Google Index Problem?

Is anyone else having a huge drop in google indexed pages? Mine just decreased by 80%. I went from 460 pages just 2 weeks ago and I have been declining ever since. I am currently at 80.

Anyone know why this is?

See here: http://www.vbseo.com/f84/site-report...html#post51098

Okay... but what seems to be the problem? Is this common with google? Other search engines are increasing my index pages. Also I noticed that google tends to view the forum index but not the threads.

All search engines have different crawling, indexing, and ranking algorithms. This accounts for the different activity you see between the various crawlers, and, therefore, also for your forum's position in the SERPs on each for a variety of keywords.

On top of that, each search engine is constantly working to improve its processes, and testing may occur in real time among the many different data centers they have processing user search queries.

For this reason, you will always see fluctuations. With Google, it can sometimes be alarming since fluctuations may be quite large.

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hmmm.. i hope so

whatever you do, DONT change anything once you get it set. otherwise, you start all over again...

you mean change the settings?

...... because I have changed it several times. :(

Originally Posted by soletrader

you mean change the settings?

...... because I have changed it several times. :(

Don't do that.

:( Will upgrading count as making changes?

No. Just don't change URL formats etc in the vBSEO settings.

Ok. Will keepthis in mind from now on. Thank you vbseo team!