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Sitemaps and Google Verify - Walt

Walt — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:29:58 +0100

Hi Katti,

You won't be able to verify your site unless you 'point' your A-record. At present you are using 'masked forwarding' which means your site sits within an HTML frame so Google is actually indexing the frame not your site. This is important as your site content which includes your meta data, verification code, sitemap etc are being ignored.

To correct this you will need to contact your domain name provider and ask them, unless you can do this yourself, to point your 'DNS A-record' to our web servers at 146.101.249.107. More on this is available in our FAQs.

Thanks

Sitemaps and Google Verify - Katti

Katti — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:14:54 +0100

Hi, I'm having difficulty verifying my website. I think the meta tag keeps ending up in the wrong place. I've tried them on the 'site information' panel & the page settings in sitemaker. I just get the message, 'we couldn't find the verification meta tag.' The site map I submitted has been accepted but unless I can verify I'm the official owner of my site Google's robots won't be able to index my site & consequently it won't get properly ranked. I'm working to promote an artist & raise their public profile so rankings are particularly important. Any help at all with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Katti

Sitemaps and Google Verify - dan

dan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:57:34 +0100

Hi James,

At present we don't have a facility for users to indicate page priority so we've flagged all pages as having the same priority. While this isn't ideal it shouldn't be a massive hindrance to your SEO efforts (if any at all).

Priority is just a guide to google and it only counts internally to the site (you can't for example say that your site is more important than another). If you have 2 pages that return with the same ranking on a particular term then the higher priority one would be considered first.

Ultimately it'll work things out on it's own.

I'm not sure if there are plans to add user set priority, at the moment we have some exciting new features that are taking up a lot of our development time.

cheers,
Dan
web developer

Sitemaps and Google Verify - James

James — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:01:55 +0100

Just an update on the sitemaps for Moonfruit staff:

If you login to Google Webmasters you will notice all sites created with Sitemaker are showing a warning for the Sitemaps submitted.

The warning states the following:

Sitemap errors and warnings
Line Status Details
- All the URLs in your Sitemap have the same priority.
All the URLs in your Sitemap are set to the same priority (not the default priority). Priority indicates the importance of a particular URL relative to other URLs on your site and doesn't impact your site's performance in search results. If all URLs have the same priority, Google can't tell which are more important.

Can Moonfruit please advise.

Thanks.

Google Analytics 101 - Walt

Walt — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:36:40 +0100

Hi Ali,

The Analytics code will only go in one place and that will be in the blank field/box on the Google Analytics tab on the Admin panel.

This tab can be accessed by going to the Toolbar finding the Admin menu, selecting Statistics and then using the Google Analytics option at bottom of panel to access the field. This is the only place you can add the code.

This code will be set up on your site by us so that Google can track your visitors, your traffic and their behaviour when on your site. But it will take a few days for Analytics to start gathering together meaningful data.

SiteMaker and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - Part I - Bridget

Bridget — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:33:29 +0100

By using the very useful easily understood information enabled me to get my site listed on the first search page of google within 2 weeks of it going live. Many thanks for helping a novice out.

Google Analytics 101 - ali Fraser

ali Fraser — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:14:45 +0100

one further comment regarding the copy and pasting of google analytics code - should i paste it into each separate page of my website or just the home page?

Where's my email? The truth about forms - Joe

Joe — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:16:28 +0100

Hi Cotyso, I've replied to your multiple posts about this problem in the forum on Moonfruit. Please see the answer there. Thanks, Joe

Where's my email? The truth about forms - cotyso

cotyso — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:20:53 +0100

I am a very unhappy site customer!! I send an email three of in total about a problem concerning email . My provider who interstingly have a phone number and a live INSTANT chat inform me that the forwarding of domain names emails not working is the mx records of moonfruit, However as the week as passed and days tryng to resolve , eventually yourselfs (moonfruit ) just send email saying check this blogg out!!

I feel so let down by moonfruit and they are not helping so lets see your answer to resolve this.

Google Analytics 101 - ali fraser

ali fraser — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:06:19 +0100

just wanted to say thanks very much for replying so quickly and so clearly. i've just followed your instructions (actually, it was pretty obvious, wasn't it) and will see in a few days if i've done it properly when, hopefully, there'll be some stuff to analyse

SiteMaker and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - Part III - Lionel The Search Engine Optimization Guru

Lionel The Search Engine Optimization Guru — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:59:47 +0100

This article focuses on modifying the Search Engine Optimization.
Add your website to related Local directories. Then, make sure that your Website contain some of your applicable keywords.
Once your site has been listed, you are in a good position for the future. It will definitely
improve your Website ranking!!!

Google Analytics 101 - Walt

Walt — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:37:01 +0100

Hi Ali, and apologies to Margo for missing a reply to her query.

When you clicked on the 'Sign up for Google Analytics' button on the 'Statistics' tab, another panel will have opened labelled 'Google Analytics'. The 'spacious field' is on this panel when it still unused (no code block has been added). At this point you would have clicked on the 'Get your Google ID' button beneath this field.

This action would have opened a new window or tab in your web browser and should have launched Google. Once you had signed in and signed up, Google will have given you your 'code block', which you would have needed to highlight and copy (e.g. Ctrl + C or use Copy from toolbar).

Finally, you only needed to return to the tab or window where your site was still active and you would see the Google Analytics panel still open. The rather large blank field on this panel will have text telling you to 'paste your Google Analytics ID code block'. Drop or paste your code in here and click OK.

You will see the panel change, telling you that 'Your current Google Analytics ID is' with your code shortened to a string of letters and numbers. Click OK to close this panel and then OK to close the Admin panel.

You will now be set up for Analytics. Just give it a few days to a week to start collecting data and you will then be able to log in to Analytics on Google and get a wealth of information about your site, your visitors and their use of your site.

Hope that helps.

Google Analytics 101 - ali Fraser

ali Fraser — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:00:11 +0100

comment no. 16 from margo doesn't seem to have an answer and i would like to ask the same question: Almost there! Go back to the Admin panel on your site (should be another window or tab) and paste the code block into the spacious ID field .....
Where on the admin panel please Site info, stats search or site address?

i can't see a 'spacious id field'

Sitemaps and Google Verify - Anjelina

Anjelina — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:25:02 +0100

Hi! I am indeed getting message: "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below." for my sitemap.xml. I am not panicking, but since it is displayed on my site, I'd prefer it to have the same style as the rest of my site. It is Wordpress Semiologic Pro custom theme. Is there any way I can achieve it?
Thanks,
Anjelina

SiteMaker and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - Part III - Recreation Realty

Recreation Realty — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:28:21 +0100

Fantastic product. We are looking forward to using these strategies with our site http://www.recreation-realty.com

Google Analytics 101 - joe

joe — Thu, 01 May 2008 13:07:02 +0100

Hi Elaine, that may be a question for Google Analytics not for us, as we don't consolidate the data. If you make your additional domains redirect to the main one (whichever one you want), this would mean that all the traffic should appear on the single domain. But there may be a better solution that GA can help you with. Good luck! Joe

Google Analytics 101 - elaine

elaine — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:59:19 +0100

Hi! - How can I receive one report for all my websites? I know I should insert the same tracking code on each website and their pages. But looking at my google analytics account I still get a list of all the websites and then their reports. (not as one?)
What should I do?

Thanks

Changes to the way HTML is generated - annamarialive

annamarialive — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:50:23 +0100

at present i am using sitebones to create my site and I have forwarded my sitebones account to my domain http://www.annamarialive.com/, it is excellent but i desperately need a site counter which I can configure to reflect the 6 million plus hits my domain as had in the past 2 years, and also I need a small counter which simply displays how many users are on my site, please please add this to your wish list, because I would fee sad to have to cancel my subscription, I am ready to pay for a whole year if I could have these counters, I am sure they are not hard to create, then I could add them to my site like any other things which can be added when in edit mode, thanks for listening, regards, anna-maria.

Why all the fuss about Domain Names? (Masked Forwarding v Pointing) - Walt

Walt — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:02:53 +0100

Hi Phil,

Just as it says in the panel, just add your domain name to the list. Just drop (copy and paste) your domain name (www.yoursitename.com) in the bottom field and click add. That will tell our system to expect a domain pointing at your site. This should be the last thing you need to do to up your domain name.

Why all the fuss about Domain Names? (Masked Forwarding v Pointing) - phil

phil — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:04:54 +0100

In my domain control panel I have the DNS A record set up correctly. 146.101.249.107 at FastHosts
But what do I have to do in Moonfruit?
I dont see a tab in Admin> Site Addresses

"Simply contact your domain name provider and ask them to 'point' your 'DNS A record' to the Moonfruit servers at 146.101.249.107 (our IP address). Then log in to your site, open the Site Addresses tab on the Admin panel and add your domain name to the list"

What do I do next?