Can't get my site to appear on google

233 · 22 Mar 2012 at 19:52

Got a site on the go www.thephda.co.uk

Now I've done the whole google and bing webmaster thing and I can find my site on bing when searching the full URL but I can't get anything under google

Can anyone have a quick look at the site and tell me if I have missed anything on the site or even offer some advice on how to get my site listed

deadite66 · 22 Mar 2012 at 19:55

on page 2 for me if i google "The Private Hire Drivers Association"

233 · 22 Mar 2012 at 20:15

Strange one though if I google the URL nothing comes up any thoughts?

BarBrawllin · 22 Mar 2012 at 20:19

Showing results for www.bhda.co.uk
Search instead for www.thephda.co.uk

Seems google thinks its a mistake and shows the bhda.co.uk instead but suggests thephda.co.uk at the bottom? hmm thats a bit gay

233 · 22 Mar 2012 at 20:34

Right that really is strange if I google www.thephda.co.uk I get nothing at all at least not in the 5 pages I checked of results but if I google "the private hire drivers association" inc the commas as per above my site is the top listing but without the commas no sign anyone point me in the direction of an idiots guide to this sort of thing?

Pho · 22 Mar 2012 at 20:52

site:www.thephda.co.uk

Also create a Google webmasters / analytics account and add your site to it, should show you what it's crawling.

233 · 22 Mar 2012 at 21:06

crawl states show an average of 28 pages crawled per day so at least i know google sees the site

233 · 23 Mar 2012 at 10:18

ok all seems to be well now sort of (adjusted the crawl speed on the webmaster tools

if i search for the phda its now the first listing, if i search for www.thephda.co.uk it still does not show up for some reason

if i search for the private hire drivers association it comes up on page 3 any useful advice would be gratefully recieved

Pho · 23 Mar 2012 at 11:13

It only doesn't come up because it thinks there's a spelling mistake. Google should, over time, realise that it's a mistake and correct its-self though from what I've read in the past.