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jargle27 · 11-18-2009, 02:22 AM

What is the best way of changing your sites info in the serps. I have a site that I made about 3 days ago it's listed now but it comes for the page info it says

Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at www.xxxxxxxxxx.com Por

I always assumed that it just pulled your meta descrip but maybe I was mistaken. Could anyone describe the process that google goes through to develop your sites description on the serps.

farking · 11-18-2009, 02:31 AM

Hey jargle,

There was a post about this earlier. Read here.

It's not that hard. Once you get it, you'll be rolling in no time.

efeezy · 11-18-2009, 03:16 AM

Your site description isn't pulling up because your having a problem with your .htaccess file. Rebuild that first and you'll be all set. Then you can create your Meta Description tag for your site and the Googles and the Spiders will be all over your pages.

jargle27 · 11-18-2009, 03:27 AM

thanks mang

jargle27 · 11-18-2009, 03:46 AM

I just noticed that I have absolutely no idea how to construct an htacess file. Where to start with building one.. the only guide I could find on the forums was pretty confusing.

allco · 11-18-2009, 05:20 AM

Put this in the .htaccess file:

Code:

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order allow,deny 
allow from all
</Limit>

Should work, fine...

jargle27 · 11-18-2009, 10:59 PM

thats giving making google show a 403 error.. not only that but im suspicious just reading that code

Bompa · 11-19-2009, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jargle27

Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at www.xxxxxxxxxx.com Por

I always assumed that it just pulled your meta descrip but maybe I was mistaken. Could anyone describe the process that google goes through to develop your sites description on the serps.

It looks like Google got an error the day it crawled your site. Is Google's
cache showing the same?

Normally, Google does use the meta description, otherwise it might use text
from the top of the page.

Get a few more links and googlebot will be back and get it right.

Bompa

erect · 11-19-2009, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by farking

Hey jargle,

There was a post about this earlier. Read here.

It's not that hard. Once you get it, you'll be rolling in no time.

No dickrolls in the newbie section

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bompa

It looks like Google got an error the day it crawled your site. Is Google's
cache showing the same?
...

Get a few more links and googlebot will be back and get it right.

Yea, just hold tight and the problem will fix itself

allco · 11-19-2009, 11:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jargle27

thats giving making google show a 403 error.. not only that but im suspicious just reading that code

There's nothing suspicious about that code - it's standard.

Do you use CPanel on a Unix server? Then here's a default .htaccess file (this is straight out of a domain I just launched today and it works fine):

Code:

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName YourDomainName.com
AuthUserFile /home/your-account-username/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/your-account-username/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

Does your .htaccess file look similar to that?

The above is "auto-generated" (from my server anyway).

Anyway, as the others have said, could be google just burped and didn't read it properly, or something......

anyhoo, good luck mate

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jargle27 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 45 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Sorry for the ultra noob question What is the best way of changing your sites info in the serps. I have a site that I made about 3 days ago it's listed now but it comes for the page info it says Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i DAV/2 mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 Server at www.xxxxxxxxxx.com Por I always assumed that it just pulled your meta descrip but maybe I was mistaken. Could anyone describe the process that google goes through to develop your sites description on the serps. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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farking Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 570 iTrader: 13 / 100%	Hey jargle, There was a post about this earlier. Read here. It's not that hard. Once you get it, you'll be rolling in no time. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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