Title: Google visibility in wordpress Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Google visibility in wordpress * Resolved [jimmyt1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimmyt1988/) * (@jimmyt1988) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/) * Hi all, my blog has been up for… about 5 months now, and google does not seem to be caching it. I can’t find any other problems apart from if some how wordpress has some special thing that blocks it from google. * Am i missing out on something here? * So the problem is, why does my site: [http://thinkingproductivity.co.uk/](http://thinkingproductivity.co.uk/) not show up in google? Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/) * (@macmanx) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1568892) * I don’t see anything wrong. * Go to Settings/Privacy in your admin panel and make sure that “I would like my site to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers” is selected. * You may also want to have an XML sitemap to help the Googlebot index your site more efficiently. Try this plugin: * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/) * Depending on how many other sites link to yours, it can take Google anywhere from a few days to a few years (I’m not kidding) to index your site. The best thing to do is to do what you can (use the sitemap plugin) and wait to be indexed. * [dholowiski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dholowiski/) * (@dholowiski) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1568900) * Hi there. It doesn’t look like your site uses WordPress at all! Are you sure you gave us the correct URL? * [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/) * (@claytonjames) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1568907) * It’s WordPress. Take a look in the source code. * [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/) * (@iridiax) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1568913) * 5 months without being indexed is not normal and can be the result of a technical problem or a spam penalty on your site or on the previous domain owner. * Sign up for Google Webmaster Tools and verify your site. Check in a few days to see if any crawling errors are reported (they take time to be reported). * Also look for help here: * [http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/webmasters](http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/webmasters) * [dholowiski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dholowiski/) * (@dholowiski) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1568919) * Oops – sorry I looked at the code and it is WordPress (duh). What everyone else said, plus you might get some insight from Google Webmaster Tools [http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/](http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/) * [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/) * (@claytonjames) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1568920) * > Pinging thinkingproductivity.co.uk [193.202.110.172] with 32 bytes of data > > Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. > Ping statistics for 193.202.110.172: > Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost > = 4 (100% loss), * Yet I can click the above link and see the site. ..and when I paste the ip address in a browser, I get this: * _“This domain is not yet ready – Please try again later. Hosted by One.com” * Huh… I must be overlooking something very obvious. * [dholowiski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dholowiski/) * (@dholowiski) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1568942) * Well, some servers block ICMP so it’s not too unusual to get request timed out when pinging a server. Also he is probably on a shared server. A shared server might have many domain names pointing to one IP address, so visiting by IP address just gives you the default apache files (a blank page, or an ad for your hosting company). * I think jimmyt1988’s best bet is to run google webmaster tools, as they will surely tell him why Google won’t index his site. * Thread Starter [jimmyt1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimmyt1988/) * (@jimmyt1988) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1568968) * _[@macmanx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)_ I just re-saved the option just incase. * _[@claytonjames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)_ Thanks Clayton 🙂 * _[@iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)_ I have google Webmaster Tools up, its not querying because its not indexing. And it has no reports on penalties. All my other sites usually rank within 1 week – 2 months so I’m worried. * _[@claytonjames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)_ That is VERY interesting. I will ask one.com for alittle advice there!! * _[@dholowiski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dholowiski/)_ Thanks for the insight there, but I have webmaster tools. * “Crawl stats Googlebot activity in the last 90 days No data available.” * Thread Starter [jimmyt1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimmyt1988/) * (@jimmyt1988) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1568970) * OH DAMN DEAR…. * Look what I freaking found: * ``` # -FrontPage- IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti* order deny,allow deny from all allow from all order deny,allow deny from all # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # END WordPress ``` * in my .htaccess *FACEPALM* * noone is allowed to laugh 😀 * [dholowiski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dholowiski/) * (@dholowiski) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1569017) * At the risk of asking a dumb question – what is wrong with that .htaccess file? * Thread Starter [jimmyt1988](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimmyt1988/) * (@jimmyt1988) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1569092) * IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti* * This blocks google bots * [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/) * (@claytonjames) * [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1569099) * I’m not sure that is the root cause of your Google issue. I’m no whiz when it comes to .htaccess, but my best guess would be that the indexignore directive is just a default configuration ( created by frontpage? ) that tells httpd what additional files/extensions it should NOT serve from your web space. I would be interested in knowing more, if your host has provided any explanation. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Google visibility in wordpress’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 12 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/) * Last activity: [15 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-visibility-in-wordpress/#post-1569099) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics