Q and A: Why can't I find my site for target search terms?
Dear Kalena...
I have two websites one www.dhcottages.co.uk which ranks 1 for the search terms I use and the other www.tacksuperstore.co.uk which I can't even find. I have done everything I know to help improve the listing position. Can you help?
Leanne
Kalena's Answer:
Dear Leanne
You don't say how long either site has been online, but if either of them are less than 9 months old, it could be that one or both of them is suffering the Google aging delay for new sites. Google has indexed over 1,000 pages on your second site, so you'd think at least a few of those pages would appear in the search results, but it's difficult to tell without knowing your target search terms and seeing how well optimized your site is for those terms.
It may also be an indexing problem, so be sure to run your site code through a text-based browser such as Lynx to see your site the way a search robot would see it. You should also run your home page through the HTML validator to check for coding errors, as your page did seem to take an unusually long time to load, which could signal a problem. The alternative is to verify your site in Google's Webmaster Tools and review the site indexing statistics and diagnostics for potential problems.
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I have two websites one www.dhcottages.co.uk which ranks 1 for the search terms I use and the other www.tacksuperstore.co.uk which I can't even find. I have done everything I know to help improve the listing position. Can you help?
Leanne
Kalena's Answer:
Dear Leanne
You don't say how long either site has been online, but if either of them are less than 9 months old, it could be that one or both of them is suffering the Google aging delay for new sites. Google has indexed over 1,000 pages on your second site, so you'd think at least a few of those pages would appear in the search results, but it's difficult to tell without knowing your target search terms and seeing how well optimized your site is for those terms.
It may also be an indexing problem, so be sure to run your site code through a text-based browser such as Lynx to see your site the way a search robot would see it. You should also run your home page through the HTML validator to check for coding errors, as your page did seem to take an unusually long time to load, which could signal a problem. The alternative is to verify your site in Google's Webmaster Tools and review the site indexing statistics and diagnostics for potential problems.
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