Pages Indexed, but not showing in results

[bostonseo]

I have 300+ pages indexed but I am not showing up in the Google search results. I am checking search phrases that are fairly competitive and one's that are not highly searched on. Many of these keyword phrases I have 1st page rankings on Yahoo and MSN but nowhere to be found in Google even though appropriate matching pages are in the Google Index.

Any advice?

[bostonseo]

Would anyone be willing to look over this website if I messaged you the url? I can't figure this dilemma out.

Thanks

[bostonseo]

Still seeking some help with this...

Thanks in advance

[Lorel]

If your site is less than 6 months old it could be in the sandbox. If that is the case just keep gatering quality links and focus on the other engines until Google sets you free.

[bostonseo]

Thanks. My site is about 8 months old now.

[JoeHouse]

bostonseo

When you say your site is 8 months old. Is that when you registered your domain or launched your site to the engines?

Sanbox can last over a year or more. However the average is about 6 months.

Technically my site is 8 months old too however I launched about 5 months ago.

Makes a difference.

[bostonseo]

JoeHouse good point.

The bulk of the website has probably been launched and linked to by some quality websites for 6 months. I'll hang in and there and not panic yet; maybe it is a sanbox thing.

[bostonseo]

bump

[chopin2256]

How competitive are the keywords? For example, about how many results show up when you type that keyword into Google? If the number is 100,000 or more, don't count on a fairly new site to be ranking well in Google these days. Expect to wait at least a year or more. In the meantime, try to gain as many links as possible, while relying on Yahoo and MSN for free search engine traffic.

You should do a test, and try to see if you can rank on Google for keywords that contain 10,000 or less results. You shouldn't be in the sandbox for non competitive keywords. If you still can't rank well, this means you simply do not have enough links yet.

When you trade links, put your main keyword in the anchor text: <a href="http://www.example.com/page.html">Keyphrase</a>

This way, you can rank well for your main keyphrase much quicker than it normally would take. The more websites that point to your keyphrase in your anchor text, the higher priority you will have over this keyphrase. Trust me, it works.

[bostonseo]

chopin2256 thanks for the feedback/advice.

[g1smd]

Does a site:domain.com search show anything at all?

Key things to look for are a mix of www and non-www pages showing up, and pages shown as URL-only entries.

If you have many pages all with the same title then you should optimise each title per page too.

[bostonseo]

G1SMD:

"Does a site:domain.com search show anything at all?"

Yes when type my domain into Google it lists 252 pages. There is a mix of pages listed that show the page link and page description, as well as just page links without a description for that page.

Also I notice that a lot of these listings returned by Google say 'Supplemental Result' next to the page domain...but some do not say that.

[Angelis]

Ive had a look at it and I would say its because of the amount of links on the site. Try putting each section into a category instead of putting every link on the page.

That homepage would be great for a site map page but needs a little work, more than likely you have no results because every page bar a few changes in the centre content is the same.

[g1smd]

I would suspect "duplicate content filtering" as being at least a part of the culprit.

[bostonseo]

Hmmm. I suspect my site is too new to be flagged for duplicate content filtering, but maybe I am wrong.

The whole duplicate content (or in my case very similar content) approach really works for Yahoo and MSN so it's worth it to me even if it means a penalty by Google.

I am trying to add as much new content to the site; I'm guessing my real problem is more the 'new site' issue, but I appreciate all the feedback.

[Angelis]

Try removing some of the links and putting them in categorys (by state for example). It should help as it will;

a. get rid of dupe's
b. sort everything out so its easier for users and bots
c. by more customer orientated, e.g. they can find by region instead of city.

[Lorel]

The whole duplicate content (or in my case very similar content) approach really works for Yahoo and MSN so it's worth it to me even if it means a penalty by Google.

Google sitll puts out 85% of all internet traffic so I would think that would be the first priority.

[reseller]

bostonseo

>>The whole duplicate content (or in my case very similar content) approach really works for Yahoo and MSN so it's worth it to me even if it means a penalty by Google.<<

And how about your site visitors? are they also happy for spending time and bandwidth in viewing "very similar content" ;-)

[imstillatwork]

Google sitll puts out 85% of all internet traffic so I would think that would be the first priority.

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that may be true, but we don't aim to get ALL the internets traffic we look for niches.

In fact, My total trafic from all sites, only about 45 -55% comes from google on phrases that are 1st page in Y, M, and G

So it really depends on the topic. Some topics stay at home moms like alot more than a working youth. There are a certain type of people that use the defualt settings and only search with msn. they buy certain types of products. they research certain types of things.
msn can get you as much or more traffic as google on the right subject.