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Game is not in the Search Results

A topic by OviManic created Sep 05, 2019 Views: 1,446 Replies: 7
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Hello,

On Saturday, I have released my game here. For the next few days, I often searched my game as a guest using its name, a part of its name, and its tags, and in all cases it appears in the results. However, today I've tried searching my game again "as a guest", but it is nowhere to be found in the search results. All keywords and tags that worked previously now don't, and the only way my game appears in the search is by typing my profile name. Users here had similar issues before, but all solutions doesn't make sense because the page has everything to make it appear properly and it did before today (or yesterday "i didn't check as a guest that day").

Is there something in the site that is making that issue? Is it because my game is for adults? Is it a pricing issue? (It's free, but open to donations) Was my game flagged? I would like to know why exactly my game won't appear in the search results as a guest.

Thank you!

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I tried to search your game without success either (assuming that "OviVixen" is the game we're talking about). Now I just tried one of my own games (just to see if that would work) and that did pop up... Now something else... I did try to download OviVixen through the Itch App, and that didn't work. Said the game was not for my platform, and yet when I analyse the zip file (downloaded through FireFox this time) I just an .exe files (and I am on Windows). I wonder if these issues are connected somehow.

Admin(+1)

This is because the developer did not tag the platforms for their game. The app can't tell what a file is for unless the developer selects the operating system for the file after uploading it. The platform selection is not related to whether it shows up on search. But if a developer fails to tag their files for a platform, then they won't appear in that particular platform's browse pages.

The game is not appearing in search for anonymous users because we do not show NSFW/18+ content by default. An account is needed, and that account must opt in.

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Well, yeah, I found the latter out by myself a few moments ago, but thanks anyway, but the first one was indeed a bit odd to me, so thanks a lot for clearing that one up.

Sorry about that, Jeroen! I forgot to press the prompt of where this game can be run.

It's alright... I'm just new myself to the "inner depths" of itch.io, I posted some stuff here, but only recently I got the analyze the site seriously.

Moderator(+2)

Your game's title says 18+ right there. If it's marked NSFW in the metadata as it should be, then it won't come up in searches for guest users (unless they enter a special URL switch, and I can never remember by heart what it is).

Thank you for the responses, and I’m sorry I  responded back so late (I went to bed right after making the post). I now understand about the metadata for guest users, so I won’t pester about it anymore.

Again, thanks! 

And for anyone who has downloaded my game have any further issues with it, please respond so I can try to have it fixed in a jiffy!

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