Create topic New topics

Forum

Help me, please!

My Page has a different name in Google?

KathyMcGraw
Posts: 131
Message
on 06/03/2011

I wrote a page on How to make a Dreamcatcher Gourd and went to look for it on Google.  I found it on page 3 (Before I broke up my Squidoo lens...the page break one, it was on page 1)  for the search term Dreamcatcher Gourd.

Anyway, I found it on pg. 3 but the Title is Kathy McGraw on Wizzley?  I didn't make that the title, and heck even I wouldn't click that :)  So, did I do something wrong to get that as my page Title?


Kathy M.
lakeerieartists
Posts: 769
Message
on 06/03/2011

Kathy, I think what you are seeing is the list from your profile page. 

I just looked.  Doesn't seem to be indexed yet.  Although you are getting links from your profile page, and category pages.


Paula Atwell (aka lakeerieartists) is the owner of an online art gallery, Lake Erie Artists Gallery and a freelance writer
KathyMcGraw
Posts: 131
Message
on 06/03/2011

Paula- I am confused...I just looked again, and now it is the last one on pg. 2...and yes it goes to my profile page.

So, what is indexing...isn't that where your article shows on Google?  How do they have it for the search term, but not listing the article and putting the profile on there?

I also saw that before I took the 2nd page of my Squidoo lens and reworked it for here it was on pg.1 and the first page of the page break is also listed...but on pg. 2.  Hmmm will be interesting to see how my page ranks later :)


Kathy M.
lakeerieartists
Posts: 769
Message
on 06/03/2011

Guessing, but what I think happened is that your profile page was already indexed (appearing on Google) so it picked up the phrase from there, but your actual article hasn't indexed yet (not on Google).  Not all pages index at the same rate, one of the quirks of Google. 

Your page will probably show up within 24 hours.  Where it ends up in rankings will probably change for a while until it settles in.

When you search on Google sometimes the search engine picks up the first line of text from that page, but sometimes it picks up related text from another spot on the page.  That is what I think it is doing right now with your profile page.  Essentially it is a backlink to your article from another place on Wizzley.


Paula Atwell (aka lakeerieartists) is the owner of an online art gallery, Lake Erie Artists Gallery and a freelance writer
KathyMcGraw
Posts: 131
Message
on 06/04/2011

Thanks Paula...this is as good an explanation as any :)  I just write...all the rest of it I figure will work out however it does :)


Kathy M.
WebWriter
Posts: 87
Message
on 06/04/2011

This is weird too.

I typed in "wizzography" in yahoo search and this came up,


Self-Portrait of ohcaroline Painting a portrait of who I am and what has shaped ... Who Is WebWriter - My Wizzography wizzley.com/self-portrait-of-ohcaroline -

The "who is webwriter-my wizzography" is the title of my wizzongraphy. But when you click on the link, it takes you to the self portrait of ohcaroline

KathyMcGraw
Posts: 131
Message
on 06/04/2011

Wow...that's interesting for sure, and weird too.  I am really confused now :)


Kathy M.
HealthfulMD
Posts: 52
Message
on 06/04/2011

Looks like there may be some benefits to publishing articles first and then the wizzography.


The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~ Thomas Edison
nightowl
Admin
Posts: 490
Message
on 06/04/2011

WebWriter, Yahoo hasn't indexed your wizzography yet. They are showing ohcaroline's page, and the text is just a few excerpts from that page. The title of your page was in the sidebar under "Related Pages".

You can easily see what Yahoo saw in that page when you click on the "Cache" link. Your search terms will be highlighted. Look here to better understand:

http://74.6.117.48/search/srpcache?ei=UTF-8&p=wizzography&fr=moz35&u=http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=wizzography&d=27023891912066310&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=73fe697c,d29a275e&icp=1&.intl=us&sig=IL4GfBZl67bILiMQzrSsyg--


SEO Praxis: Specializing in WordPress Hosting and Small Business Web Design.
lakeerieartists
Posts: 769
Message
on 06/04/2011

I guess the main thing to understand is that the search engines do not necessarily index things in the same order that we publish them, nor do they index in a consistent time pattern.  Sometimes it takes longer than others.  Just write, they will index within a few days.


Paula Atwell (aka lakeerieartists) is the owner of an online art gallery, Lake Erie Artists Gallery and a freelance writer
Loading ...
Error!