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mojo_jojo

11:03 am on May 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

I have been puzzling about this one for over a year now...my client's site has a grey bar home page which does not appear in SERPS (if it's penalised, it's for no reason I can work out - it's completely clean), but its internal pages all have PR 5 and do very well in the SERPS. However, none of the pages in the index have been cached - clicking on the Toolbar 'cached snapshot' or the 'cache' link in the SERPS just brings back a 'no match' page.

Is Google encountering a technical problem when trying to cache my pages or is this related to what seems to be a penalty? I don't understand why my home page might be penalised but other pages not.

Appreciate any help - have learned so much from this forum.

jdMorgan

1:43 pm on May 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

mojo_jojo,

Welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com]!

I'd suggest carefully reviewing a few points:

Are there any cache-control tags in the <head> section of the problem page?

Is there a robots control meta-tag in the <head> section of the problem page?

Is there a file called "robots.txt" in the Web root directory of the site? Does it allow spiders to access the problem page?

Are the server response codes normal - 200-OK for each page? (Use the tool here [webmasterworld.com] to check)

Are there plain-text html links from each page which is OK back to the home page?

Are there links on other Web sites pointing to the problem page?

Are there any links on the problem page pointing to "bad neighborhoods" - link farms, FFA pages, etc.?

Just a few thigs to look at - there are many issues which could cause problems, but these came to mind.

HTH,
Jim

mojo_jojo

2:19 pm on May 9, 2003 (gmt 0)

Thanks for your thoughtful response. I have checked and re-checked all of the areas you mention more than once over the last year:
- no cache-control or robots tags
- robots.txt is fine
- server response code 200 OK
- all indexed pages link back to home page in plain text (have tried linking to /index.htm and to absolute domain, doesn't make any difference)
- there are plenty of links to the home page, some even PR4+
- no external links on the home page at all

There was a time 18 months or so ago when the site, home page and all, had a PR of 6. And the PR on the home page briefly reappeared at 5 a few months ago, only to disappear again a month later.

The ODP has recently updated its listing for this site from .co.uk to .com, though Google still lists all pages under .co.uk - could this be relevant?

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