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Game is not showing up on search / isn't indexed

A topic by Giant Knights created Nov 01, 2023 Views: 439 Replies: 8
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my game, Thalasso (giantknights.itch.io/thalasso), isn't showing up in the search or appears to not be indexed, what could be the reason? I have readed the FAQ about being indexed and still I don't quite get what could be the reason since it used to appear some weeks ago.

Moderator(+1)

It's possible that some recent changes you made put it back in the review queue. I'll speed things up for you.

Thank you so much!|

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Hi.
Replying, bc I have similiar problem and I don't want to create another post like this.

My project -> https://szarakura.itch.io/1 (name, only for now: gtyujmnbvf ) I checked the FAQ site, settings on profile and project site and still nothing. My project looks kinda poor (bc I'm trying out things, for I'm still learning using itch), is this can be a source of problem?

Moderator(+1)

No, you just created your project three days ago. Please wait. And next time please make your own topic.

Ok, will remember. BTW, what will happen, when I will made some (most likely major) changes to the project? Will it return to the indexing queue?

Moderator(+2)

I don't know. It depends. Please focus on making a quality game page, and do your own promotion elsewhere as well.

Admin (2 edits) (+2)

In addition to what No Time To Play said, keep in mind that we have quality guidelines for indexing. Your page looks like it’s a mostly blank page with nonsense/test devlog titled “111111…”, etc.

If you’re not willing to put any effort into your project, or you’re not ready to publish it yet, then it’s not a good candidate for being indexed on our discovery system.

https://itch.io/docs/creators/quality-guidelines

Hope that helps

Guys, if you have a proper page but are not being indexed. Make sure you don't have "optional donations" enabled. If you do, make sure to go through that payment setup.

Set it to no donations and no payments and you will immediately be indexed (assuming you're making a real game).

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