[14:39:19] <.jrs> As a reminder, maintenance is scheduled to begin 2 months ago, and is expected to end 2 months ago [14:40:53] what maintenance [14:41:33] [1/2] I think this one? [14:41:33] [2/2] https://discord.com/channels/407504499280707585/407504500136607745/1126581857123831818 [14:44:09] that's discord making a counter thing lol [15:13:38] ^ [17:39:16] Hi all, I had a question or two regarding SEO. [17:41:32] To make things brief, my wiki doesn't show up when being searched for via google. I briefly referenced this post for some info regarding this. [17:41:40] Ah blocked by server, oops [17:41:53] You need to /auth to post links [17:41:57] Ah okay [17:42:21] Well I think I got to where you needed to use google search console, and I was just wanting to make sure about something really briefly with it. [17:42:45] When using that, is that all private or would that go public anywhere? Don't want to accidently put personal details and wasn't sure if I should use a burner/alt email. [17:43:01] I'll do the auth stuff now for future reference [17:44:17] Okay, hoping this works now [17:44:25] no, your stuff won't get public [17:44:27] ah may need a second to catch up [17:44:34] Alrightie thanks 🙂 [17:45:12] Have a few bad apples in the greater community of what I am making a wiki for, so user safety both for myself and others is something I am just keeping an eye on really carefully [17:49:08] Okay so, was doing the verification [17:50:00] Think I got it now [17:50:09] Thanks and sorry if that was a bit random/unnecessary [17:50:17] Seemed like it would be more difficult than it would be [17:54:38] don't be sorry, it's a support server after all [17:55:27] you know where to get sitemap links tho? [17:58:00] Not familiar in all honesty [18:01:29] [1/5] `...miraheze.org/sitemap.xml` [18:01:29] [2/5] or [18:01:29] [3/5] `https://static.miraheze.org/`your wiki db name`/sitemaps/sitemap.xml` [18:01:30] [4/5] this page is a list of sitemaps tied w/ namespaces of wiki [18:01:30] [5/5] better to submit the ones ending w/ `0-0`, `4-0`, `14-0` and `6-0` [18:02:49] Thanks, will definitely take a look at that [18:02:55] In terms of the SEO, did run into one issue [18:03:41] Google wants me to paste this [18:03:44] [1/4] > [18:03:45] [2/4] > Example.com homepage/title [18:03:45] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> [3/4] > <meta name="google-site-verification" content="......." /> [18:03:45] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> [4/4] > /head [18:03:56] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> And fill in the blanks whatnot on the homepage before any of the body text [18:04:16] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> Whenever I attempt to, I just get the raw text on my homepage [18:10:26] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> oh, that's the first step [18:10:45] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> go to additional settings menu, SEO tab [18:11:09] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> there will be field for google verification key [18:11:21] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> this setting inserts it in meta tag [18:11:52] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> you should paste only content, the actual key, w/o `"` and stuff [18:12:16] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> I have that enabled and the string pasted there. Maybe its just Google being slow? [18:12:34] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> yeah, maybe [18:12:36] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> String pasted in the red box, everything within the ".." after content [18:12:45] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> it took about 15 minutes to verify for me [18:13:00] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> Hmm, maybe I am being a tad impatient or google could be having a slow day. [18:13:11] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> Thanks again, I'll double check in an hour and post an update here. [18:14:31] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> I just did https: //wikinamehere . miraheze . org/ [18:14:39] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> Could it be that I just didn't have the whole homepage thing after? [18:15:25] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> wait a sec [18:15:59] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> yeah, I did that like this too [18:18:14] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> Alright thanks, guess waiting is the best I can do for now 🙂 [18:53:53] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> Still no luck sadly [18:54:01] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> There's a file upload option, would that work better maybe? [19:01:08] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> do you get an error or something? I got lost in your matter, I'm afraid [19:03:03] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> Yes, sorry [19:03:05] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> On googles end [19:33:00] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> are you sure you saved settings on wiki? [19:34:13] <MirahezeRelay> <beith, replying to theoneandonlylegroom> Yes, multiple times [19:34:34] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> <:ThinkerMH:912930078646730792> [19:35:00] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> can you find the meta key in page's actual code? [19:35:10] <MirahezeRelay> <theoneandonlylegroom> via element inspector [19:35:24] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> I'll try that now [19:38:11] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> I might be looking wrong but I am having trouble finding it admittedly. [19:38:21] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> Would it be easier to use one of the other methods? [19:44:17] <MirahezeRelay> <beith> Going to have another person with bureaucrat on the site take a jab this friday [21:21:25] <MirahezeRelay> <clockworky, replying to tali64> been doing other things that interests me, i dont chat as much (although i never really chatted here anyways) as i used to [21:22:40] <MirahezeRelay> <tali64, replying to clockworky> Kinda strange that you'd reply to that comment nearly two weeks after I posted it, but OK [21:23:07] <MirahezeRelay> <clockworky> felt like checking how many times people said my name lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯