Website SEO Case Analysis: Passionate Youth Blogger - Website Not Getting Indexed

Today in a group, I saw a blogger asking why hiswebsite has not been indexed by Baidu. Naiba took a quick look and analyzed the following points for everyone's reference when building websites.

Website Not Getting Indexed Case Analysis

Below, we will analyze from several general directions why thiswebsite is not indexed by Baidu。

1. Domain History

The website analyzed in this article previously used a .com domain (later registered by a spam site for a junk site). Because the renewal was forgotten, a .xyz domain was re-registered. Baidu search results are as follows:Querying the WHOIS information for the new domain shows the registration date is August 14th.From the domain information, we can conclude:For search engines, this website is a new website. Baidu's assessment period for new websites typically lasts 1 to 3 months. (Provided Baidu knows the website exists)

2. Website Code

The first time I opened this website, Naiba didn't want to visit a second time, for the following reasons: ①. Upon opening the site, you get a prompt saying 'Welcome, you scared me to death.'②. The webpage probably has a music player added, but there are code compatibility issues, making it feel like the computer has a virus.From a user experience perspective, this site is very poor. I believe Baidu's bot can also recognize this code.Search engines are very averse to websites with buggy code and pop-ups.

3. Post Updates

At the time of publishing this article, this blog had only published 8 posts in total, all of which were old articles from 2018.Search engines like fresh content. Yourblog is lifeless, andthe content isn't substantial either. With a plethora of similar articles online, Baidu has no reason to insist on indexing yours.

4. Pseudo-Static

Hmm, using the default dynamic links, for conveniencewebsite SEO, the URLs must be made pseudo-static. You can refer to:WordPress Best Permalink Settings_Which Permalink Structure is Best

5. Robots File

Using a robots detection tool, you can see that the site's robots file format is incorrect. The sitemap address should be preceded by 'sitemap:'. Reference article:Write a proper WordPress website robots.txt file to avoid SEO disadvantagesI won't bother looking at other details. Next, let's talk about the solutions.

Solutions for Website Not Getting Indexed

The most obvious issues preventing this website from being indexed, as analyzed above, are five points. Address them accordingly, and the specific solutions include:

1. Switch to a Theme with clean codeWordPress Theme, avoid adding strange and unusual features;
2. Maintain regular Post updates, preferably with original content. If not original, ensure the articles provide value to users;
3. Set up pseudo-static URLs correctly;
4. Correct the robots.txt file;
5. Ensure the sitemap address is working properly (yes, his site's sitemap had a 502 error);
6. Submit the URL to search engines (the first image shows submitting the URL to Baidu)

After completing the above steps, you just need to keep updating articles and wait for a while. Baidu will generally index the site (whether it gives ranking is another matter).