Google indexing 18 older threads with the title and username of a new topic (only 8 hours old)

[David N.]

8 hours ago, a poster named oscwilde posted a topic named "Adding your own samples from an external source" on my forum. 

Now when I search google for that title, I get 18 older, unrelated topics, some archived 13 year old topics, with that new topic name and member name??

Here's the new topic: https://www.logicprohelp.com/forums/topic/149087-adding-your-own-samples-from-an-external-source/

Here's the wrong Google search results: https://www.google.com/search?q="Adding+your+own+samples+from+an+external+source"+site:www.logicprohelp.com&rlz=1C5CHFA_enFR1005FR1005&sxsrf=APwXEddXZRVAK55-kVH25hq_sH8nS979cw:1685018739789&ei=c1hvZLHpL5CfkdUPnaWv2AY&start=10&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwjx7rL7v5D_AhWQT6QEHZ3SC2sQ8NMDegQIIRAG&biw=2220&bih=1603&dpr=2

[Nathan Explosion]

Because at the time, that topic probably existed in the 'Recent Topics' block you have on the pages...therefore the phrase you are searching for is on those topics when they were last indexed.

 

Edited May 25 by Nathan Explosion

[David N.]

Oh wow so that means that within the past 8 hours, Google took the time to re-index at least those 18 older pages, but not the new topic that was submitted 8 hours ago by my forum? 

[Nathan Explosion]

Well, 27 topics but yep...maybe it's currently indexing.

[David N.]

2 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said:

Well, 27 topics but yep...maybe it's currently indexing.

Wait it was 18 topics a minute ago. Now I find only 6. I just removed the "Recent Topics" widget as it doesn't seem to be a good idea to have it on a view-topic page for SEO purposes. 

Thanks a lot. 

Still it's weird that Google re-indexes older archived topics with new content (the title in the Recent Topics widget), and doesn't index the new topic instead? 

[Randy Calvert]

Who knows...  Google does what Google wants and does not explain their reasoning or answer to us peons.  🙂 

[David N.]

53 minutes ago, Randy Calvert said:

Who knows...  Google does what Google wants and does not explain their reasoning or answer to us peons.  🙂 

Yes that does sound like the conclusion of just about every "SEO Master Class" webinar I've attended. 😂

[Jim M]

3 minutes ago, David N. said:

Yes that does sound like the conclusion of just about every "SEO Master Class" webinar I've attended. 😂

So you're a master 😄 

[Joel R]

On 5/25/2023 at 8:12 AM, David N. said:

Wait it was 18 topics a minute ago. Now I find only 6. I just removed the "Recent Topics" widget as it doesn't seem to be a good idea to have it on a view-topic page for SEO purposes. 

Thanks a lot. 

Still it's weird that Google re-indexes older archived topics with new content (the title in the Recent Topics widget), and doesn't index the new topic instead? 

Some thoughts regarding Google: 

Focus on your community and your community's experience. You are building a community experience for humans, not for crawl bots.  If it's useful to have widgets like Recent Topics or Popular Topics for your users to explore and discover and navigate and "be sticky" with your community, then be confident in your decision.