Forum Moderators: Robert Charlton & goodroi
Here's a great place to start [webmasterworld.com ]. Though the date of the post may seem old, the guide is still very very good and is a great way for anyone to get started.
There are many reasons why some pages will rank well and others won't. Sometimes it has to do with things that are within your control, but more often than not it has to do with the amount of competition you're facing for different searches.
Go through Brett's guide, read through the WebmasterWorld library [webmasterworld.com] and keep working at it. Good luck!
I GAINED 3 PR spots on one of my brand new sites with NO IBL's, where it should not have gained anything.
How do you know this? If you are getting your information from the Google toolbar, that’s a very poor source. If you look at the backlink checker, you will see that Google purposely displays disinformation with that functionality. Why then, should we believe the PR display?
In regard to internal pages not ranking well, the first question would be is; do you have any links to those pages? And the second would be is your title correct?
There are many reasons why some pages will rank well and others won't. Sometimes it has to do with things that are within your control, but more often than not it has to do with the amount of competition you're facing for different searches.
One factor that is within your control that can have a profound impact is your internal linking architecture.
I’m not getting good ranking for some of my product pages of my gift website. On the other hand, some of my product pages are amongst top of search results in google. How can I improve my rankings for the same?
Do you have a good sitemap? A clear robots.txt allowing G access to those pages and deep links going directly to your internal pages and with a range of different anchor text? Also, bear in mind that whatever credibility Google is giving your site (PR, tPR, or something else) is being split among your different products and you have some control in telling G which ones are more important ) as Kirby pointed out.
How to do Long Tail SEO [webmasterworld.com]
Getting traffic sent directly to interior pages by the search engines can really boost your site. The best part is that it's a lot easier to do than getting the same amount of traffic coming in through a home page.
Clint, the thread is about internal pages ranking, not PR. Please don't hijack it.
I understand, however someone asked a question of ME and I answered it. I suggest you direct your comment to them. Oh boy, I apologize! I've been so hung up on the PR update thread that I saw "Rank" in the subject and erroneously thought "PAGE rank"! Sorry guys.
