SEO Google Search Console

[Senkusha]

So, last night, I had a bit of a panic attack, as I noticed that I had zero guests on my forum, which I thought was unusual. I double checked to ensure that my website was actually up, no problems occurring. Then I read this morning, thanks to @Cpvr about utilizing the Google Search Console. Apparently, I had set this up a long time ago and had forgotten about it. I was reviewing the data, and I'm confused on what all this means, and more importantly, how to fix it. I'm using SMF 2.1.4, if that helps.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Everyone should hook their websites to Google Search Console if they're trying to rank on Google Search,

SEM Rush, Ahrefs, Uber Suggest -- all those SaaS platforms are nice, but Search Console is free and is the meat of the very service you're trying to manipulate to rank your content higher.

Get on there and correct problems that Google presents.

I did that on my blogs, and I watched my ad revenue increase because of it. I'm sure you can get the same results with a forum for member and visitor growth.

Try to understand every feature Console offers and then make sure you take advantage of every feature.

ChatGPT is great for learning those features and seeing examples.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I always make sure to connect all my websites to Google Search Console. I get emails sent to me whenever big milestones are reached, Gex Forums is killing milestones which makes me super happy to see! Anyways @Senkusha you'll need to go through the pages listed and remove any "noindex tags" that are present. That's quite a lot of pages too oof. Do you have another admin that could help assist you with SEO? Or to help you tackle these problems? Also you could as over on the Google Search Central Community for help too if you haven't yet.

 

[Senkusha]

Nope. I don't really have any active members, let alone secondary Admins yet. LOL Do keep in mind that some of that data is totally obsolete. I made some major structural changes over the past month.