Forum:My wiki is not shown in List of existing wikis nor search engines like Google

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Hello, I created a Wiki site around late November Sega Sonic Wiki. I set my wiki as Private set it so only members can edit the site. But I notice my wiki does not appear within the list of existing wikis on ShoutWiki Hub nor available when I try to type the name of my site into a search engine like Google and Yahoo. Is there a way to fix this issue? I want others to be able to easily find my site without having manually put in the URL.

BessDreamer (talk) 02:02, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Hi BessDreamer! First of all, let me start by saying that the Sega Sonic Wiki looks really nice. :-)
When you create a wiki with our wiki creation wizard, the description page (i.e. 24, Revenge, etc.) is not created if the wiki's type is private. This is done because generally speaking private wikis' owners will want to keep their wiki, well, private. However, like all other wikis hosted by ShoutWiki, this wiki (ShoutWiki Hub) is also a wiki, so you can create the description page (Sega Sonic) yourself!
While Template:Wiki doesn't have clear usage instructions, it shouldn't be too difficult to adapt the code from a different wiki's description page. Let me or another ShoutWiki staff member know if you need any help with that!
As for the search engine ranking issue, there certainly isn't anything technical that'd prevent Googlebot (or other web crawlers, also known as "spiders") from searching the site. My guess is that your site is just a tad bit "too" new for Google to have crawled it yet. Your best bet is to keep on creating content, talking with other people and seeing if they're willing to link to your wiki — both good quality content and links are needed to drive traffic to your site. Without other incoming links, no-one will be able to find the site, and without quality content, people won't bother staying on the site. --Jack Phoenix ShoutWiki Staff (contact) 07:19, 5 December 2013 (UTC)