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SirAndy
post Mar 31 2022, 11:42 AM
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Mystery solved, Google changed the way they interpret the different bot sections in the robots.txt file.

I updated our file according to their guidelines and it now validates correctly with their service.
I also requested a re-indexing of the site.


This will take some time to make a noticeable impact on search results though ...
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post Mar 31 2022, 11:47 AM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Mar 31 2022, 01:42 PM) *

Mystery solved, Google changed the way they interpret the different bot sections in the robots.txt file.

I updated our file according to their guidelines and it now validates correctly with their service.
I also requested a re-indexing of the site.


This will take some time to make a noticeable impact on search results though ...
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post Mar 31 2022, 12:11 PM
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post Mar 31 2022, 12:12 PM
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Awesome. Thank you, Andy!
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post Mar 31 2022, 12:41 PM
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post Mar 31 2022, 01:29 PM
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Man. I just thought I had lost my search mojo. It never occurred to me that it may be a site issue with google.

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post Mar 31 2022, 04:01 PM
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While we are on the subject, Firefox gives me this message,
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/insecu...ource=inproduct

I use a vpn so I think I am ok...
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post Mar 31 2022, 04:20 PM
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Do you still use the site:URL syntax with this search option?
http://cse.google.com/cse?cx=0024083458981...772:ajvfxschcgc
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post Mar 31 2022, 04:21 PM
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QUOTE(NARP74 @ Mar 31 2022, 03:01 PM) *

While we are on the subject, Firefox gives me this message,
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/insecu...ource=inproduct

I use a vpn so I think I am ok...

Just a generic warning because we don't use https on the site.

As long as your password here is not the same you use for banking ...
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post Mar 31 2022, 04:33 PM
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post Mar 31 2022, 08:32 PM
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Mar 31 2022, 01:42 PM) *

Mystery solved, Google changed the way they interpret the different bot sections in the robots.txt file.

I updated our file according to their guidelines and it now validates correctly with their service.
I also requested a re-indexing of the site.


This will take some time to make a noticeable impact on search results though ...
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...definition of "you rock"...

Hey, justsayin.
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post Mar 31 2022, 09:06 PM
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Thanks Andy--well done.
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post Mar 31 2022, 09:28 PM
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Sir Andy, Thank you for this fabulous site.
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post Mar 31 2022, 11:08 PM
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post Apr 1 2022, 04:34 AM
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post Apr 1 2022, 08:48 AM
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I thought I was just loosing my touch, I used the site:914world searchthing method all the time and nearly always had the right results on the 1st page

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post Apr 1 2022, 11:42 AM
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post Apr 1 2022, 01:10 PM
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dropped $25 into the membership & keep the servers running fund! That ought to cover about .01 hours of the time and energy SirAndy put into it trying to resolve this. Best site on the web!

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post May 4 2022, 02:57 PM
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post May 4 2022, 04:45 PM
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Hell yeah!
Do you see any change in site traffic or member count as well?
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