website on sites.google.com not searchable

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#302634 8-Dec-2022 08:40

I have set up a website on sites.google.com for our small business (Gamma Health Physics). The site can be reached by https://sites.google.com/view/ghp-info/home but after several months Gamma Health Physics is not searchable on Google search. It shows up fine on other search engines (Bing, Duckduckgo). A Google site search of sites.google.com for Gamma Health Physics gets plenty of hits just not our site. I made sure the "Request public search engines not to display my site" box is unticked when I publish the site. I have sent feedback to Google but haven't yet received a response.

Is there anything else I could try?

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#3007512 8-Dec-2022 22:00

I have moved the site to my Google Workspace account and pointed our domain name towards it. We’ll see if that helps.

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#3007519 8-Dec-2022 22:52

You need incoming links. Your domain will be listed in several directories already. That will help.

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#3007522 8-Dec-2022 23:06

Do you have the new URL? Don't mind having a look to see if there is any problems with it.

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#3007524 8-Dec-2022 23:46

have to got a sitemap.xml etc

also a robot.txt

and is the site on google search console https://search.google.com/search-console/about

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#3007575 9-Dec-2022 01:11

Tried the original link and asked to login so will need the new URL to have a look.

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#3007700 9-Dec-2022 11:42

The new Sites url is https://sites.google.com/gamma-hp.co.nz/ghp-info2 and our domain is www.gamma-hp.co.nz. The new setup appeared on Bing overnight. A Youtube video we posted yesterday shows in Google search but still sign of our site. I set up a business profile on Google search to try to nudge things along.

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#3007702 9-Dec-2022 11:46

Not sure you noticed but on Chrome the fonts get blurred when you scroll down, and on Edge they get just...

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#3007705 9-Dec-2022 11:58

That's strange shows fine for me on Chrome and Edge. I'm viewing from a different account.

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#3007709 9-Dec-2022 12:04

Have you scrolled up and down?

It could be my browsers using the GPU and the fonts having problem with that, too...

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#3007731 9-Dec-2022 14:32

First thing you should fix: Your page title (header) on the front page page. Change it from "Home" to "Gamma Health Physics".

The title is what you see in the browser tab when you are on the site, and it is an important SEO signal.

Also make sure that all your headings are actual h1, h2 etc. tags and not just set in larger text. You want the search engines to understand what parts of your text is headings.

I see that Google Sites adds proper headings, so scratch that. But it is often a good idea to write headings that are more descriptive and nearer to what someone would search for. The more generic the less likely they will help you be visible in the search engines.

I would have changed your first heading on the front page to be "Introduction to Gamma Health Physics" and set it as an H2 tag, since you have already used <h1> for the "Gamma Health Physics" in the heading.

Some other things I think is missing:

Opening hours, address and contact number.

I would make a contact us page with that information and add a contact form there. You can put other contact information including your email address there as well.

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#3007787 9-Dec-2022 15:35

Those things shouldn't stop it getting listed on Google imo. I have had a problem getting a blogger site listed on Bing, and tried lots of things via Bings webmaster tools, eg adding the sitemap, and no reply to their customer support to find out why. Yet it is listed on Google. Sometimes these things are a mystery