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Wrong page is ranking - and it displays the right page's description

         

Sauna

9:31 pm on Nov 27, 2007 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I have been watching my ranking within Google’s natural listings – doing well. However, I have a page that is highly ranked for “service and repair” – but is landing on my Products page and is displaying the description that I wrote for another page that is better directed for service and repair.

My question is; what can I do to correct this? The titles and meta keywords are optimized for each page and the products page does not mention “service and repair” – however – it is being referenced.

Any suggestions?

Leo

tedster

2:52 am on Nov 28, 2007 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I often see pages rank for a search that are one click away from the best page. By any chance does the url that ranks for you link to the page that would be a bette result?

But that aside, since you are seeing a snippet that seems not to come from the ranking url itself, there is a chance that Google has its wires crossed. If so, it should correct itself in a few spidering cycles. Just make sure that the snippet's language is not available on the "wrong" page. Also make sure its not available from the Open Directory. If the Open Directory is the source of the snippet, block the ODP content with a meta tag:

<meta name="robots" content="noodp">

Sauna

10:28 pm on Dec 3, 2007 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Thank you,

I do not completely understand the concept of “Open Directory”. However, my site currently consists of a few pages and I am continually adding content. In essence, my visitors will eventually find the correct page with a few clicks.

But my concern is that I intent to add specific content related to our products. Example: When someone searches for our warranty information – they should be directed to that page without having to navigate from another page that was not their intended interest.

I just took a look on Google and my pages are doing better than previously.