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August 29, 2016 at 6:58 pm #255665

nycinsider
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According to Google (webmaster tools), wpgeo.directory has 277 links to 181 different pages on my site.

I figured out it’s from the test site you set up when your conversion tools weren’t working:

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http://wpgeo.directory/destroy/

Please delete this site and let me know when it’s done. This should have happened months ago – and a dev site should NEVER have been made indexable or public to Google.

Please destroy this site ASAP!

August 29, 2016 at 10:20 pm #255692

Guust
Moderator

Post count: 29970

I have alerted the developers that set up that test site. Thanks.

August 30, 2016 at 10:44 am #255949

Stiofan O’Connor
Site Admin

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Done.

Stiofan

August 30, 2016 at 3:19 pm #256148

nycinsider
Expired Member

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Thanks. You should also know something about the GD sitemaps makes Google not index them. My page and post sitemaps are indexed at close to 100%. But my /gd_event-sitemap.xml, /gd_place-sitemap.xml and /gd_placecategory-sitemap.xml are indexed at close to 0% (maybe 1 of every 100 or so).

This makes GD bad for anyone interested in SEO traffic.

August 30, 2016 at 4:32 pm #256163

Paolo
Site Admin

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Hi,

if Google is not indexing your listings and the sitemaps submitted are correct, the problem could be about the content of the listings.

Are the text and images unique? If the problem was the script, Google would index 0% of your listings, it wouldn’t index even that 1% or so.

Thanks

August 30, 2016 at 4:47 pm #256169

nycinsider
Expired Member

Post count: 114

If the problem were the content of the listings, then the issue would also occur with my post and page listings and not JUST gd sitemaps. Post, Page, Video – all fine. ONLY GD sitemaps.

It might have to do with all your weird permalink settings. But changing those sitewide is not an option. No plug in should force site-wide permalinks one way or another – but maybe that’s why there are issues.

August 30, 2016 at 4:58 pm #256196

nycinsider
Expired Member

Post count: 114

Or it may be a conflict with Yoast sitemaps and GD

August 30, 2016 at 4:59 pm #256198

Paolo
Site Admin

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GD sitemaps can be created using Yoast only.

Could you please provide a link to your sitemaps in a private reply? Are the URL for your listings correct in there?

August 30, 2016 at 5:21 pm #256203

nycinsider
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August 30, 2016 at 5:39 pm #256204

Paolo
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August 30, 2016 at 5:46 pm #256208

nycinsider
Expired Member

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I check what Google says is true….and Google says 1 of 250 events is indexed. So that is 100% fact. When 344 of 346 posts are indexed – but 1 of 240 gd_events are indexed – then that’s what Google thinks. Period. 100% facts. I care what Google thinks of my site.

So Google – in Webmaster Tools – CLEARLY AND FACTUALLY has an issue with all GD sitemaps.

August 30, 2016 at 5:47 pm #256209

nycinsider
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August 30, 2016 at 5:55 pm #256211

Paolo
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August 30, 2016 at 6:06 pm #256214

nycinsider
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As always, outstanding support from the team at GD. How dare I forget your products are perfect and it’s ALWAYS the users fault – and now it is Google’s!?!?. Surely, it’s not GD. Not ever. Not once. If I knew THAT, I would have common sense. Clearly I don’t

I am requesting AGAIN you remove those links. I don’t not want them made public to this community for VERY obvious reasons.

August 30, 2016 at 6:35 pm #256222

Stiofan O’Connor
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