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: Why is my staging site not listed on search engines? I support a website, www.questionexample.com, and I also have a test site setup for staging, staging.questionexample.com, on another server.

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I support a website, questionexample.com, and I also have a test site setup for staging, staging.questionexample.com, on another server. They are essentially the same site and are not new.

For some reason, staging.questionexample.com is not listed or indexed in search engines and I'm not sure why? I don't want staging.questionexample.com to be listed, but I'm being asked why this is so? Our marketing team is worried about duplicate content. The production site shows up fine in search.

I'm sure staging is not listed because I search on Google and Bing for site:staging.questionexample.com and nothing returns, when I search for site:www.questionexample.com then all the pages are returned.

So far on staging.questionexample.com I've checked the following:


robots.txt does not differ from the production site.
There are no (meta name="robots" content="noindex") metatags on the staging pages.
There is no "X-Robots-Tag = no-index" entry in HTTP Response Headers in IIS.
There's no password to visit the staging site, anyone can visit it.


I am stumped as to why the staging site is not listed in search engines, even though that's what we want. However, I'd like to know why or where else to look to find out why it's completely not listed.

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@Welton855

You must add your site to google, bing etc.
Search for Google Webmaster tool or Bing webmaster tool. you can check your site is crawl by google bot or not by searching in google

site:yoursite.com

If google bot crawl your site then you will find only your site page link there.

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@Cooney921

While going through your website questionexample.com i can see its not live right now. questionexample.com’s server DNS address could not be found. That's why no bot can able to crawl.

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@Jessie594

You need to go sign up with Google's Webmaster Tools. Google Webmaster Tools

Once signed up, click add property. You will need to confirm ownership in 1 of 2 ways. File upload to root folder of website, or hosting login via Webmaster Tools.

Once confirmed. Add property, then go to the crawl tab on the left and select fetch and render. Once fetched (usually within minutes) You will see a Submit to Google Index. Click submit.

I would also suggest submitting a sitemap when possible.

It will message you with any/all errors.

It is essential to use for all developers.

Text tutorial can be read here: Siteground

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@Si4351233

It depends on how long your website has been up for.

If you want to be indexed by Google, Bing, yahoo, ECT. Yes they do have bots to crawl the web but they still need people to accept them.

Also Google has made it where websites with huge pop-ups rank lower.

W3 verification also helps on that.

TL;DR

Just give it time.

What's the site?

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