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Why am I not getting indexed?

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You installed around mid-July, correct? It's early, but you should have something by now.

Are you running the vBSEO Sitemap Generator?

Have you done any work to develop any backlinks to your site (directory submissions, forum postings with signature, link trading, purchased links, blog postings, our trackback/pingback feature, etc)?

I think you are in desire need of some link backs to your site:
Danity Kane Talk - Powered by vBulletin

To prepare for when you do get indexed, I would recommend removing "Powered by vBulletin" from your title:
[HOW-TO] Remove "Powered by vBulletin" from Your Page Titles

Hi Raider,

I'm a pretty experienced SEO so I did a ton of work with Google in mind when I launched my forum in February.

Despite all my efforts, it still took 2-3 weeks to see *anything* from Google. And it was 4 1/2 months before they really started sending decent traffic.

So if you just started, be patient and work hard to get as many good links from other sites as possible.

Then be patient some more and get some more links

Good luck, Ross

Originally Posted by Raider

Why am I not getting indexed?

Danity Kane Talk - Powered by vBulletin

just off the bat, I see several things that aren't helping you..

1. the powered by vb, that was mentioned
2. add the welcome header, this will help add keywords to the top portion of your site. ( bots will see it first )
3. take advantage of relevant replacements in showthread and forumdisplay
4. do you use a sitemap ?
5. get tons and tons of back links.. this was mentioned too
6. where are you archive links in the footer ? this will help emencly...
7. get more back links again

there are 100's of other things to do, you can check out the threads here at vbseo, or I've started to collect some tips here.
Tweaking your Forum for SEO - vBulletin Setup
or these may be better since my site is still being developed..
Search Engine Optimize vBulletin 3.5-SEO vBulletin-Time2Dine Forum
How to SEO your vBulletin - Questions and suggestions about how to improve your vBulletin for Search Engine Optimization - vBulletin FAQ Forums

this should keep u busy for now
good luck, if u need help with your site, send me a pm.

1. the powered by vBulletin, that was mentione

- Dont really have $120 to spare

1. add the welcome header, this will help add keywords to the top portion of your site. ( bots will see it first )

Is this a hack? Where can I find it?

1. take advantage of relevant replacements in showthread and forumdisplay

I think I have?

1. do you use a sitemap ?

Yes

1. get tons and tons of back links.. this was mentioned too

ok

1. where are you archive links in the footer ? this will help emencly...

They are there....bottom right.

1. get more back links again

ok

...also, how can I reset the pass for vbseocp.php?

Removing the Powered By vBulletin from your title, as described in the linked thread, does not require the branding free license from Jelsoft. You only need that license if you wish to remove their copyright from your footer.

To reset your vbseocp.php password, use a plain text editor on the config_vbseo.php that is in your vBulletin includes directory. You'll see the password entry near the top.

Originally Posted by Raider

1. the powered by vBulletin, that was mentione

- Dont really have $120 to spare

1. add the welcome header, this will help add keywords to the top portion of your site. ( bots will see it first )

Is this a hack? Where can I find it?

1. take advantage of relevant replacements in showthread and forumdisplay

I think I have?

1. do you use a sitemap ?

Yes

1. get tons and tons of back links.. this was mentioned too

ok

1. where are you archive links in the footer ? this will help emencly...

They are there....bottom right.

1. get more back links again

ok

...also, how can I reset the pass for vbseocp.php?

1. Powered by vBulletin in title tag [how to remove] - vBulletin Setup this is posted on several sites, but this one is mine.. u can see the archive links that I'll mention later.. as Keith said,, this is free
2. Welcome headers - Improve community registration rates - vBulletin.org Forum
3. no, you haven't.. check out this thread What are RRs?
4. good, have you updated to 1.7 ?
5. for $60 this is a great deal submit helper software download, manually directory submission service
6. no they aren't.. check out the footer of my site, its the first link I posted 1. maybe you have a different style set as default then what you think.. but they are not visible..