I love entering a question in google and having PF pop up on the first page. Like I did earlier with a "what are the waste products of fusion" and getting the link to: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=121166&page=2

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When searching, restrict searches only to PF if you want by preceding your search text with "site:physicsforums.com". Google's search is more customizable than just that though. Take a look around.
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anirudh215 said:When searching, restrict searches only to PF if you want by preceding your search text with "site:physicsforums.com". Google's search is more customizable than just that though. Take a look around.
I think you've missed the point of this thread...It's pretty neat that PF gets on the first page, but if you do a Google search for "physics" (at least the last time I did) PF is only on page 3! This needs to be fixed.
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jhae2.718 said:... but if you do a Google search for "physics" (at least the last time I did) PF is only on page 3! This needs to be fixed.
Wow. I'm surprised. What can we do?
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I think there needs to be more links to PF from other sites, but I don't know much about SEO.
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PF does well with phrases in google. Single keywords have great competition and it's much harder. We've never ranked well with just "physics".
If you have a website or blog make a link to PF :)
I think there needs to be more links to PF from other sites
If you have a website or blog make a link to PF :)
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jhae2.718 said:I think you've missed the point of this thread...
It's pretty neat that PF gets on the first page, but if you do a Google search for "physics" (at least the last time I did) PF is only on page 3! This needs to be fixed.
Oops. Mea culpa.
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I found PF originally by googling some junk science claims. I'm sure it was first page since I rarely go beyond that.
mishrashubham
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And it is also really surprising how quickly google indexes PF pages. I keep googling about science related things and I have stumbled upon PF links many a time only to find out that it has been posted only minutes ago.
Take this for example.
http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=e...science+claims&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
Take this for example.
http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=e...science+claims&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
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mishrashubham
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Just to give a scale of time here's the google link to my post.
http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=e...ly+google+indexes+PF+pages&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=e...ly+google+indexes+PF+pages&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
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