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Hello everyone...

Please advice how to make the users profiles on www.myDBonline.com to be indexed in Google? The link structure is following -- URL/username, for example:
http://www.myDBonline.com/FAQ

We tried sitemaps (listing all profile links in a sitemap) but google did not index a single profile.

Many thanks

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Profile pages described as publicly viewable but not showing in Google almost always trace back to an indexability or rendering problem, not just "not submitted." Common root causes: site-level blocking (robots.txt, X-Robots-Tag headers, meta noindex), rel=canonical pointing away from the profile URL, content only injected after user actions or via client-side scripts, or lots of near-duplicate / thin profiles that Google chooses not to index. 's question about password protection is on point — visual access in a browser does not guarantee a crawler can reach the same HTML.

Practical diagnostic checklist (fast and repeatable):

  • Inspect specific profile URLs in Google Search Console (URL Inspection) to get the explicit "why not indexed" reason. Search Console

  • Confirm HTTP response and headers to spot redirects, 4xx/5xx, or X-Robots-Tag:

    curl -I -L https://your.site/username
curl -s https://your.site/username | grep -i robots
curl -s https://your.site/username | grep -i canonical

  • Fetch the raw HTML (view-source or curl) to verify meaningful content exists in the server response (not only injected later by JS).

  • Check /robots.txt and sitemap health against Google’s guidance. Sitemaps guide Robots guide

Remediations that matter:

  • Remove blocking headers/meta and correct canonical tags so each profile is self-referential.
  • Ensure profiles have unique, useful title/meta and some substantive content (even short bios reduce “thin” signals).
  • Expose profiles via crawlable internal links (user directory, lists) — sitemaps alone are weak without internal linking.
  • If portlet or blog content is rendered client-side, implement server-side rendering or pre-rendered snapshots so crawlers see content.
  • For important profiles, add schema.org markup (Person/Organization) correctly to help discovery.

Priority order: rule out blocking (robots/X‑Robots), inspect URLs in Search Console, fix render/canonical/title problems, then improve internal linking and content. Backlinks and external promotion (as and noted) help discovery but will not overcome an indexability block; also heed ’s caution against spammy link tactics. After fixes, re-inspect and request indexing and monitor Search Console coverage for progress over days to weeks.

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it also is challenging to make information in portlets visible, like articles, blogs, comments, databases, etc.. i would be thankful for any tips..

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Are the profile pages password protected?

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Thanks for your attention... Here are example of different types of profile layouts: http://mydbonline.com/FAQ, http://mydbonline.com/JMStriplin, http://mydbonline.com/KawarthaWines, http://mydbonline.com/ATMIC, http://mydbonline.com/TTSYCN, http://mydbonline.com/TEMPLATES, http://mydbonline.com/SUPPORT, http://mydbonline.com/globalbizmart

As you see, visitors can access these pages but acting is only for signed-in users. Users them self configure security of their profile, define layout and contents.

Thanks again,
Ramiz Aliev

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...any other questions? please share you experience take a look what we have done at www.mydbonline.com we are open to share with you our experience too.. cheers

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Submit your website URL to Google

This is a bit of a no-brainer but it really has to be first in this list. Google can’t index your website if it doesn’t know about it, so submitting your homepage URL is definitely the best place to start.

This may not be the quickest indexing method but it’s a safe and sure one to start you off.

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...any other questions? please share you experience take a look what we have done at www mydbonline com we are open to share with you our experience too.. cheers

This smells like someone looking for an excuse to dump their links all over the place. We know the URL, it's in your first post and there's a bunch of them in the response you made to your first post and then the response you make to the response you made to your first post ...

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There are some things you can do so that Google indexes your web page within 48 hours and not within weeks.

Tip 1: Get a link from an existing site

Tip 2: Create an external blog

Tip 3: Get as many links as you can

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