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Some popular sites I've seen have <meta> as "generator" or other code words. What is this? They appear to have no other keywords in the code.

Sure cannot trump an answer from Kyle! But then I always want to ask - did that answer your question?

Yes I understand that my websites may not need anything, but I'm just curious as to why some websites that are popular apparently have the keywords hidden or coded somehow? Maybe I'm just reading the code wrong.

Those are meta tags. These are part of the "code" that Google and other search engines look at when determining how to rank your website.

They DO NOT lead to higher rankings and if you have set-up your All in One SEO tool (as per the tutorial here at WA), then you don't have to worry about <meta> tags going forward as they are taken care of for you.

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Meta Generator?

Meta Generator?

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Some popular sites I've seen have <meta> as "generator" or other code words. What is this? They appear to have no other keywords in the code.

Sure cannot trump an answer from Kyle! But then I always want to ask - did that answer your question?

Yes I understand that my websites may not need anything, but I'm just curious as to why some websites that are popular apparently have the keywords hidden or coded somehow? Maybe I'm just reading the code wrong.

Those are meta tags. These are part of the "code" that Google and other search engines look at when determining how to rank your website.

They DO NOT lead to higher rankings and if you have set-up your All in One SEO tool (as per the tutorial here at WA), then you don't have to worry about <meta> tags going forward as they are taken care of for you.

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Any solutions appreciated.

I uploaded a new sitemap. Going to give it 24 hrs and see what happens. Thanks for all the assistance it is greatly appreciated and always remembered!

I think I should remove this from the file.
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Sitemap: sitemap.xml

Did you block search engines at one point? I've seen instances of this on sites that are working fine, but if your site is not getting indexed, it looks like you need to upload a new robots.txt file.

But if your site is indexed and you are having posts/pages not getting indexed on a case by case basis, you can try this https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/get-posts-pages-indexed-faster-in-google-with-webmaster-tools

How can you tell Google hasn't crawled your site? If Analytics is working, then your site is probably indexed and working fine. Is it webmaster tools that is showing an error for your sitemap?

Correct. Webmaster tools shows the last crawl was 3 days ago. About the same time I uploaded the sitemap. I was being crawled everyday before that. One of pages that I think should be higher in results is not coming up at all.

Ah, then your site IS being crawled and I think there are no issues. Publish content more frequently and Google will crawl it more often.

DiD you get it working? try rebuilding the sitemap.

I though of that. Just resubmit right? I have a plug in that did it for me the first time.

Yes, it should have a manual rebuild feature

See to it that, you didn't check DISABLED the function of your KEYWORD settings under GENERAL SETTINGS of your ALL IN ONE SEO or and some other functions under that settings. Or try to provide some WEBMASTER verification from google, bing and others because that will really help alot. Hope that helps.

Thanks, I'll check.

your welcome.

Not too techy but I'll try. FYI Analytics seems to be working well.

This is weird. Usually a sitemap helps Google better crawl your website. Have you checked your robots.txt file to see if there is a line that blocks Google crawlers?

Confusing. Tools indicates 0 blocked URLs but under "robots.txt.analysis" shows "invalid sitemap URL detected; syntax not understood" Then this:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Sitemap: sitemap.xml

I think this is the problem right?

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Google hasn't crawled my site since I submitted a sitemap.

Google hasn't crawled my site since I submitted a sitemap.

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Any solutions appreciated.

I uploaded a new sitemap. Going to give it 24 hrs and see what happens. Thanks for all the assistance it is greatly appreciated and always remembered!

I think I should remove this from the file.
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Sitemap: sitemap.xml

Did you block search engines at one point? I've seen instances of this on sites that are working fine, but if your site is not getting indexed, it looks like you need to upload a new robots.txt file.

But if your site is indexed and you are having posts/pages not getting indexed on a case by case basis, you can try this https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/get-posts-pages-indexed-faster-in-google-with-webmaster-tools

How can you tell Google hasn't crawled your site? If Analytics is working, then your site is probably indexed and working fine. Is it webmaster tools that is showing an error for your sitemap?

Correct. Webmaster tools shows the last crawl was 3 days ago. About the same time I uploaded the sitemap. I was being crawled everyday before that. One of pages that I think should be higher in results is not coming up at all.

Ah, then your site IS being crawled and I think there are no issues. Publish content more frequently and Google will crawl it more often.

DiD you get it working? try rebuilding the sitemap.

I though of that. Just resubmit right? I have a plug in that did it for me the first time.

Yes, it should have a manual rebuild feature

See to it that, you didn't check DISABLED the function of your KEYWORD settings under GENERAL SETTINGS of your ALL IN ONE SEO or and some other functions under that settings. Or try to provide some WEBMASTER verification from google, bing and others because that will really help alot. Hope that helps.

Thanks, I'll check.

your welcome.

Not too techy but I'll try. FYI Analytics seems to be working well.

This is weird. Usually a sitemap helps Google better crawl your website. Have you checked your robots.txt file to see if there is a line that blocks Google crawlers?

Confusing. Tools indicates 0 blocked URLs but under "robots.txt.analysis" shows "invalid sitemap URL detected; syntax not understood" Then this:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Sitemap: sitemap.xml

I think this is the problem right?

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Need help with XML Sitemap Generator. Messages "There was a problem writing your sitemap. Make sure the file exists and is writable. There was a problem writing your zipped si

This video gives you a more general idea on how to change permissions but you will be changing it for a plugin only. http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGdQnlkv_3k

I'll check it out and get back. Most appreciated!

You have to go in and change your permissions in your website by using something like Filezilla. Its been a while since I had to do anything like that but for sure you have to check the box in there to make it writable.

I tried another plug-in and it appears to have worked. Thanks

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Need help with XML Sitemap Generator.

Need help with XML Sitemap Generator.

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Need help with XML Sitemap Generator. Messages "There was a problem writing your sitemap. Make sure the file exists and is writable. There was a problem writing your zipped si

This video gives you a more general idea on how to change permissions but you will be changing it for a plugin only. http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGdQnlkv_3k

I'll check it out and get back. Most appreciated!

You have to go in and change your permissions in your website by using something like Filezilla. Its been a while since I had to do anything like that but for sure you have to check the box in there to make it writable.

I tried another plug-in and it appears to have worked. Thanks

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Maybe I'm late on this but is Google Alerts not functioning? What is a good alternative?

Try Talkwalker. I haven't used it, but it is being compared to Google with good reviews.

discussion groups

discussion groups

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Maybe I'm late on this but is Google Alerts not functioning? What is a good alternative?

Try Talkwalker. I haven't used it, but it is being compared to Google with good reviews.

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Going through the training I notice that Google is used as THE tool around which all activity is centered. Should other search engines not be used as well? Are there reasons ot

Google owns a huge part of the market, but yes, you can also focus on Bing or Yahoo if you like. Some people have found success by getting their site ranked better in those pages rather than focusing on Google. It's up to you. But most people use Google, so it's easier to get traffic from there in the beginning IMO

Thanks Nathaniell. Thanks you turning me on to WA.

Google is the most highly used search engine in the world, however, other search engines such as Bing, Yahoo Search, can be used as well.

Seems logical to me. Why be limited! Thanks

Google is probably the best known and the most widely used search engine, but no reason why you can't submit your site to others such as Dogpile - why not Google (sorry) search engines for a full list

Thanx. I will

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Curious about Google

Curious about Google

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Going through the training I notice that Google is used as THE tool around which all activity is centered. Should other search engines not be used as well? Are there reasons ot

Google owns a huge part of the market, but yes, you can also focus on Bing or Yahoo if you like. Some people have found success by getting their site ranked better in those pages rather than focusing on Google. It's up to you. But most people use Google, so it's easier to get traffic from there in the beginning IMO

Thanks Nathaniell. Thanks you turning me on to WA.

Google is the most highly used search engine in the world, however, other search engines such as Bing, Yahoo Search, can be used as well.

Seems logical to me. Why be limited! Thanks

Google is probably the best known and the most widely used search engine, but no reason why you can't submit your site to others such as Dogpile - why not Google (sorry) search engines for a full list

Thanx. I will

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