Why Can't I Get Indexed?

[socialfirestarter]

I cannot seem to get my website indexed by Google! I submitted the sitemap using Google WMT about a month ago but only one page is being indexed. There are very few backlinks to the site, so I don't believe there are any penalties due to over-optimization that would prevent indexing.  Also, my robots.txt file is properly configured and is not preventing any pages from being crawled.

I've tried using the "Fetch as Google" settings in WMT with no luck. Any ideas?

[jesse-landry]

Please share your domain. Otherwise all we can do is guess.

[socialfirestarter]

website.com

[Chris.Menke]

If it's a brand new site, getting fully indexed can take a while (some months), especially if, as you say, you have very few links.  Work on getting to know others in your niche and complementary markets via social media and give them a reason to talk about you and share info about your site/content.  Indexation is about authority and importance--the more of those your site has, the more often and more fully your site will be indexed.

[socialfirestarter]

It is a new site, but the domain has been owned since 2004. I've never had an issue like this before with any other site, even after purchasing a domain and then launching a site as little as a week later. I agree with some of your suggestions, but I feel there is some other reason that this site isn't being indexed.

[jesse-landry]

Your homepage has this tag in your header:

name='robots' content='noindex,nofollow' />

That's your problem. Remove that.

[socialfirestarter]

wow I have absolutely no idea how that I got in there and didn't even think to check.  send me your email address! I owe you a beer!

[Chris.Menke]

Jolly good show there Jesse.