# Helping Baidu discover a GitHub Pages blog: a historical workflow

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Canonical: [Helping Baidu discover a GitHub Pages blog: a historical workflow](<https://allluckly.cn/en/journal/2015-12-27-helping-baidu-discover-a-github-pages-blog-a-historical-workflow/>)
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Published: 2015-12-27T00:00:00+08:00
Modified: 2026-10-23T10:34:11+08:00
Author: [Bison](<https://allluckly.cn/about/>)

Records mirroring a GitHub Pages blog to GitCafe Pages, using SourceTree to clone and push branches, bind a domain and configure regional DNS. The workflow aimed to improve access and search indexing in mainland China at the time.

Originally credited to Bison. Content is retained as published.

English translation of the [Chinese original](<https://allluckly.cn/mac/blog02>), translated on 2026-10-23. The article body uses automated translation; app descriptions, historical reading notes and video subtitles receive separate editorial checks. Original publication dates, attribution, code and version notes are retained.

**Before you read** This technical note dates from 2015–2017. The examples have not been rerun as part of this archive update. Published in 2015. The workflow depends on the GitCafe Pages service and search-indexing conditions of that period.

> “The only drawback of a Github blog is that Baidu cannot index it, costing a substantial amount of traffic.”

3 months ago, I set up my own technical blog on Github to record my experiences developing for iOS  
 along the way. After working on it for a while, the blog gradually accumulated content, and the major search engines  
 could generally find my blog posts, except Baidu. This made me anxious, so I searched for why Github  
 why a blog could not be indexed by Baidu. The explanation I found was that Baidu IP addresses had previously attacked Github's servers.  
 This led Github hosting to block Baidu's crawler. Most people solve this through CDN acceleration.  
 However, this seems unstable: Baidu's crawler may not succeed every time, reducing the site's Baidu ranking weight, whereas  
 The solution I will describe today is relatively stable: use [Gitcafe](<https://gitcafe.com>)hosting to solve the problem. Gitcafe  
 is a website similar to Github and also provides a pages service. What we need to do is copy our Github  
 website repository to [Gitcafe](<https://gitcafe.com>). There are, of course, rules to follow when copying it.[Gitcafe](<https://gitcafe.com>)'s pages  
 service differs somewhat from Github pages. Next, let's explain how to put a copy of the blog on [Gitcafe](<https://gitcafe.com>)

> First, register a [Gitcafe](<https://gitcafe.com>)account. One thing to watch when creating the account  
>  is that the username must not start with “\_”, or problems will occur. After creating it, you may encounter a 404 page-not-found error.  
>  I will not dwell on registration here. Let's explain the specific steps for creating Gitcafe pages.

> ## First, create a repository with the same name as your username, as shown below.

![1](<https://allluckly.cn/images/blog/gitcafe/8.png>)

> ## Then fill in the relevant information, as shown below.

![1](<https://allluckly.cn/images/blog/gitcafe/1.png>)

That completes the setup.

> ## Next, let's put the blog into the repository we just created.

Many online tutorials use the terminal `git` Create a branch and upload to that branch.  
 Today, let's cover something new and easy to understand, setting the terminal aside.`git` Use   
 `git` graphical tool `SourceTree` to do this. It is easy to understand and convenient for later maintenance.  
 For the Mac version, go to `APP Store` to download it. After downloading, open the application and add a repository.  
 ![1](<https://allluckly.cn/images/blog/gitcafe/3.png>)

Next clone the repository created earlier to your computer. Create a local folder such as `GitcafePages`; its name is up to you. See the image below.

![1](<https://allluckly.cn/images/blog/gitcafe/4.png>)

![1](<https://allluckly.cn/images/blog/gitcafe/5.png>)  
 Next, copy all the files from the existing Github blog into this folder. Then, in `SourceTree` to create a  
 branch `gitcafe-pages` as shown below

![1](<https://allluckly.cn/images/blog/gitcafe/6.png>)

Switch to `gitcafe-pages`, then `Add`, `Commit`, and finally `Push`. Wait for the upload to finish.

> ## Bind a domain: open Project Settings → Pages Service, as shown below.

![1](<https://allluckly.cn/images/blog/gitcafe/2.png>)

Then use region-based DNS resolution to direct visitors to different hosting locations. Below, I use Wanwang's domain resolution as an example.

![1](<https://allluckly.cn/images/blog/gitcafe/9.png>)  
 The benefit of this setup is fast access both inside and outside China, so being indexed by Baidu follows naturally.  
 If you are skeptical, try searching Baidu for 😄 “Bison的技术博客”.  
 You can keep using this tool to maintain the blog later.`SourceTree` Whether using Github or Gitcafe, the only drawback  
 is that you must upload to both sides separately; they do not synchronize.

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