ML now Google top hits?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
Is Nodebb the problem for SEO or is everything IT just so competitive?
Lack of content, being new, etc. There is SO much out there. When I search for things that ML has covered, we are a top hit almost every time. But we just don't have enough content yet. It's why I work so hard keeping the tags up to date, correcting spellings, making titles make sense, linking to social media, etc.
Part of that is that you have search google for ML specifically in the past. That weighs in on results I have found.
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I know that I see ML topics mid first page on generic searching. But I also specifically use google to search ML for things because the built in search is so bad.
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
Is Nodebb the problem for SEO or is everything IT just so competitive?
Lack of content, being new, etc. There is SO much out there. When I search for things that ML has covered, we are a top hit almost every time. But we just don't have enough content yet. It's why I work so hard keeping the tags up to date, correcting spellings, making titles make sense, linking to social media, etc.
Part of that is that you have search google for ML specifically in the past. That weighs in on results I have found.
That makes sense.
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I have been fooled by Google Chrome in the past. Chrome displays your Google results based on your tendencies and browser history. I thought my website was ranking on the first page of several searches until I used IE to find out that wasn't true at all.
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Could you share a google search or two where ML ranks on the first page? I would be interested to see if it ranks that way for me.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
I have yet to find ML on Google. Is Nodebb the problem for SEO or is everything IT just so competitive?
I often get it as a number one hit, actually.
Google is watching you.
It's shocking what difference you see between logged in vs private
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I see ML on the 4th page after searching "mangocon." If I search "mangocon conference" I see it as the 4th result on the first page.
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"mangolassi" puts mangolassi.it as the last result on the 8th page of google. I know it's a drink but you would think ML would rank higher.
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Once you hit a certain tier of activity, Google tends to index new content faster. Probably ML leveled up in that system recently (along with the other factors mentioned).
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Google is so worthless. Instead of MangoCon results, it insists on showing completely incorrect "Mango con..." results. There appears to be no way to make it search on what I actually said versus what it feels I should have said. There is a reason I almost never use Google anymore, the move to make the platform "idiot proof" has left it only "idiot worthy."
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@scottalanmiller So what do you use for searching these days?
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@scottalanmiller said:
Google is so worthless. Instead of MangoCon results, it insists on showing completely incorrect "Mango con..." results. There appears to be no way to make it search on what I actually said versus what it feels I should have said. There is a reason I almost never use Google anymore, the move to make the platform "idiot proof" has left it only "idiot worthy."
I agree that google can be a pain, but there is no way the majority of people are going to stop using it.
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Don't shoot me for saying this, but is a name change out of the question? It's hard to compete with an alcoholic drink.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller So what do you use for searching these days?
I've started just knowing where things are.
I prefer DuckDuckGo. Nothing is very good these days. I feel like the search market has really declined.
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@IRJ said:
Don't shoot me for saying this, but is a name change out of the question? It's hard to compete with an alcoholic drink.
What alcoholic drink would that be?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IRJ said:
Don't shoot me for saying this, but is a name change out of the question? It's hard to compete with an alcoholic drink.
What alcoholic drink would that be?
No alcohol in mangolassi. I could of sworn there was. lol
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@IRJ said:
No alcohol in mangolassi. I could of sworn there was. lol
Yoghurt, salt, fruit. Lassis are common with non-drinking cultures. Would not taste good with alcohol in it, I don't think.
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I just want to be clear that I am trying to help. I think the ads and traffic are great for the site, but word of mouth traffic can only go so far. SEO is really what is going to make the site grow. There is alot of great content on here.
Being 1 year old with the sustainable amount of traffic should rank the site much higher. You see alot of blogs with MUCH less traffic ranking much higher.
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Would a name change be considered if it would help SEO?
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@IRJ said:
Being 1 year old with the sustainable amount of traffic should rank the site much higher. You see alot of blogs with MUCH less traffic ranking much higher.
When searching for what? Specific examples would be needed. The content here is ad hoc and not tailored for SEO like a blog would be. As a community it is about volume, not searchability unfortunately. Ranking is mostly about relevance. When we are relevant I see us doing quite well.
Things that we need are links coming into us, that would help a lot.
SEO is definitely big, but would anyone be searching for us by our name? If so, why? If not, then it is just about the content, right?
