no… rss is not needed for google to index…

have you checked your sitemap to see if forum topics listed in there?  how often are you building your sitemap with forum info?

is your forum public?  ie guests can read?

Yes, the forum is public but it does not show up in the Google XML plug in.  I think I know what the problem is.  I have the WP Google XML plug In but not the Simpl:Press Google XML plug in.  I will try installing that and see if it works. 

OK, so I installed the Simple:Press Google XML plug in and my forum is still not showing up in search results (even when I search for the name of the forum).  I am not overwriting the WP met information with SP meta info.  Could that be it?  I didn’t want to do that because it puts really long breadcrumbs in the page title.

FYI, I am using this configuration:

http://bloggergo.com/google-xml-sitemaps-settings/

And in Simple:Press SEO I have it set to rebuild the sitemap every time a post is posted.  Still nothing.  🙁

you didnt answer some of my questions… is the forum showing up in the sitemap? and what are you sp seo options?

Mr Papa said
you didnt answer some of my questions… is the forum showing up in the sitemap? and what are you sp seo options?

OK, Here is a screenshot of my SP SEO settings.  Only the main forum page shows up in the sitemap but none of the actual topics or posts.  

ya kind of cut off the most important part – the sitemap seo…

any errors in your error log on forum – toolbox – error log?

how about in forum – forums – manage groups and forums… edit each forum and make sure you have it set to be included in the sitemap…  the default is yes, but perhaps it got changed on you…

Mr Papa said
ya kind of cut off the most important part – the sitemap seo…

any errors in your error log on forum – toolbox – error log?

how about in forum – forums – manage groups and forums… edit each forum and make sure you have it set to be included in the sitemap…  the default is yes, but perhaps it got changed on you…

This is the exact sitemap configuration I’m using:  http://bloggergo.com/google-xml-sitemaps-settings/

Each forum has the “include in sitemap” checked but I do not have SP set to overwrite the WordPress meta information and page titles.  Could that be it?

Steve, I think I got it.  Just had to get the right config.  Thanks for your help as always.  Your support is stellar!

no worries.  glad to help!

I was wrong.  It’s still not showing up in search.  Steve, I sent you a PM.  Hopefully you can help.

but is it showing  up in the sitemap???  it will take google or other crawler a while to index your site after it gets in the sitemap..

Nope.  It’s not showing up in the sitemap.  Only the main /forum page shows up but none of the posts or topics.  When I do a blog post, it usually shows up on Google in a few minutes.

so with no sitemap, not much need to check google…  need to figure out why that is not working…

what version of the Arne Brachhold Google XML sitemap plugin are you using?  and may need to put it into debug mode to see why something is failing when we try to add to it…  like maybe running out of memory…  there is a way to increase it on the settings page…

Mr Papa said
so with no sitemap, not much need to check google…  need to figure out why that is not working…

what version of the Arne Brachhold Google XML sitemap plugin are you using?  and may need to put it into debug mode to see why something is failing when we try to add to it…  like maybe running out of memory…  there is a way to increase it on the settings page…

Arrrrgh.  I sent you a private message with my log in info.  Can’t you just log in and see what’s going on?  For you, it’s probably easier to do that than go through this endless dialogue on the forum.  I have the feeling I’m just missing one setting or something. Like I said, when I do a WordPress blog post, it appears in Google search in minutes so I don’t think crawling is the issue.  And my forum posts don’t appear in the XML sitemap so I think the problem is somewhere between the forum and the Google XML plug in.