Hmmm. That link shows that the way you have it will block all robots.
Posts made by Tunji
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RE: Why isn't google indexing our site?
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RE: Why isn't google indexing our site?
It looks like your robots.txt file is the problem. http://www.invoicestudio.com/robots.txt has:
User-agent: * Disallow: When it should be:
User-agent: *
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RE: Changing permalinks, 301 nightmare
Hmmm.Yes, I would try the www in case your server doesn't handle that redirect automatically.
If you can't get it to work, I would remove the 301 redirects you added to the .htaccess file. Again, I would suggest you use the Redirection Plugin:
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RE: Changing permalinks, 301 nightmare
The basic idea for 301 redirects in htacess is:
`Redirect 301 /oldpage.html http://www.yoursite.com/newpage.html` But if you aren't comfortable writing out a line for each page you've deleted and need redirecting, I would suggest the "Redirection" plugin. It's pretty easy to set up.
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RE: Changing permalinks, 301 nightmare
I think the Yoast SEO Plugin assigns 301 redirects to existing pages, so it can't keep the redirect if you delete the old page. It sounds like you need to either add the 301 redirects directly to your .htaccess file (which isn't too tough if you only have a few), or use another plugin for redirects. The plugin called "Redirection" by John Godley does a good job. Good luck!
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RE: 301 redirect on wordpress.com
For wordpress.com you have to purchase the "Site Redirect" service. This does a 301 redirect for you entire url. You can go to Store > Domains in your dashboard to confirm it's working, change the new domain's url, etc. Be sure to use the same permalink structure in your new domain! Good luck.
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RE: Do keywords in drop-down menus count?
Agreed. This also would have an effect on sitelinks displayed. Focused keyword navigation leads to better sitelinks.
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RE: WP description plugin
Sure. The one that's getting the most attention right now is by Joost de Valk: http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/ It does a lot of SEO stuff and might be overkill. Another that creates a Title and Description field on the WP backend is HeadSpace2: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/headspace2/
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RE: WP description plugin
I wouldn't recommend automatically generating the meta description because it won't necessarily be the best summary to display in the serps. Writing something specific for users will have a better chance of click throughs.