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My GitHub repositories are not known by Google #23571
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Hello, |
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Put up a GitHub Pages site! |
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Sorry buy I don't understand when go to that link it want you to create a repository but I already have 2 of them there should just be a setting to tick to enable google search, this is annoying. |
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Well, Google will index your (public) GitHub repository eventually, but if you have specific needs surrounding information that is published and indexed by Google, you should put up a (GitHub Pages) website instead. There is no box to tick, because repositories that are public are indexable by Google by default. |
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Hello Mark, Thank you very much for your answer. I have done : https://pgl10.github.io Is it what you have explained to me ? Is it enough in order to have Google knowing my reposoteries ? Best regards, pgl10 |
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Yeah, that should help a bit. Let me explain. GitHub isn’t a place to promote repositories. GitHub won’t actively tell Google not to list repositories, but there is a chance the only way to find your repo if you literally type in the name. If you set up a GH pages site - which is an actual web site - with more content and information about the repo, chances are higher that people can also find your repos trough Google by searching with more general terms. As an example: if people look for your “Opera” repo and search for big rational numbers library , chances are much higher they will find your repo if you have a GH pages site with more content and info related to the repo. That said, your current setup with a simple listing will help a bit, but not much. Why not put some background info and documentation up there? |
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How the .yml files help to appear your GH page in Google search ? |
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I'm not sure what you're getting at @Antonomer, please elaborate. |
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I think he meant to reply to another comment (see mamutalib's comment). |
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Hello Mark, |
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You should have setup a _config.yml file for making the repository searchable. |
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So every repository should have an individual _config.yml? I've seen people without a github pages or config file in their repos to get indexed. Like there are some github accounts that don't look as active as you'd expect them but are still searchable by Google. How is that possible? |
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It's true. Sometimes, .yml file help to crawel the page in search engine. |
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so have you complete this problem? I also have a repo and want google to know it's issue. |
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As others said, open a GitHub page, and you'll see it appear soon |
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Yeah, that should help a bit. Let me explain.
GitHub isn’t a place to promote repositories. GitHub won’t actively tell Google not to list repositories, but there is a chance the only way to find your repo if you literally type in the name.
If you set up a GH pages site - which is an actual web site - with more content and information about the repo, chances are higher that people can also find your repos trough Google by searching with more general terms.
As an example: if people look for your “Opera” repo and search for big rational numbers library , chances are much higher they will find your repo if you have a GH pages site with more content and info related to the repo.
That said, yo…