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All 3 Projects on kupstudio.itch.io Are Not Indexed or Showing in Search

A topic by kup created 3 days ago Views: 52 Replies: 4
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Dear itch.io Support Team,

I am writing to report a persistent issue regarding the search visibility of all my projects.

I currently have three projects uploaded on my profile: https://kupstudio.itch.io/.

The issue is that none of the three projects appear in the general itch.io search results, even when searching for their exact titles or using relevant keywords. These projects have been uploaded for over a month now, and they still do not seem to be indexed properly.

I have confirmed the following for all projects:

* Visibility: All projects are set to Public.

* Time: All have been online and public for over a month.

* Tags/Details: Relevant tags and descriptions have been added.

One of the projects had its title changed recently (about a month ago), but the indexing issue seems to apply to all three, regardless of the change.

Could you please investigate why the projects under the kupstudio account are not being indexed or showing up in the search results?

My account details are:

* My itch.io Profile URL: https://kupstudio.itch.io/

* My itch.io Username: kupstudio

Thank you for your time and assistance.

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Please read the rules of this category, where it says that the people you're addressing are unlikely to see your post, and what to do instead. But your games are indexed.

I will look into the information you shared.
Thank you for taking the time to reply.

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even when searching for their exact titles or using relevant keywords

Your username is too short to search your projects by username reliably. But all your projects are indexed. Also, your username is not kupstudio, but kup. https://itch.io/search?q=kup There is at least two of your games appearing currently. But none for https://itch.io/search?q=kupstudio

Search does not work the way some people might expect it.

It is literal title search for project titles and projects by username. No keywords. And it is weighted by relevance to words and parts of words. See the relevancy of "studio" in the results above. And if you use clutter in your title like [demo] or (working title), that is very bad for the search engine, as it thinks thats part of the title. You can put those things in the short description that is displayed below the title. Of course you might still find games with literal exact title to the letter, but if you use parts, there might be too many results. There are only about 60 results.

Since no time confirmed your games are indexed an hour after your post, either they were coincidentally indexed at that time, or you could not find them in the general search maybe due to some of the reasons above. You can use a tag combination that only has a few games, to see if your games are discoverable, if general search does not list them.

Thank you very much. Your answer gave me a helpful hint.
I realize I need to be more careful with the tag names.
Thanks again for your response!