm preparing some good content for blog, and I try to follow all the steps for good content , I've been reading this forum for past months

      Thanks for help!
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      • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
        Originally Posted by pollini View Post

        my website is visualweb dot it

        Im tryijng to rank for "siti internet brescia", its italian so maybe it would be a problem to test it out for you guys.
        Surprisingly touch competition for that kind of a phrase.

        The main problem here is that you're being too impatient. Your domain was only registered on 5th of this month, and I can only see backlinks from two sites. At this point SEO might not be a good strategy for you.

        Originally Posted by pollini View Post

        I'm preparing some good content for blog, and I try to follow all the steps for good content , I've been reading this forum for past months
        It sounds to me that you're going to the right direction. Please try to take the "naysayers" views in account. There's quite a lot of bad advice and weird beliefs on WF, and internet marketer circles in general.
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        • Profile picture of the author pollini
          Yes I know its new and still a lot to do, but what worries me its :

          4-5 pages of google are about same company as mine, then there's airport site, bank sites, football team, basket team etc. basically any site appear appear except mine.

          Im asking cause in another site of mine, Im first in whole italy instead of Local Town and I got also some competition there. So I thought I ****ed it up here.

          I checked first 39th PAGES on google, and still I dont appear. Any Clue ?

          thanks!
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          • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
            Originally Posted by pollini View Post

            Yes I know its new and still a lot to do, but what worries me its :

            4-5 pages of google are about same company as mine, then there's airport site, bank sites, football team, basket team etc. basically any site appear appear except mine.
            They have backlinks, you do not. It's a popularity contest of sorts. Google's algorithm regard them as more relevant than yours because nobody has noticed your site yet.

            I know, backlink building is the hardest thing in SEO. There's some good advice on this forum occasionally, but keep in mind that "social signals", "social bookmarking" and the like aren't really that effective.

            Do you have partner companies, or are you a member in any industry associations? That kind of "real" links are often fairly good.
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  • Check if there is any no index tag added on website.Sometimes there is a by default noindex tag added on website by some plugins.
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    • Profile picture of the author pollini
      Originally Posted by eluminoustechnologies View Post

      Check if there is any no index tag added on website.Sometimes there is a by default noindex tag added on website by some plugins.
      how can I check it to be sure ?

      thanks for help!
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  • Profile picture of the author alvinchua91
    Other than backlinks + social media signals as nettiapina has mentioned, if your domain was registered on the 5th of this month, there is a possibility that your website is still in the sandbox. You can't rank so quickly because of that particular Google algorithm. Just keep up your SEO efforts and after 1-2 months you should see steady results (assuming you do white hat SEO at high intensity)
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    • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
      Originally Posted by alvinchua91 View Post

      Other than backlinks + social media signals as nettiapina has mentioned
      No, I don't believe in social signals. Please don't put words in my mouth. There's no good evidence that Google uses them.
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      What's your excuse?
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      • Profile picture of the author pollini
        nothing changed yet =(
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        • Profile picture of the author yukon
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          Originally Posted by pollini View Post

          nothing changed yet =(
          Nothing will change until you do SEO. That list you posted isn't doing anything to rank a page. Reading this thread, you having done a bit of SEO.

          Social has nothing to do with ranking pages on Google SERPs. If anyone tells you it does, ignore them, they're clueless.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Originally Posted by alvinchua91 View Post

      Other than backlinks + social media signals as nettiapina has mentioned, if your domain was registered on the 5th of this month, there is a possibility that your website is still in the sandbox. You can't rank so quickly because of that particular Google algorithm. Just keep up your SEO efforts and after 1-2 months you should see steady results (assuming you do white hat SEO at high intensity)
      You are a walking SEO disaster. No doubt about that. In fact, I could
      not finish the first sentence without losing it in hysterical laughter.

      Alvin and The Chipmunk SEO

      Sometimes a robots.txt crawler error is a server issue. That message usually
      means that they can't access the site, period, not just robots.txt. They try
      for robots.txt first, if they can go no further, they give up and send a message
      about that page. But it only means they gave up, not necessarily that they could
      not crawl it because of a robots.txt issue.

      You don't even need a robots.txt page.

      Anyway, looks like it was crawled yesterday.

      Of course I can't help but notice you are offering SEO services and
      stating "Web Agency Brescia

      How to Be First in Google, SEO, Adwords Campaigns of Brescia"

      Jack of all trades....master of...

      Paul
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      If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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      • Profile picture of the author pollini
        robots.txt problem has been fixed.

        Point is that I did some seo for other site and they all ended up first on google.

        But I was working on sites that have been online for some years. Its first time I work on a new site.

        Yes im not probally the best choice on the market :-) Im trying my best to learn since its my only chance to make a profit with something =(

        thanks for the help
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        • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
          Originally Posted by pollini View Post

          Point is that I did some seo for other site and they all ended up first on google.

          But I was working on sites that have been online for some years. Its first time I work on a new site.
          It's usually much easier to start from an established site because they've already got backlinks and some level of visibility. Ironing out the small bugs, and publishing some decent content might be enough to get nice and fairly immediate boost.
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      • Profile picture of the author Web Work Horse
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        not finish the first sentence without losing it in hysterical laughter.

        Alvin and The Chipmunk SEO
        How did you make it to the first sentence...

        "local" search...get reviews...you dont need a website to rank #1
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  • Profile picture of the author SEOWizard417
    Don't worry about social signals as others have already mentioned. They won't help your SEO efforts.

    Try adding some content and getting some good backlinks pointing to your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author princy91
    For a new site it is difficult to rank good, but it is possible to slowly boost up rankings by solving the on page issues and building a strong influence through social media.
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  • Profile picture of the author pollini
    how reliable is ? themegrade dot com ?

    Doesnt say good about Avada and its most sold on themeforest
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