The orem.org official city website needs some help. Somebody with some expertise to do the job right. They have under their business content, a full directory of all businesses large and small registered in Orem, Utah. They have a cool little tool where you can search for different categories, keyword, etc. Basically just an advanced search tool to narrow your search. The results return some basics including the name of the company, URL if one exists, phone number and a few other details.

What is the problem you ask? It’s the fact that the entire database has been placed in the page using an “Iframe” which is disabling all listings from being crawled by the search engines. It’s apparent that the website for orem.org has been built using the Joomla Content Management System. I can tell simply by looking at a URL on the site:

http://orem.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=248

Can you see the dynamic parameter that says “com_wrapper&Itemid=248″? Joomla uses Mambots, Modules, and Components. “com” is a component.  This is a local governmental website. If any type of directories exist on the Internet that list Orem businesses, this is the one that carries the most importance on the search engines. It has the most trust. The most validity. If we can’t even get an official city website crawled properly by the SE’s than it shows us how far behind we are in our local Search Engine efforts.

Orem.org needs to get someone to fix this immediately so that Google can crawl these results. If someone is “googling” for a business in Orem, Utah, they should able to see what the City of Orem is reporting.