Having trouble with google finding Xmarks?

[MacMillans son]

Is anyone else having trouble getting the home page link to show up when you Google xmarks the scot. I know, I should probably have it bookmarked, or a shortcut, or something but I don't. I usually just Google it as "xmarks the scot" and it comes up at the top of the list. Now, the home page does not come up at all in the first page. The first few are xmarks Facebook pages, followed by some links to specific posts on here.

Anyone else having a similar experience?

[artificer]

I don't regularly use google because of their continual privacy invasion and data mining, but you're right. I switched engines and the main forum page doesn't come up.

It DOES appear right at the top of a Yahoo search and Bing search.

Very odd.

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[mookien]

I just did a Google search for "x marks the scot" and it came right up, occupying the first six slots.

Maybe it's browser dependent for some reason. I am using Firefox 3.6.27.

[Mael Coluim]

By the time I typed 'x mar' Google was showing it as #1 selection.

Maybe I just spend too much time here.

[artificer]

I just did a Google search for "x marks the scot" and it came right up, occupying the first six slots.

Maybe it's browser dependent for some reason. I am using Firefox 3.6.27.

I'm using Firefox 10.0.2, not that the browser would have any bearing on a google search. The OP is saying that the forum proper - it's front page, doesn't come up, and he's correct. The search reveals-

1) X Marks Facebook page
2) The forum archive??
3) a social group "The Ladies of XMTS
4) The Honour Roll
5) a listing of "More results for Xmarks" which are all individual threads
6) (a different website) Featured Forum "The Admin Zone".

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[mookien]

... The OP is saying that the forum proper - it's front page, doesn't come up, and he's correct. ...
ith:

Interesting. The OP wrote,

"I usually just Google it as "xmarks the scot" and it comes up at the top of the list."

That's has always happened for me, including just now. In fact I can't remember a time when I Googled directly into any web site's home page.

[artificer]

Interesting. The OP wrote,

"I usually just Google it as "xmarks the scot" and it comes up at the top of the list."

That's has always happened for me, including just now. In fact I can't remember a time when I Googled directly into any web site's home page.

you missed the important, second bit-

"The first few are xmarks Facebook pages, followed by some links to specific posts on here."


On the two other search engines I checked, the FIRST result was X-Marks forum front page.
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[MacMillans son]

By the time I typed 'x mar' Google was showing it as #1 selection.

Maybe I just spend too much time here.

Mael Coluim,

Can you confirm for us that what you are seeing at the top of the list is the actual home page link and not the Facebook page or some other Xmarks related page? It appears that Artificer and I are seeing the same thing from different computers.

Thanks.

[mookien]

you missed the important, second bit-

"The first few are xmarks Facebook pages, followed by some links to specific posts on here."
...

Perhaps I don't understand the problem. The above statement is preceded by,

"Now, the home page does not come up at all in the first page."

If that is true, then there is clearly a problem. The XMTS home page url appears in both Firefox and IE on the first page. It is the first entry in IE and the second in Firefox.

If the url to the XMTS home page is anywhere on the first page, particularly near the top of the list, what exactly is the problem?

If the question is, "Why in some browsers is the Facebook entry appears first, and in others the XMTS entry is first?", I have no idea.

[Downunder Kilt]

Just googled xmarksthescot on IE and got

1 link to picture gallery
2 link to ladies of xmarks forum
3 link to facebook
4 link to various threads
5 archive xmarksthescot

Could not locate home page, even when entered it into search parametres