Removed SID but Google has only indexed stand alone php

[Peon]

I have removed sids and i am using phpbb for my forum site.Googel has indexed only my stand alone pages like faq.php , viewonline.php ,search.php ,login.php etc .But hasn't crawled/indexed my forum topics.
So what could be the problem ?
Thank You.

[Busch]

How old is the site? How many backlinks do you have?

If the site is an older site and you have lots of backlinks, try resubmitting to google. i had a bunch of broken links indexed by google for about 8 months!!! i went back and resubmitted the new path to my forums and the number of indexed pages has shot up!

[stymiee]

This may be tough to do with a forum but try submitting a Google sitemap.

[furbsy]

There are a few mods that can be very useful to you. You can PM me for the exact names of them, as I don't remember but I'll list a few below.

-I used the PHPbb mod to remove SIDs for ALL guests -- seems to have worked out much better than the ones intended to remove SID's for only bots.

-There is a mod that enables you to view how many bots have visited your forum, the last time they visited, the amount of pages crawled, etc etc. Great mod as well.

-There is a Google SiteMap mod as well, which is very useful. You might want to check out any of these mods. You can find them all at the PHPbb message board.

[furbsy]

I already got a few PM's so I figured I would just post specific names of the mods I use, with links, below. I had to look them up, but I can tell you that all three of these work together fine on my forums. As always, make sure your latest version of PHPbb is up to date.

Bot Indexing
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic...er=asc&start=0
Allows you to view bot information, as well as turning off SID's on bots.

Guest Sessions Mod
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic...er=asc&start=0
Removes SID's on all guests. Works great for bots in my tests.

Google SiteMap Mod
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=296051
You must submit or ping the Google server yourself to let them know that you have updated your sitemap though. Not sure if there is a different mod which does this for you or not, but the mod I use for vBulletin allows for that feature.

[losaahead]

I have the exact same problem as you Peon on one of my site. My site is about 5 months old and the homepage is a PR4. I tried everything suggested and the page still didn't get index. I am just waiting, and that might be the only thing to do.