How to find interesting groups in contact. Group, public VKontakte does not appear in search

VKontakte is a huge resource that has “sheltered” millions of Internet users. People find each other, get to know each other, communicate. But the advantage of this site is that, in addition to the direct role of a social network, it also performs other, no less important roles. This is an online cinema, a music archive, a personalized newspaper and even a fan club. The resource space also hosts thousands of groups and publics, and in this article we will tell you how the search for VKontakte communities works.

What are “communities” in VK?

Social networks are designed to unite people. And how to do it? Create small online groups that will be of interest to users. There are two types of communities within VK – groups and public pages. They are distinguished by certain characteristics, mainly related to privacy settings. However, for social network users this is not so important.

Why do communities attract people in general? It's simple: useful or interesting information. In fact, each group or public is a kind of blog where text posts, photo and video materials, etc. are published. Community members can communicate with each other by leaving comments on the wall or in discussions. And they are united by some common theme - favorite TV shows or musicians, place of residence, interest in news, hobbies... It would take a long time to list all the possible options, but this is not what the article is about.

By becoming a member of the community, you can keep track of all new posts in your News Feed. But the question is: how to find a group that you might like? Let's figure it out now.

Looking for communities

There are very, very many VKontakte communities. And it’s quite easy to get confused in them, even if you more or less know what exactly you’re looking for. But still, the more specifics there are in your request, the higher the likelihood of finding exactly what you need.

So, you can search for a public/group in the following ways:

• by name;
• via a specific link;
• through search parameters in general search;
• in search engines.

The choice of method will depend on the initial information. Of course, the easiest way to find the right community is if you know its name or, even better, its link. Everything is clear with the link: you type it into the address bar of your browser and immediately go to the desired page.

If you have a name, proceed like this:

1.log into your VK account;

2.go to the “Groups” section;

3.in the “Search” line, enter the name of the community you are looking for, press Enter;

4.look through the list of results matching the request and go to the desired page.

You can also find communities through a general search - this is a line in the site header. The algorithm is the same as on Facebook:

1.enter the name of the community, press Enter or “Show all results”;

2.go to the “Communities” tab;

3. choose what you were looking for.

Everything seems simple. However, in most cases we do not have such specifics, but simply want to find something based on our interests. This is why search by parameters was invented. It's easy to get into it:

1.go to the “Groups” section;

2.open the “Search for Communities” tab;

3.specify the search parameters and select the desired page among the results.

There are not very many parameters, even few. We can choose which format interests us: meetings, publics or VKontakte groups and the country/city that was indicated in the community information. You can also enter a keyword in the search bar. However, this cannot be said that this always helps: interesting public pages often have completely incomprehensible names.

Finally, you can simply use the help of search engines: enter the query you are interested in, adding the VK or VKontakte tag. Surely you will find something useful for yourself. By the way, you can go to the public even without registration, because... These pages are considered public and do not require visitors to have a personal account in VK. But if you find a closed group, you won’t be able to view it: you need to apply to join and then get permission from the administrators.

So, now you know how to find groups on VK that may be of interest to you. And if you are faced with such a task, you will cope with it without any problems.

The functionality of the social network VKontakte allows you to quickly and correctly find the desired community without serious difficulties. The main difficulties may arise for those users who are not registered or not authorized in the current session. Then there may be some difficulties with displaying communities of a certain type.

Of course, the VKontakte developers have provided the ability to use the site’s internal search without the need for registration.

How to find a group on VKontakte

To find a group within the VKontakte social network, it is recommended to register and authorize the user in order to avoid difficulties. You will also need to complete this procedure in order to begin interacting with users of the social network and/or the community. True, in most cases, you can view the contents of groups without registering.

Below we will look at the available options for searching for communities on VKontakte. It is worth drawing your attention to the fact that the interface in all methods works according to approximately the same algorithm, regardless of whether you are using a mobile application or the PC version.

Option 1: Search without registration

Some Internet users still do not have their own VKontakte page. If you are one of these people, then it is still recommended to create your own profile on a social network.

If for some reason you do not have the opportunity to register or log in to an existing profile, then follow the following steps from the instructions:

This option can be used regardless of whether you have registered on the social networking site or not. However, some communities may not be displayed in search results for unregistered users if the corresponding parameters have been set by their administration in the privacy settings.

Option 2: Standard search

This method can only be recommended to those users who already have a registered page on the VKontakte social network and who have been authorized. Otherwise, you simply will not be able to access the desired menu section.

The description of this option is as follows:

Option 3: Search through third-party search engines

Most VKontakte groups are displayed in the search results of the main search engines (Google and Yandex). Unfortunately, this method has certain disadvantages:

• The output may be incorrect. For example, there are two communities with similar names and the search engine, according to some of its principles, places it at the top of the search results, while the other may be located on some other search page altogether;
• Young and not very famous VKontakte communities are most often not noticed by search engines, and therefore do not appear in search results;
• The owners of some communities prohibit search engines from ranking their groups, therefore they are not listed in the search results.

If you decide to use this option, then you should pay attention to one plus - you do not need to register and authorize on a social network. The instructions for this option are very simple:

1. Go to the website of the search engine you need, for example Google.
2. In the search bar, enter the name of the desired community on VKontakte. You can also sign “VK”, “VKontakte” or something like that to your request.
3. Press Enter or the search button to see the results.
4. From the search results, find the option you need.
5. If links to third-party sites appear in the results, you can enter the following command into the search: site: https://vk.com (name of the group you are looking for)
6. Now the results will only show results from the VKontakte website. True, there will not necessarily be groups there; for example, there may be pages of individual users, links to some posts, discussions, etc.

This method, as already written above, is not the most convenient of all those considered, but in certain situations it can be used.

In this article, we looked at all the available options for searching for communities on the VKontakte social network. We hope that our recommendations helped you, if so, share them with others, perhaps you can help someone else.

We have already written about that, and now we will find out how the search for VKontakte communities works.

If you are tired of the public pages that you constantly read, then you can use the community search to find new groups. You can search among those that you might potentially like or among all communities, including the official and most popular ones on VK.

There are more than 160 million communities on VKontakte, the average user is subscribed to 50-100 groups, but reads only 5-10 favorite public pages.

Thanks to the search for communities, you can easily find publics that will replace your most read groups; we will tell you what you need to do for this in our step-by-step instructions.

How to search for VKontakte communities

Step #1

Log in to your VK profile.

Step #2

Go to the “Groups” section on the main menu panel on the left.

On the right side we see the section menu. We are interested in "Search for communities". Click on the option.

The default search options include a filter "by relevance", this means that the search finds communities similar to those you are used to reading.

We scroll through the communities in the search to find new ones that are interesting for ourselves.

Step #3

Another filter in the search parameters - "by number of participants".

Here we see the most popular communities.

Step #4

Let's look at additional filters related to the type of community. We can select a group, public page, meeting, or leave any default filter. Then the search will not filter communities.

Please note that public pages are available to any user, but groups can be closed, with limited access. You can join open groups freely, and you can apply for closed groups.

Step #5

You can also use filters by region - you can select communities of a specific country, for example.

Use Safe Search to exclude communities with 18+ content.

Now you know how to search for new communities and can diversify your daily VK content.

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I created a community (group or public) on VKontakte, but it does not appear in the search and cannot be found by name. What is the reason? When will it appear there? What needs to be fixed?

The main reason

Perhaps in the settings of your group or public the age limit is set to 16+ or 18+, although there is no “adult” content there. Later it turns out that the group is not displayed in VKontakte safe search, and in the iPhone application it does not even open via the link - a message is displayed:

The community likely contains inappropriate content and is not viewable.

The fact is that Apple (iPhone manufacturer) is strict about “adult” materials and requires them to be hidden in applications regardless of the user’s age. Therefore, VKontakte developers are forced to do this in their application. And in a search on the VK website, such a group can be found only by unchecking "Safe search"- not everyone will notice it, since it is located at the very end of the search parameters.

If you set an age limit in a group, you are voluntarily informing that your group needs to be hidden. Without fully understanding what exactly you are doing, you will not close the group from teenagers, but will only prevent all normal people from joining it.

How to remove age restrictions in a group

If there is no “adult” content in the group, go to “Management” in it and in the “Additional information” settings section, click “Specify age restrictions”:

Then select an option "Under 16 years old" to remove the restriction, and press "Save".

This should solve the problem. But keep in mind that the group may not appear in the search immediately, but after some time.

Other Possible Causes

• The community was created quite recently and has a very small audience (few participants, subscribers). For some time now, such groups have not been included in searches in order to reduce the amount of spam.
• The time a group appears in searches may depend on the frequency of its name (competitiveness). For example, if it is called simply “Dating”, then it may not appear in the search for a long time, but if “Dating in the village of Pochinok” it will appear faster.
• Not enough content. Create several posts (entries) in the group. At least 5 pieces. Add hashtags to your posts (the # sign and a word indicating the topic of the post - for example, #vkontakte, #interesting), but only a little, no more than 10 (if more, they won’t work).
• The group contained some material (for example, a photo) that was recognized by VKontakte systems as intended for adults, or as spam, or there was another violation of the site rules in the group. As a result, the group was excluded from Safe Search, and in order to return it there, you will have to write a request to support agents.
• There are too many bots or blocked users (dogs) in the group. Remove them from the participants and write a request to the agents asking them to return the group to the search.

When will the group appear in the search?

Why is the VKontakte group not in search engines - Yandex, Google?

Because it does not get into search engines (indexed) immediately, but after some time, sometimes quite long - two weeks, a month. This depends on how quickly search engines find the group (i.e., on the availability of links to it on the Internet), its content and other factors. In addition, Yandex or Google may decide not to show the group in search results at all - for their own reasons.

There is a belief that if you leave a link to your group in the comments below, it will appear in the search. However, it is not. In fact, you need to be careful.

Searching for a community or group on VKontakte usually does not present any problems for the user. However, this situation may change radically due to certain factors. For example, in the absence of a personal registered page.

Of course, no one is stopping absolutely any person from going to the VKontakte social network site and using the most common registration in VK to gain access to the full functionality of the site. At the same time, there are particularly problematic cases when the user simply does not have the opportunity to register his own page or use the standard search interface.

There are several ways to find a VKontakte group. In most cases, the user is required to register to access this functionality of the social network.

The community selection interface works equally well both on a computer, through any browser, and from mobile devices.

Please note that registering on VKontakte is an integral part of your ability to interact with other users. Thus, it is recommended to have your own page.

Method 1: Search for communities without registration

Despite the fact that most of modern society actively uses various social networks, including VKontakte, many people still do not have their own page. It is recommended to solve this problem, and then begin to search for a group or community.

If you do not have the opportunity to register on VKontakte, then there is a way for you to find the communities you need.

This option for selecting VKontakte communities and groups is suitable for absolutely any user of the most common browsers. At the same time, it doesn’t matter whether you are registered or not.

Method 2: standard search for VKontakte communities

This method of searching for VKontakte communities is suitable only for those users who already have their own page on this social network. Otherwise, you simply will not be able to go to the desired section of the main menu.

This option for searching for groups and communities that interest you is the best in all respects. Even if you do not use the VKontakte social network for communication, it is still recommended to register, at least to gain access to such a search.

Method 3: Search via Google

In this case, we will resort to the help of an entire system from Google. This search option, although not comfortable, is still possible.

To begin with, it is worth saying that VKontakte is one of the most popular networks in the world, which means it is in close contact with search engines. This allows you to find some of the most popular groups and communities without going to the VKontakte social networking site.

It is also possible to perform a more in-depth search using the selection functionality within a specific address.

This method of selecting material is the most difficult and least convenient.

With such a search, there will be matches with the VKontakte site only at the beginning. Moreover, if the community is not popular, is closed, etc., then it will not be displayed at all.

We wish you good luck in finding groups and communities that interest you!