Hafstanni
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https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bestiary/
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Post by Hafstanni on Dec 5, 2023 13:11:21 GMT
The URL for Bestiary is now tapatalk.com/groups/bestiary again since the custom URL ranked extremely low in the results due to having a 0/100 domain rating, and very few backlinks. The old bestiary.info URL is now supposed to redirect to the forum, but there is some issue going on on Google which doesn't redirect to the forum unlike other search engines, which will hopefully be resolved soon.
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Post by Hardcastle on Dec 5, 2023 16:11:53 GMT
www.tapatalk.com/groups/bestiary/I think it is worth having the link. I am kind of having trouble when I google search for the site (which was my normal method of accessing the site). Maybe bookmark the link above.
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Post by s on Dec 6, 2023 8:18:03 GMT
Thought it was down
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Post by Hardcastle on Dec 6, 2023 9:57:15 GMT
Yeah you can tell by the inactivity people are struggling to access the site now.
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Hafstanni
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https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bestiary/
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Post by Hafstanni on Dec 6, 2023 10:03:37 GMT
I sent a mass email to all Bestiary members announcing the URL change.
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Post by Hardcastle on Dec 7, 2023 10:06:43 GMT
I really hope the google issue gets sorted out. Maybe time will fix it.
That was always how I lazily accessed the site, just go straight to google and put in bestiary tapatalk or possibly bestiary.info for a while, but now no matter what you put it directs you to bestiary.info which then of course doesn't work, so you have to go find the link somewhere, either that email you sent (which was a good idea) or come here and find the link. Its not ideal, will definitely make it hard for any casuals to find the site.
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Hafstanni
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https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bestiary/
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Post by Hafstanni on Dec 7, 2023 11:22:03 GMT
I used the Google search console to remove the main page with the old URL from the search results. It actually works to access the site if you simply type bestiary.info, which redirects you to the site, it's just the https:// URL that doesn't work. As soon as Google allows, I will submit the main page with the new URL to Google so that it appears as the first option in the search results. As I predicted, the pages that get indexed with the Tapatalk URL actually appear in the search results, and rank high.
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Post by Hardcastle on Dec 7, 2023 11:47:35 GMT
"Bestiary tapatalk" unfortunately now links to wild animal warfare and a thread about bestiary as the top result. Those underneath are bestiary but look indiscernible from the top result, like you'd assume it was the same forum.
Bestiary.info doesn't have any forum results for the first 4 or 5, and then has a link to "members information" but its the old bestiary.info address and doesn't work. At the moment I find it easiest to just come here and then link off your signature.
Like I said I think time will make it better. At least the WAW thread will eventually be dropped down the list by actual links to bestiary I hope.
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