Looking for some advice. I need to get the public viewable content of the site to show up in google search results.
After searching here, as well as googling web, I found this page where the solution is to add the rss as sitemaps in google webmaster tools
http://community.elgg.org/discussion/view/1192327/elgg-seo-google-not-indexing-blog-articles
I tried adding it but get a not found error(404), so I think I am not providing it a proper rss feed
I searched again and found this for an older elgg version
http://community.elgg.org/plugins/385064/1.0/planphoria-elgg-siteindex-generator
This which looks like it will work with modern versions
http://community.elgg.org/plugins/1077524/0.3/auto-sitemap-dinamic-seo-sitemapxml-generation
and even this, a 3rd party program
http://enarion.net/tools/phpsitemapng/
I am running 1.8.16
How does the community get their content indexed properly within a short time period?
Are any of the plugins here useful?
Why was this not functionality not built into elgg core(or am I missing something)?
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I have phpSiteMap-NG running.
generated .xml(and a few other formats)
submitted .xml to google webmaster tools. no errors. index still says 'pending'. waiting patiently
while waiting I used the Fetch as Google and fetched the /elgg/ main dir. It was successful.
There is an option to 'Submit to Index' with an option for that action to submit only that url or all linked urls to index.
When I submit the successfully Fetched /elgg/ dir and all linked urls to Index, it returns an error "An error occurred" no detail.
When the /elgg/ dir is loaded, index.php loads the river so it rolls to /elgg/activity/all
If I were to fetch a url, and submit it and all linked urls to google index, which url in elgg should I fetch?
Has anyone done this in google webmaster tools, and know which url will work without returning error?
EDIT: I successfully fetched sitemap.xml, but when I submit it, and all linked urls, to Index it also returns an unspecified error
Site is now being indexed properly. Did not figure out the 'Fetch as google' 'Submit to Index' procedure, but I no longer have to as it is getting indexed. Thanks to all for the suggestions and help.
The next question is, "why doesn't elgg generate sitemaps and have tools to assist search engine indexing built-in?"
Elgg is a social media platform. Social, as in not hidden. The software is intended to "be found" by it's nature of being 'social' yet it seems to intentionally lack(sense) the basic tools to allow it to be found
This is counter-intuitive
i would add 10-20 plugins from the community into elgg core - including the xml sitemap plugin i am using.
oh, there is a plugin for it. yeah that needs to be in core, I would like to know why it is not(and who makes these [bad]decisions)
I am using a 3rd party php program. Should be totally unnecessary
So is there a project leader or group of leaders that make what seem to be bilaterally poor decisions? (this lack of sitemap issue is not the first)
Is there a constructive place where the people in the trenches can provide input? Do they actually listen?
@ɥɔuıɹƃ lɐʇıƃıp Make content instead of a map. It's not so actual now.
But if you want it then go to Google stuff:
Tool: http://code.google.com/p/googlesitemapgenerator/
Guide: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/156184
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