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    • ttb
      ttb last edited by

      Hey everyone,

      In looking through my site and doing some Google searches of titles we've written, it appears that all the posts we're making aren't showing up in Google search results.

      Example: If i paste the title of this post Netflix CEO suggests partnership with HBO, but HBO quickly nixes the idea into Google, it does not pull our post. Given the uniqueness of the headline, it should pull up our website in SERPS, but it doesn't.

      My assumption is that this Yoast plugin simply isn't working, but I doubt it's Yoast's fault. The site is not set to private, so that's not the problem. I'm also noticing that my sites description isn't showing up either.

      Can anyone help me solve this problem, please?

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      • ttb
        ttb last edited by

        URL to the site is http://thetechblock.com

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        • igor.pinchevskiy
          igor.pinchevskiy last edited by

          I've tried to search your post and google displayed as the 1st result, take a look at the screenshot...

          http://imgur.com/TOCqx

          TOCqx

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          • ttb
            ttb @igor.pinchevskiy last edited by

            Try other titles like:

            AOL’s second-quarter revenue was down 2 percent year over year, but that’s the smallest drop in 7 years

            OS X Mountain Lion, Apple’s newest operating system for Mac, finally arrives

            EU case against Google could have global implications

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            • ChrisJohnLeah
              ChrisJohnLeah last edited by

              As previously stated it seems to be working fine in the respects of what you questioned. Maybe when you checked it just hadn't yet been indexed?

              Also just see whats indexed aready, all t he titles can easily be tested and seen there, https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ie=UTF-8&ion=1#hl=en&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=site%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fthetechblock.com%2F&oq=&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=30a6c33f3783380b&ion=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=643

              or

              site:URL and have a looksy at whats indexed.

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              • ttb
                ttb @ChrisJohnLeah last edited by

                Christopher,

                I disagree that the Plugin is working properly. If it was I should see my posts from today, yesterday, and so on, which I'm not.

                • My home page and post  meta descriptions aren't working despite them being filled out (screenshot)

                • When I check the source code on /tag/ pages, I do not see "no index, follow" even though it is checked in the settings.

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                • ChrisJohnLeah
                  ChrisJohnLeah @ttb last edited by

                  Ok, fair enough, heres another obvious request, never having this problem, or knowing much about your site, means most will be clutching at straws just suggesting the obvious, like ...tried reinstalling? I know it seem daft but just wondering. May "work".

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