Bitcoin Forum

Bitcointalk.org doesn't even show up on the first page.  As of this moment its not even number 1 on the SECOND PAGE.

This forum, which I agree is here to HELP people overall... has absolutely NO SEO attained.  Hell you don't even have a LOGO in the corner.

SMF... Really?

Is it fair to say that this site (which again, I feel is a GREAT SITE) is only and actually HURTING the Bitcoin communities and projects by not FIGHTING to be up top at number 1?

No one will come here to learn if they can't find it... Not having a logo in the top corner almost makes me lose all sense of pride in coming here.

Again, I'm here for the great people and the learning experience... but how many MORE would come if your resutls were better and the site "appeared as if" the owners and admins "cared for it?"

/rant.

.02btc

Thank GOD. We've done our job then.

Bitcointalk was created because they were embarrassed to have this community linked to the main bitcoin.org domain. In that regard its doing exactly what its supposed too.

LOL.  World Bitcoin Exchange comes up on the first page.

I fail to see the logic... enlighten?  Whats the purpose of this site then?

So does Bruce Wagner  :'(

To call everything bitcoin related a scam.

It's location dependent.

I get

bitcoin.org

the Bitcoin wiki

MtGox

news items on the Romney thing

/r/bitcoin

weusebitcoins.com

bitcoin.it

news items on the Bitfloor theft

bitcoin.stackexchange.com

and World Bitcoin Exchange on the first page.

OK Now we're just being funny.

You have to admit the site has a WEALTH of information... I've already made some friends... I'm meeting one guy for coffee in Virginia, meeting some other people out in Jacksonville FL.  And I can't wait for my next run to NYC.

The site does GREAT THINGS... (aside from all the scam accusations for the poor new guys that are dumb enough to ask for a loan after they hit 5 posts).

I see the thread where the admins are asking for making the site better and some dude is like "3600 BTC" to make it better?

That's insane.  I'm relying on this site to learn and hopefully help USE this currency.  Because I'm already emotionally attached to this site, its frustrating to see it go down often and lag and 404, etc...

I refuse to believe the owners "want to be on the bottom"

I get it on the 4th result on the first page

the term "bitcoin?"

You are emotionally attached to scammers and trolls?


I live in Beijing. Never down for me...

I get this forum as the fourth result on the first page (disreguarding the "news" section) when googling "bitcoin"

Ok...then the seventh result on the first page.  Either way, I think repentance is right, and results are location dependant.

Not location dependent, Google will indeed display results based on watching your trends and searches, but thats localized to your habits.

Clear your cache and temp files.. you get true rankings.

No proof for anyone, but I have seen reports that big G puts out different results for different areas.

Or just search duckduckgo.com (uses google results. bitcointalk is on first page there), or open an "incognito" tab and search through that. Google will tailor searches to your cookies, not your ip address (other than geo-location) afaik.

I have Web History turned off, so I never even get personalized results. Just the way it should be! IMO, at least.

Bitcoin.org has a link to a google search for "bitcoin forums", this site is the first result on that search. Bitcoin.org is the first result on a google search for bitcoin. Problem solved.

Indeed, showing the truth is the main purpose of this forum!

(Slightly) more serious: If anyone new to bitcoin would find this site before all others and take an hour or so to read through it, I think the bitcoin-community would soon only have "veterands"  :-X

too much scary anarcho-capitalism and conspiracy talk in these forums, that's why  :D

I also get bitcointalk.org on page 2 of the google search results, but with "bitcoin forums" it's the first result.

People should use more alternatives like duckduckgo.com anyway, the tenth or so result with https://duckduckgo.com/?q=bitcoin is the bitcointalk.org Marketplace section.  ???

in the internet industry, that is a fail. :(

Google "james" and then google "james tylee"  ... I'd rather win with "james"

Ok, than I can guess you are using google Chrome.

But even if not, google track where you like to go, that you often go here, thus they put this site as relevant for you.

I also get this forum as the 4th result when I google "bitcoin".  I live in Alberta.

Dont use Chrome... and clean your cache, you're not seeing organic results

Right. Who knows better what you are looking for, you or someone else?

Google has been a piece of shit ever since the penguin update earlier this year, it removed many good websites from the top ranking, I've been having much
trouble with searching on gogole. I've been using Bing for several months now, so far so good, much better results than google.

Blekko is the only search engine that has come close or surpased google when I tried it a year ago.
Than fall back into habit...

Bitcoin is experimental. The reference client is beta software.  It is not ready for the mainstream. 

Feel free to join the initiative to update this forum if you don't think it is what it should be. 

Find something that needs to be done, and which is something that fits with your talents, and do it. 

good.

This forum is poison to Bitcoin.

The main project removed it from it's homepage for a reason.

This is true, but it's not the whole truth. Lots of misinformation, scams, trolling, circlejerks, accusations, too. Essentially, the density of information here is low. Wiki has a much greater potential as an initiator for new users. If you want to help (and obviously you do), I suggest helping there.

Yes, something is definitely wrong with Google.

I get bitcointalk.org in the 8th place, with no customized to my profile, search. Seems fair...