I wouldn't expect from all users to go back in time, editing their post, changing bitcoin.org/smf/ references.
Topic: bitcointalk.org not found on google? (Read 3946 times)
Could we at least fix our internal link to reflect the change
I wouldn't expect from all users to go back in time, editing their post, changing bitcoin.org/smf/ references.
I wouldn't expect from all users to go back in time, editing their post, changing bitcoin.org/smf/ references.
This forum is the de-facto archive of all old bitcoin posts and community events since 2009.
This is also the only forum where Satoshi has posted hundreds of times.
I find it immature for the admins 'distance' themselves from this place just because of some trolls on the economics/speculation board.
As a result, clicking on 'bitcoin forum' on the front page lists Google results, of which none in the top 10 are related to bitcointalk.org.
You basically just give free money to SEO vultures capitalizing on the fact you use the words 'bitcoin forums'.
Now there's a site called bitcoinforums.net which has the first place.
Nevermind the fact they have 200 members (and had way under 50 before you started linking to them)
& bitcointalk.org has 40,000 members.
This is also the only forum where Satoshi has posted hundreds of times.
I find it immature for the admins 'distance' themselves from this place just because of some trolls on the economics/speculation board.
As a result, clicking on 'bitcoin forum' on the front page lists Google results, of which none in the top 10 are related to bitcointalk.org.
You basically just give free money to SEO vultures capitalizing on the fact you use the words 'bitcoin forums'.
Now there's a site called bitcoinforums.net which has the first place.
Nevermind the fact they have 200 members (and had way under 50 before you started linking to them)
& bitcointalk.org has 40,000 members.
My post on /r/Bitcoin from a month ago Reddit could be the official "Bitcoin Forums" - Bitcoin.org link now redirects to Google Search - SEO Time?
Also a post right here on Bitcointalk speaking of this exact situation https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/re-forum-moved-to-bitcointalkorg-33657
Good job to BitcoinForums.net for winning this round. I am surprised Vlad's forums didn't grab that spot, but it's hard to beat the keywords as the domain and them putting effort into it.
Search results on Google are influenced by other sites linking to a given site. Which is why the first result when looking up 'Santorum' isn't a campaign site or a .gov:
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&q=santorum
a.k.a. Google Bombing.
Also: if you have an account on Google and are normally logged into it when running any kind of search, the results can be different based on other things you have searched for before and didn't opt-out of the tracking they use.
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&q=santorum
a.k.a. Google Bombing.
Also: if you have an account on Google and are normally logged into it when running any kind of search, the results can be different based on other things you have searched for before and didn't opt-out of the tracking they use.
Yay, seems to have worked. Back at number 1 on google (at least here on my pc in the UK) now. :-)
I don't think it should matter what the error code is, but I created an empty one anyway.
Maybe, but returning a 500 error is probably not the best choice, especially for a file that's served specifically to search engines, especially since the error is commonly interpreted as 500 Idiot Webmaster Error.
I don't think it should matter what the error code is, but I created an empty one anyway.
Doesn't explain why robots.txt is still broken?
The server is configured to return 500 errors whenever there is any error, including 404s.
I'm intrigued - is this on purpose or just a misconfiguration?
There is no robots.txt.
So, you are using .htaccess tricks to force robots.txt? or...you just don't have the file there so you show an error instead?
There is no robots.txt.
Doesn't explain why robots.txt is still broken?
The server is configured to return 500 errors whenever there is any error, including 404s.
Doesn't explain why robots.txt is still broken?
The server is configured to return 500 errors whenever there is any error, including 404s.
This forum is the de-facto archive of all old bitcoin posts and community events since 2009.
This is also the only forum where Satoshi has posted hundreds of times.
I find it immature for the admins 'distance' themselves from this place just because of some trolls on the economics/speculation board.
As a result, clicking on 'bitcoin forum' on the front page lists Google results, of which none in the top 10 are related to bitcointalk.org.
You basically just give free money to SEO vultures capitalizing on the fact you use the words 'bitcoin forums'.
Now there's a site called bitcoinforums.net which has the first place.
Nevermind the fact they have 200 members (and had way under 50 before you started linking to them)
& bitcointalk.org has 40,000 members.
This is also the only forum where Satoshi has posted hundreds of times.
I find it immature for the admins 'distance' themselves from this place just because of some trolls on the economics/speculation board.
As a result, clicking on 'bitcoin forum' on the front page lists Google results, of which none in the top 10 are related to bitcointalk.org.
You basically just give free money to SEO vultures capitalizing on the fact you use the words 'bitcoin forums'.
Now there's a site called bitcoinforums.net which has the first place.
Nevermind the fact they have 200 members (and had way under 50 before you started linking to them)
& bitcointalk.org has 40,000 members.
+1
I think it's just a Google quirk. Nothing related to that should have changed.
Doesn't explain why robots.txt is still broken?
I think it's just a Google quirk. Nothing related to that should have changed.
If the robots.txt issue is solved and the recent hack/unresponsive server issue fades away, it will be back on 1st place in no time. Google has massive amounts of information regarding the sites people actually visit (google toolbar and all), the importance of keywords in your domain name is much lower than it used to be. If from all sites that have "Bitcoin forum" in their HTML title a single one gets 90% of the traffic, then that site is gonna show up as nr.1 for "bitcoin forum" even if it's called HannahMontanaGoxed.com
This forum is the de-facto archive of all old bitcoin posts and community events since 2009.
This is also the only forum where Satoshi has posted hundreds of times.
I find it immature for the admins 'distance' themselves from this place just because of some trolls on the economics/speculation board.
As a result, clicking on 'bitcoin forum' on the front page lists Google results, of which none in the top 10 are related to bitcointalk.org.
You basically just give free money to SEO vultures capitalizing on the fact you use the words 'bitcoin forums'.
Now there's a site called bitcoinforums.net which has the first place.
Nevermind the fact they have 200 members (and had way under 50 before you started linking to them)
& bitcointalk.org has 40,000 members.
This is also the only forum where Satoshi has posted hundreds of times.
I find it immature for the admins 'distance' themselves from this place just because of some trolls on the economics/speculation board.
As a result, clicking on 'bitcoin forum' on the front page lists Google results, of which none in the top 10 are related to bitcointalk.org.
You basically just give free money to SEO vultures capitalizing on the fact you use the words 'bitcoin forums'.
Now there's a site called bitcoinforums.net which has the first place.
Nevermind the fact they have 200 members (and had way under 50 before you started linking to them)
& bitcointalk.org has 40,000 members.
Noticed it to today. It does not show up on a search for "bitcoin forum" anymore in the top at google.no and not even at google.com.
It does even not show up on first page on the search term "talk bitcoin".
And is not even first position on "talk bitcoin forum"
It does even not show up on first page on the search term "talk bitcoin".
And is not even first position on "talk bitcoin forum"
it ranks well for cosbycoins ... hence my point.
Noticed it to today. It does not show up on a search for "bitcoin forum" anymore in the top at google.no and not even at google.com.
It does even not show up on first page on the search term "talk bitcoin".
And is not even first position on "talk bitcoin forum"
It does even not show up on first page on the search term "talk bitcoin".
And is not even first position on "talk bitcoin forum"
It could be simply not having good meta tags in the page code.
I checked and saw that bitcoinforums.net has lots of words related to bitcoin/mining in it's meta tags keywords/description.
This forum has generic terms related to forum/SMF which look to be the default install.
I checked and saw that bitcoinforums.net has lots of words related to bitcoin/mining in it's meta tags keywords/description.
This forum has generic terms related to forum/SMF which look to be the default install.
I have the following as second on the list:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3388352
bitcointalk.org is 8th
http://www.bitcoinforums.net/index.php is 1rst
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3388352
bitcointalk.org is 8th
http://www.bitcoinforums.net/index.php is 1rst
Simple solution ban all SA members the bitcointalk forum has become an extension of there immature drivel . Actually more of extension they took it over just ask anyone if they belong to SA they say yes..
lol, I had the same idea, admittedly though it's impractical.
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