Forum:Mainpage not appearing in Google searches?

For some reason, all the searches for my wiki lead to pages on my wiki, but not the main page (the page you get to by clicking the logo).

The closest I got was just the actual wiki URL, which leads to the "recent activity" page.

http://chaklonianempire.wikia.com/wiki/Special:WikiActivity

This is the main page that won't show up on Google search:

http://chaklonianempire.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

What should I do? Shouldn't the main page be on the top of Google searches?


 * When I search for Chaklonian Empire Public Database, I see a link to the original main page, ChakLonian Empire Public Database. It looks like you deleted that page this morning and moved it to "Main Page", so right now that search result leads to a deleted page.


 * Also, there is an automatic redirect for logged-in people that takes you to the Wiki Activity page when you follow a link to the main URL (chaklonianempire.wikia.com). Logged-out people who click on that link will go to the main page. You can turn off that automatic redirect for yourself in preferences on the first "My Info" tab; it's the dropdown that says "Landing page".


 * I have a suggestion if you want to help your wiki's main page to appear higher in a Google search: write lots of interesting content on your main page. Google's search algorithm is designed to help readers find interesting things to read, as quickly as possible. Google doesn't want to send people to a list of links; they'd rather follow those links and then send people to the interesting stuff.


 * Right now, your main page only has three links on it. Two of those links lead to category pages (more lists of links), and the third links offsite. So it makes sense that Google is sending people to an article page like ChakLonian Empire, which is long and detailed, with lots of keywords that people might be searching for. I'd suggest adding more text to your main page -- a description of what the ChakLonian Empire is, to help readers understand more about your topic.


 * I'd also suggest adding more links on your article pages, to link them to each other. That helps readers -- and the Google bot -- to find the content on your pages. I hope that helps! -- Danny (talk ) 19:02, March 17, 2012 (UTC)