I have a WP Blog installed on a site and it just does not get Indexed in Google no matter how many High PR sites i link it to or do n time Blog submissions in Blog Directories or post articles of it on Social Bookmarking sites and It is already Technorati Listed. The problem i believe my Blog is facing is this. <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow" /> Now i have searched in the entire WP Theme ( HemingwayEx) i have looked in Header, Index Page and First page. I didn't find this anywhere but when i see the source code of the site in Mozila or IE..I see that stupid Noindex and Nofolow there. CAN SOME ONE PLEASE HELP/GUIDE ME IN GETTING RID OFF THIS CRAP. Seeking help from all on DP. Ace Tuku
Have you looked in the 'header.php' file of the theme you are using? That is generally where most of those meta tags are hidden.
would you like to post the blog url or the just pm me if you like, maybe I can help you out. check also robots.txt, this might be a culprit
Thanks for telling me the exact location. I'm pasting here what is in Headers.php. Let me know what do i need to do. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head profile="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="<?php bloginfo('html_type'); ?>; charset=<?php bloginfo('charset'); ?>" /> <title><?php bloginfo('name'); ?> <?php if ( is_single() ) { ?> » Blog Archive <?php } ?> <?php wp_title(); ?></title> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress <?php bloginfo('version'); ?>" /> <!-- leave this for stats --> <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_url'); ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <?php global $hemingwayEx; if ($hemingwayEx->style != 'none') : ?> <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('stylesheet_directory'); ?>/styles/<?= $hemingwayEx->style ?>" type="text/css" media="screen" /> <?php endif; ?> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?> RSS Feed" href="<?php bloginfo('rss2_url'); ?>" /> <link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo('pingback_url'); ?>" /> <?php $hem_js_loc = get_settings('siteurl') . '/wp-content/themes/' . get_template() . '/admin/js/'; ?> <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $hem_js_loc; ?>prototype.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $hem_js_loc; ?>scriptaculous.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $hem_js_loc; ?>behaviour.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $hem_js_loc; ?>slide.js"></script> <?php wp_head(); ?> </head> <body> <div id="header"> <div class="inside"> <div id="search"> <form method="get" id="sform" action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/"> <div class="searchimg"></div> <input type="text" id="q" value="<?php echo wp_specialchars($s, 1); ?>" name="s" size="15" /> </form> </div> <h2><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>/"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a></h2> <p class="description"><?php bloginfo('description'); ?></p> </div> </div> <!-- [END] #header --> <div id="navigation"> <div class="inside"> <ul class="left"> <li <?php if(is_home()) { echo 'class="current_page_item"';} ?>><a href="<?php bloginfo('siteurl'); ?>">Home</a></li> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=1' ); ?> </ul> <div class="right" id="silderButton"> <a class="nav" id="openSlidebar" href="javascript:void(0);" title="Show navigation">Open Navigation</a> <a class="nav" id="closeSlidebar" href="javascript:void(0);" title="Hide navigation" style="display:none;">Close navigation</a> </div> </div> </div> <!-- [END] #menu --> <div class="clear" s> </div> <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/dynamic_slidebar.php'); ?> ok i will. Ace Tuku
I downloaded the HemingwayEx 0.95 Beta and installed it to my test blog and couldn't find the line you are talking about. Does it only exist on some of the pages. It really would help if you provided a link to the site you are having problems with.
Ok, I think I have narrowed down where the problem is, and its not the theme itself. Its looking more like its a problem with one of the plugins you have installed. Can you let me have a look at the list of plugins you are using??
My Dear friend, Please have a look at it. Just tell me how do i see which Plug-ins are installed ? Kindly Give me your Yahoo/MSN ID as well so that i can give you access to my WP Blog. Regards, Ace Tuku
I don't know if adultuserbars is still helping you, but you can see Plug-ins in WP-Admin by choosing the plug-ins menu. You ought to know which ones you've uploaded, though. Try turning them off one at time and see if that changes it. P.S. Plug-in was my first thought, but the plug-in would create a robot.txt You may have a plug-in which is intended to do something like cloak affiliate links...hard to say. If you still need help, PM and I'll check it out. I have been troubleshooting a lot of WP issues lately.
Thanks dude, all help appreciated and will be reciprocated as well The plug-ins i see are None...however i accept myself as a noob in T/S and could be wrong as well. Here is what i see under plug-ins page Plugin Management Plugins extend and expand the functionality of WordPress. Once a plugin is installed, you may activate it or deactivate it here. Plugin Version Description Action Akismet 2.0 Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.†To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. By Matt Mullenweg. Activate Edit Hello Dolly 1.5 This is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation summed up in two words sung most famously by Louis Armstrong: Hello, Dolly. When activated you will randomly see a lyric from Hello, Dolly in the upper right of your admin screen on every page. By Matt Mullenweg. Activate Edit If something goes wrong with a plugin and you can’t use WordPress, delete or rename that file in the wp-content/plugins directory and it will be automatically deactivated. Get More Plugins You can find additional plugins for your site in the WordPress plugin directory. To install a plugin you generally just need to upload the plugin file into your wp-content/plugins directory. Once a plugin is uploaded, you may activate it here. WordPress
Ok guys, I have found something I went into options and under privacy i see this as ticked I would like to block search engines but allow normal vistors Is this the problem ?
The Meta Tag that you have orders the bot not to index the page and follow the links on it. Go to Options, privacy and untick '' the blocked search engines, but allow normal visitors part'' and tick "I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines.........."
this definitely the problem, oh well, glad you found it out for yourself, how i did not thought of that in the first place?