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I was doing a routine check for se positions on some of the main keywords, and I found that site #2 is showing up on page one at Google right under site #1. Site #2 has a completely different look to it, and I now feel like I have to get website #2 in some kind of decent shape for the visitors that it is getting. I hate to waste the rankings and traffic they bring. The site is planned for about 200 pages, but what I am asking advice on is what is the best quick and dirty way to get it functional for visitors right now? Should I place route them all over to site #1 while I build site #2?
(The weird thing is - site #2 has no links from anywhere, it hasn't been submitted to any engine, it is so odd that it was found at all!)
Should I duplicate pages already made at #1 and put them up at #2, then clean them up later? Should I strip it down to a bare bones site so that it is complete, then upload new pages as I build?
Just add some content to make it atleast kind of worth your visitor's while.
I think that duplicating your content or redirecting would probably be a bad idea.
Google's weird how it can find and show your site--I have several sites listed that haven't got a single link to them. They were just put up and they were indexed. They didn't even have anything besides that little directory thing that some sites have with all the links to folders and pages.
Something like:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW">
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="THIS PAGE ....">
<TITLE>...</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
This will tell spiders to leave the page alone. When you are ready to have the pages spidered, you could replace "NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW" with "INDEX,FOLLOW." This way you can complete the pages at your own pace and your visitors will ultimately get the best quality pages.
Just my 2 cents...
The only possible way this could have happened was by linking via WHOIS information.
However, Google doesn't watch what people do seperately (I know that for the searches, and suspect it's the same with the toolbar), the most they can see is a town. (This was pointed out in an article whereas a person spent 24 hours sitting on the second floor of the Google building. Watching each search request scroll up the screen, and saw "How to help a suicidal friend".)
also, are you sure this was not before the sandboxing of site 2, whcih most reckon is about 90 Days.
I would also NOT recommend just duplicating site 1, and instead get as much unique content up as possible.
good luck and keep us informed
shak
