Why aren't more of my pages in Google?

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Why aren't more of my pages in Google?

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spikedo55

2:55 pm on Aug 12, 2003 (gmt 0)

My site is a pr4 and only the main page and two sub pages are shown (aside from reciprocal links) when I do a link check on Google using the "link:" command. However, I have at least 20 other pages, many with prs of 3 and 4 that don't show up when using this command. Google still sends people to these 20 pages directly. So weird. I want these pages to count as links but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. My competitors have most of their pages showing up in the "link:" command so mine should too. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

gypsychild

2:14 pm on Aug 13, 2003 (gmt 0)

I'm not sure you should be too worried - if Google's sending traffic to these pages, then the links are probably being counted - they just don't always show up.

daamsie

4:23 am on Aug 14, 2003 (gmt 0)

You shouldn't use the link: command to check how many pages are indexed. That is really only for checking which pages/sites are linking to you (and only ones with PR4 or higher if I understand right).

Try using "site:www.mysite.com -qwerrew" instead.. (the -qwerrew part just says that you want all pages from your site that DON'T have that word in it.)

If you are getting hits off Google on those pages, they are clearly already indexed.

spikedo55

2:00 pm on Aug 15, 2003 (gmt 0)

The rankings for my primary keyword shifted yesterday afternoon. Now my home page has a grey bar (was a pr4) and its moved down from #2 to #8 position. Oh the horror! All my other pages have prs of 3 or 4. How can this be?

I checked my backlinks and they have been halved. It' funny because a bunch of sites with high pr values that linked to me don't show up - even though they still exist and have mantained their high pr values.

I'm so bummed. And right before the weekend.

spikedo55

6:12 pm on Aug 15, 2003 (gmt 0)

Thanks Daamsie. I used that line and found all my pages. But here's the real issue. When using the link phrase on my competitors site, his site has all its pages come up. When I do mine only four come up. How do I get mroe of my pages to come up with the link phrase? It seems that would help with my Google rank.