Why is my group not visible in the search? How to bring a VKontakte group to the top in search engines, with minimal effort, almost free

How to bring a VKontakte group to the top 10 of Yandex and Google

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Do you want to know how to promote a VKontakte group in Yandex and Google to the top, like I do? Bringing a VK community to the top is easier than dragging a website there. True, if you know a few tricks.

Hello to regular readers of this blog, and to those who are here for the first time!
In this article I will tell you how to bring a VKontakte group to the top of Yandex and Google.
I just love SEO (promote websites in search engines), promoting a public page in contact in search engines is not much different from bringing a site to the top.

As I have repeatedly seen. Not only VK users, but also experienced webmasters (site owners) are unable to display communities.

Therefore, I think this article will be useful to all those who want to promote a VKontakte group in search engines, on their own, almost free of charge, without spending a ton of money, in companies involved in promotion.

How to bring a VKontakte group to the top search engines, with minimal effort, almost free

Why is it easier to bring a VK group to the top than your own website?
Look, the VKontakte community is not a separate site. This is a page of a site called VKontakte.
This social network is very authoritative for Yandex and Google.
Here you can not be afraid to promote with links or use small frauds).
Bring the public to the top, if you do what I say, you will be able to do it in 2 weeks - 2 months.

What are the disadvantages of promoting your website?
You can start to unwind it in 6 months - 1 year.
Just imagine, before this date you can’t even dream of any tops.
You see, a young resource is not an authority for Yasha or Gosha; for a small offense, he will easily receive a filter from them. If we transfer these concepts to a person, imagine that you were sent to prison.

While, social VK network is a mega cool portal for search engines. Even for the grossest offense against your community and VK as a whole, nothing will happen. He is simply an authority for them and that says it all.
Imagine a man, a dollar billionaire, who didn’t give a damn about rules and laws.

Coming up with a name for the VK group

The beginning is the name of the public.

Decide on a topic. That you will have an entertainment group or a commercial one.
Funny pictures, aphorisms, anecdotes, jokes, making money on the Internet and so on are entertaining communities that are not focused on direct sales.
Selling anything, no matter what it is, condoms or cars, whatever. This is a commercial topic.

The first one will be easier to promote by subscribers, the second one is more profitable, both from the point of sale, and advertisers are more willing to apply for advertising, but it is 10 times harder to promote.

The beginning, or a fatal error.
Guys, first of all, remember, the success of the promotion will depend on its name. Whatever you call the boat, that’s how it will float).
You must come up with a word or words, not what you like, but what people are looking for in Yandex and Google.
It is by name that it will be shown in Yasha and Gaucher. We'll look at it in more detail later.
Example.
I was invited to one community on VK. I copy its name. I'm going to Wordstat.
I check how many times a month users enter this phrase.


We get 34 impressions. Per day, you will receive 1 visitor from Yandex search, approximately the same from Google, for a total of 2 per day.
It’s not really camilleaux at all, do you agree?
I don't see the point in wasting time promoting it.
Here is another option that I chose.


There are 1544 queries on Yandex + Google, a total of about 3100 visitors per month, about 100 people per day.
This is the kind of request you can make.
I wrote about how to use this tool in the article:

Yes, there is one more trick.
It will be easier to pull out the name in Yandex where the phrase “In Contact” is present.
This is a vital site. That is, if you enter any phrases along with the name of this social network, search engines, believe that you are looking for VKontakte. The search will show his records.

Contact pages include everything that is on it, accounts, groups, applications.
It is not necessary to write this phrase in the name; it will be automatically added.
It’s as if “how to make money in contact” is much easier to promote than “how to make money.”

After choosing a name, you must! Check it for competition.
More on this later.

Let's find out the competitiveness of the request for promotion

What is query competitiveness?
To do this, imagine this picture.
You are sitting in line to see the dentist at the clinic. Your task is to get to him as quickly as possible.
Figuratively speaking, if there are 5 people in front of you, you will get into the office in an hour, if there are 25 in front of you, then after 5 hours, 50, you will not get to him at all.

So here, if there are 10 blogs with the same name as yours, it’s easy for you to get into the top 10, if there are 1000 of them, draw your own conclusions.
We will check
This portal shows competition by request from 1 to 25.
Where, 1 minimum competition.
25 is the maximum value.

The service itself recommends selecting no higher than 5, but this is for young blogs, and yours is old).
I recommend looking before 15.
10 checks per day are free on it. The next 30 kopecks is 1 check.
Not a single webmaster now writes articles without it). I am among them).

SEO optimization of VKontakte groups for search engines

Unlike your blog, a community on VK is much easier, simpler and clearer for a beginner to set up for promotion.
With the name, you should already decide.
I remind you of the basic requirements for the name of a public page for successful promotion.
1. Normal frequency.
2. Low competition.
3. It is advisable to include his name in the request, that is, in the contact.
Go ahead.

I'll show you with this example. I'll explain later what's great about this name.
1. Everything is clear here. I have this, you have yours.
2. Important point! In the description, you can simply repeat the name of the project you are promoting, but there is a chance that the search engine will take this as spam - this will be bad. Therefore, I recommend making a description with a direct key.
The direct key is its exact name.

Using my example.
...add everyone as friends...
Yes, guys, don’t think about covering the description with a picture - it’s very bad!
Positions will drop sharply.
The project should look like this.


3. Important feature.
Url are words that when you type them into a search engine, you will be taken to a page with that name.
I advise you to translate Russian words into Latin, that is, write its name in English letters.
If it’s busy, add numbers, an underscore, just experiment). What is it for?
With such a name it is easier to promote by request.
Why does my public have such a name?
You can advance it using 3–5 keys.
In my case it will.

Bringing uniqueness to the community

In order for search engines to notice a community, it is important to show them that it is most unique and there is nothing like it on the Internet!
How this is done, I wrote
Then with each photo you place text including its words in the name.
Publish at least 5-10 posts to start.
Search robots still don’t see more than 10, that is, they will always see only the first 10, starting from the top.
Next step. Indexing the VKontakte group in Yandex and Google.

Update from 05/07/19
If you look at communities that have a lot of traffic (attendance) from search engines, you can find a common trend for everyone. The whole trick is in the articles, yes, that’s right, not in pictures taken from the Internet and not in quotes, love is not sighs on a bench rewritten for the first time, but in unique, once again UNIQUE! texts. What happens if you simply take an article from some site or group and post it to yourself?
And nothing good will happen for you. Search engines know the source very well and will not give you positions in the search for such articles.

I recently conducted an experiment.
Initial data: 2 groups.
The first one is copy-paste (articles taken from other sites)
The second was filled with completely unique articles.
The second one entered the Yandex index after 2 days, and already has super keys low frequency queries.
The first one is still not in the index, although more than a month has passed.

The conclusion is obvious: write articles yourself, or order them from copywriting exchanges.
I personally order
Don’t forget to check the texts (uniqueness should be 90-95%).

Adding a group to the index

What is indexing?
In order for a site to be found in search engines, search robots must visit it, index it and add it there.
Sometimes blog readers write to me and ask.
Why doesn't Yandex find the VKontakte group?
Guys, it's all because the robots didn't find her.
If you don’t add it there yourself, it can take a long time.
To speed up this process, we will ask them to come to us.

How to do it?
There is a Yandex webmaster for this
Google addurilka

Just copy the address and paste it into them, click “send request.”
Gosha, indexes relatively quickly, 3-7 days. Yasha, longer.
You do the same with each of your posts, uniqueness is a must!

Next step.
We need search engines to pay attention to our contact page.
To do this, we need links to it from sites.
What is the principle?

Imagine, you want to get a great job, but there are more than enough people wanting this position.
An employee who has been working there for a long time comes up to the director and asks for you, saying he’s a good guy, I vouch for him... and if another one comes up to ask for you, do you think your chances of getting hired will increase?
So it is here. A link to you is a recommendation.
Next, how to buy links at the lowest price.

Purchasing links

There are many portals for purchasing links.
We'll do it
Why did I choose this exchange?
It is the easiest for beginners.

Works in automatic mode, that is, you will be offered phrases that you can use to promote your publicity and price.
The exchange itself sets the URL automatically.
Unlike many others, here you do not need to choose a donor, as I said, this is what is good about contact.

1. Register there.
2. Enter the url.
3. The system will scan and give you the promotion price for each phrase (price for 1 day and month).
I advise you not to look at the recommended price, set your own, 200-500 rubles per month according to the phrase, is quite enough.
It will take a month or two for search robots to see the links.
Then you can withdraw them (just not pay).

Yes, guys, take a closer look.
The system will enter not your page but the whole domain, that is, “vk.com”
The system will display the most relevant entries (communities that the system considers will be easier and cheaper to promote in the search). You need to put your own. Set your own price.

After the links are placed, the system will show you where they are located.
Go to every page where the URL is for you.
Copy the address and add it to the webmaster.
This will speed up indexing.

In a period of time, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, it should reach 20-50th place in the search.
Next is the final, most important point, which is precisely what many people don’t know).

We put links from the contact’s thematic groups to yours

This main point.
Once a public VK appears in the top 20-50, it will be extremely difficult to pull it higher.
Links will help us here again.
Only this time from the contact’s public accounts, accounts will also do.

Many webmasters promote using external links. It's really not bad option, but for your blog! Social networks have different rules.
Here it is internal links are working.

What's the trick?
Each page, in our case, community or account, has its own weight.
By placing links from other pages on her own, she transfers some of the weight to her.
It’s like search engines see that other pages are linking to yours and think that if this happens, it means you have an interesting community and it should be shown higher in searches.

Where to get them from and what kind?
Only from thematic ones! They work, others almost don't.
What are thematic?
If you make money on the Internet, bet only in similar ones.
Immediately after publication, be sure to add Yandex and Google to the addurilka.
How many do you need?
Pieces 100-200.
I don’t recommend using more than 10-20 per day.
They might snitch on you.
Those without anchors work better, just links without words.

If you really value your group, you can buy advertising, here or here, just be sure to agree that the links will last forever (not deleted after 24 hours).
After all these steps, 2-4 weeks and you are at the top.

Update from: 05/09/19

Due to the fact that now it is not possible to add a VK group for indexing in search engines (previously it was). On this moment, you can only add your sites for indexing or re-indexing, and the VKontakte group, as you understand, is not your site but only a page of this site, many people began to come in wanting to index their group. I can help anyone who wants it for 100 rubles. The indexing period in Yandex and Google is from 2 to 7 days.

How will I do this and why am I so bad at taking money for this?
A link to your group will be posted on one of my sites and immediately Karl! I will IMMEDIATELY send it for indexing to Yandex webmaster and Google search console.

Why is it paid?
Money was paid for articles on the sites (on average, 500 rubles per article). If we talk about the blog, knowledge was laid out there and time was spent, which I consider even more than 500 rubles for the article.
Outgoing links (articles to your public page or group) not only kill the article, but also the site as a whole.
What does a link mean to search engines? This is a recommendation. Part of the authority of the article goes to your community... authority leaves the page and the site as a whole, etc...

What should be done?

1. My Yandex wallet: 410014848662023
2. Leave a message under this article (your wallet number and VK group (url), your email).

I guarantee that your group will be indexed by search engines provided: at least several unique articles in the community.

I don’t guarantee, if they are not there, I’ll send you a report on the work done (get screenshots and links from the site and Yandex webmaster from me).

That's it guys, that's all I have. For anyone who doesn’t understand, write in the comments.
Good luck!

Another effective method of promoting VKontakte groups is Optimizing the group for search in contact.

Optimizing a group for contact search is truly an incredibly important method that will bring as much attention to your group as possible. After all, the social network is growing, people are increasingly looking for contacts. Millions of people are looking for something on this social network, maybe the next thing they find will be your group?

If a person enters any key phrase in the search in contact and sees your group in the first positions there, then he will definitely go into it and see what your group offers him.

This is an incredible source of attention that will give you a good influx of new subscribers and clients.

- this is generally a key point in promoting groups in contact; not using this method and thriving is quite difficult.

At the same time, you can search in contacts not only by groups, but also by audio recordings, videos, pictures - just use key phrases.

Pros:

Constant influx of new target users

No cash costs

Optimizing a group for search in contact - strategy

What do you need to do to get to the first position in the search for a contact?

The answer is simple - to have more subscribers than the group in first position right now, with the same key query as yours.

Additionally: Don’t forget about this - the clearer the key query, the faster you will get to the first position. That is, if you, for example, are doing “avatar design”, do not write “damn attractive avatar design” - this will work against you, any additional word will complicate the process of getting to the 1st search position in the contact. Just write “Avatar Design”!

So, to get to 1st position, you just need to have a few more subscribers than the group that is already in 1st position. If this group has 1700 subscribers, then you will need 1701 subscribers and after that you will be in 1st place.

Strive to get 1st place, because the first place receives about 2 times more attention than 2 and 3, and 5 times more than 4 and 5. All other places are slag, there is no need to strive to get 14th place, no one will want to join a group standing at 14 place, no one likes such groups, everyone wants to get into 1.

How to get 1701 subscribers is another story. Use any available methods that you know: black, white, secret knowledge - whatever you like, the main thing is to gain 1 more subscriber to become the first search in contact.

After gaining primacy, the influx of new people will be endless. Everyone who sees your group while searching for a contact will come in and see what you have interesting.

Let's see how I did it. In just 2 days I optimized the group for search in contact, although it could have been even faster.

First, a group called “Avatar Design” was created, then I went into the search, entered keyword“avatar design” and found a group with 1738 subscribers in 1st position, this means that I just need to dial 1739 and I will be in 1st place.

Here's how I got them:

The first thing I did was negotiate with one person to give me his group, which had 1200 subscribers, he easily gave it to me. Because he didn't need her. You know, there are such groups that you create, and then you don’t work on them - and they just turn into garbage. So I gained 1200 subscribers in 5 minutes.

Next, in 1 day our team gained another 600 subscribers through different programs. Like ViKing Botovod and VkDuty. With this, optimization of the group for search in contact was completed, and my group now looks great in first place. Another victory.

This is how you can easily optimize a group for search in contact.

I wish you to be the first!

I created a community (group or public) on VKontakte, but it does not appear in the search and cannot be found by name. What is the reason? When will it appear there? What needs to be fixed?

The main reason

Perhaps in the settings of your group or public the age limit is set to 16+ or 18+, although there is no “adult” content there. Later it turns out that the group is not displayed in VKontakte safe search, and in the iPhone application it does not even open via the link - a message is displayed:

The community likely contains inappropriate content and is not viewable.

The fact is that Apple (iPhone manufacturer) is strict about “adult” materials and requires them to be hidden in applications regardless of the user’s age. Therefore, VKontakte developers are forced to do this in their application. And in a search on the VK website, such a group can be found only by unchecking "Safe search"- not everyone will notice it, since it is located at the very end of the search parameters.

If you set an age limit in a group, you are voluntarily informing that your group needs to be hidden. Without fully understanding what exactly you are doing, you will not close the group from teenagers, but will only prevent all normal people from joining it.

How to remove age restrictions in a group

If there is no “adult” content in the group, go to community management (via the button with three dots -) and in the “ Additional Information" Click “Specify age restrictions”:

Then select an option "Under 16 years old" to remove the restriction, and press "Save".

This should solve the problem. But keep in mind that the group may not appear in the search immediately, but after some time.

When will the group appear in the search?

Why is the VKontakte group not in search engines - Yandex, Google?

Because it does not get into search engines (indexed) immediately, but after some time, sometimes quite long - two weeks, a month. This depends on how quickly search engines find the group (i.e., on the availability of links to it on the Internet), its content and other factors. In addition, Yandex or Google may decide not to show the group in search results at all - for their own reasons.

There is a belief that if you leave a link to your group in the comments below, it will appear in the search. However, it is not. In fact, you need to carefully read this article again and now actually implement the recommendations.

Answer: To join the group you must be online on the site. To do this, refresh your page.

How can I delete a group I created?

Answer: Remove all members from the group, then leave the group yourself.

Where can I complain about a group that insults me or other site users?

Answer: Write to the section
http://vkontakte.ru/techsupp.php?fid=1&act=s&sid=75&p=37

How to insert text with many characters (story) into a group?

I tried to insert my story into the discussions in my group, but it says that the character limit has been exceeded by the Nth number of characters, please tell me where it should be inserted into the group so that it is completely saved?

Answer: There are still restrictions.
1. Copy from the editor to Notepad, and from it to the input field.
2. If it doesn’t allow you to publish, post it in parts in the discussion thread. Messages go one below the other, so visually the text will suffer little.

Will it be possible to send a message to all members of my group?

Answer: Mass mailings prohibited.

I accidentally left a closed group in which I was an administrator. What to do?

Answer: If you are the creator of the group and its only administrator, you need to apply to join and then approve it.
IN otherwise, contact another group admin for help.

Why is the number of members in my group noticeably smaller in search than it really is?

Answer: This is due to delays in indexing. Please wait.

Why isn't my group found by search?

Answer: - Check if you formulate correctly search query. The search is not performed for words consisting of less than 3 letters.
- Try editing the group information (without changing anything, click "Save").
- If nothing helps, and the group does not appear in the search for a month, contact Ivan Korneev, http://vkontakte.ru/id46520.

What should I do if I have the wrong number of groups shown on the page and in the full list?

Answer: Use the "Recalculate indicators" function on the "My Settings" page.

I want to allow uploading audio recordings in my group how to do this?

Answer: Enable audio downloading in your group settings.

I want to disable graffiti on my group wall is this possible?

Answer: Yes, you can turn off graffiti in your group settings.

I created a group and appointed another person as its leader. Can this person remove me from the group?

Answer: Yes, the administrator can remove you from the group. But by clicking the “join group” button, you will again become its administrator.

How to make photo albums in a group?

Answer: If there are no photos in the group yet, click the "Add" button on home page groups in the "Photos" section. After uploading photos, the group's main album will appear. Now, using the "Albums" button in the header of the "Photos" section, you can add photos, edit existing albums, create new ones, delete them, make the album the main one (that is, the one that will be displayed in the "Photos" section by default). In albums you can delete, edit and move photos. Please note that you cannot directly delete the main album; you can only delete all photos from it.

I changed the name of the group, but it remained the same on the members’ pages.

Answer: Wait a while, the update does not take place immediately.

How do I add an event to my group page?

Answer: To add an event, you must be a group leader. Create a meeting according to the usual scheme (see the "My meetings" section), and in the "Organizer" column select a name the desired group. After you fill out the information about the event, it will appear on the group page in the “Our Events” section.

One user constantly writes all sorts of nasty things on my group wall. How can I block his access to the wall?

Answer: Open the "Edit information" link in the group, select the "Ban list" tab and enter the required information. A person on this list will no longer be able to post on the wall or in group discussions.

What is that number next to the “My Groups” button?

Answer: This number means that you have been invited to the group. Open this page and accept or decline invitations.

How to make “friendly” groups?

Answer: On the “Edit Information” page, open the “Links” tab, enter the name of the friendly group and click “Search by Groups”. On the same page you can edit information about these groups, and when you have several friendly groups, you can change the order of the groups by simply dragging them with the mouse on Right place. In addition, you can delete the link to a friendly group at any time.

How to remove a group leader?

Answer: Click Demote next to the manager's name on the Leadership page.

What if I want to add another administrator to the group?

Answer: First, appoint this person as a manager; to do this, go to the “Edit information Management” page and click the “Appoint as manager” button next to his name. Then on the same page, in the “Group Management” section, click “Edit” and check the “Group Administrator” box.

Why do you need a manager, because he cannot edit group data?

Answer: The leader is the formal head of the group or the head of the relevant club or association in real life. For example, you can create a representative office of your study group at the university and appoint the leader of this group as the leader.
The group leader can also clean the group and discussion wall.

How do I remove a member from my group?

Answer: On the “Edit Information” page, select the “Participants” tab and click the “Delete” button next to the participant’s name.

How can I put a group logo?

Answer: On the Edit Information page, select the Photo tab and upload the logo you want. There you can change or delete the logo at any time.

How to enable the wall and group discussions?

Answer: On the “Edit Information” page, check the required boxes.

How to invite friends to my group?

Answer: In the list of your groups, click "Manage Group" and select "Members", or open the group and click "Invite to Group". Select people from your friends list or find people using the Find New Members option. You can use the "Go to advanced search" button to find people for a specific query.

What type of group should I choose?

Answer: If you choose an open type, anyone can join this group. If you want to do limited access for a group, for example, for an academic group, choose the closed type.

Post publication date: 07/16/2015

Safe search on VKontakte is a long-standing feature that was only available when searching for video materials. Recently, safe search has begun to work in search among communities.

Thanks to such innovations, some publics and groups noticed a drop in traffic coming from search in VK. I tried to figure out why some groups were given the “unsafe” status for no reason.

It should be noted that the search has become “safe” by default. However, not all high-quality groups are shown in such searches. For example, in the VKontakte search, I will search for communities for the request “Food delivery”.

The paradox of safely searching for communities on VKontakte

If you look carefully, there is no such public ““ in the safe search results. It should be noted that the community is thematic, there is no non-targeted content, no propaganda or prohibited advertising, but the group is not shown in safe search. This is the paradox - the community is good, but VK considers it unsafe.

To figure it out, I contacted those. support from VKontakte, where they gave me a not very clear answer to the question: which communities are unsafe? I received the following response:

After a short conversation with the agent, I was able to find out what is causing a community not to show up in Safe Search:

1. publication of adult materials;
2. publication of photos and videos of terrible accidents, disasters, deaths, etc.;
3. Setting the age limit by the group administrator in the community settings.

However, if you have checked that you have not published any similar materials (no one has spammed you like this), that no age restrictions have been set, but the community is not in safe search, then write to those. support, they will personally check your community and it will become available in the search by default.