Being found on search engines

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Pilots often search for "a virtual airline for X-Plane" or "a virtual airline on VATSIM". Two things help them find yours: Vaeroly's pages for each simulator and network, and your own public route list.

Pages for each simulator and network

Vaeroly has a public page for each simulator and network: Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, Prepar3D, VATSIM and IVAO, all linked from Airlines by simulator at the bottom of every page. Each one says what Vaeroly does for that simulator or network and shows the airlines that fly it, busiest first, with a link to the rest in the directory.

To be on them:

1. Tick List us in the public airline directory on the Community tab of Staff → Airline settings → Settings, and add at least one hub.
2. In the Directory profile card on the same tab, tick the simulators you fly.
3. For the network pages: tick VATSIM or IVAO in the Hiring card's tags, or fly there. An airline counts for a network when at least a quarter of its flights of the last 90 days were flown on it.

Airlines not in the directory, the demo airline and airlines being deleted are never shown. Leave the directory and your airline leaves these pages at once.

Your public route list

With Public route list switched on, Airline → Route list shows your fleet by aircraft type and your scheduled and cargo routes: flight number, from, to, distance, block time and aircraft types. Visitors can show only the routes from or to one airport. Charters, training flights and routes outside their dates aren't shown.

1. Switch it on under Staff → Airline settings → Optional features → Between airlines → Public route list.
2. When your airline is in the public directory, anyone can open the page, your airline's page links to it (Route list and Every route) and search engines find it in Vaeroly's sitemap.
3. When it isn't listed, only your pilots and staff see the page, and search engines are asked to leave it out.

The list shows routes only, never pilots or bookings. Turn the feature off and the page is gone.