# Pedaltrout has google problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum Help\ **Created:** [May 18, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/pedaltrout-has-google-problems/1183 "2013-05-18T11:18:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JeffV](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/jeffv/32/2029_2.png) [@JeffV](https://ecmtb.net/u/JeffV)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/pedaltrout-has-google-problems/1183/1 "2013-05-18T11:18:18Z")
The site is poorly represented in Google searches. If you open an incognito mode window and then go to [google.com](http://google.com) and search for “[pedaltrout.com](http://pedaltrout.com)” you get a page where the first four hits are not even the site itself. After that is is all bad links to old stuff and no where is the main pedal trout page to be found. Cogeyed is even in there and it has almost no pulse. ![](https://ecmtb.net/uploads/default/304/022623171da10ec7.png) Google mostly relies on sites linking to pedaltrout for search rankings. We need to improve this somehow. Also, our [pedaltrout.com](http://pedaltrout.com) facebook page does not have a link to [pedaltrout.com](http://pedaltrout.com) either. It has a title “[pedaltrout.com](http://pedaltrout.com)” but there is no underlying link anywhere (except occasionally in the newsfeed). I really think we can make the site much more vibrant and lively if we can solve the search problem. Up and comers getting into mountain biking and looking for a community to share their interest will not easily find the site. How can we fix this? Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![TURPLE](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/turple/32/780_2.png) [@TURPLE](https://ecmtb.net/u/TURPLE)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2013, 11:59am UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/pedaltrout-has-google-problems/1183/2 "2013-05-18T11:59:03Z")
Wow! I can’t believe Cogeyed is still turned on. ---
**Author:** ![TheWindSucker](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/thewindsucker/32/10537_2.png) [@TheWindSucker](https://ecmtb.net/u/TheWindSucker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/pedaltrout-has-google-problems/1183/3 "2013-05-21T19:42:43Z")
Yeah… Search engine optimization is a big topic. I’m no expert in it, but I _could_ get us better coverage. Its a time thing. ANd right now I have zero to deal with it :). ---
**Author:** ![JeffV](https://ecmtb.net/user_avatar/ecmtb.net/jeffv/32/2029_2.png) [@JeffV](https://ecmtb.net/u/JeffV)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 10:28am UTC](https://ecmtb.net/t/pedaltrout-has-google-problems/1183/4 "2013-06-04T10:28:30Z")
Looking much better now that we are being indexed again. Pedal trout is top of its own search now.