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Google has dropped my indexed pages :-(

Discussion in 'Google' started by niravdave, Jan 26, 2009.

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    Google has dropped indexed pages of my classified site from 1500 to just below 300, i guess this has happened due to duplicate content, but i m not very sure about it.

    Can you guys help me on figuring out the problem with the site in terms of seo or why google would have done this?

    You help amd suggestions appreciated!

    Cheers!
    Nirav
     
    niravdave, Jan 26, 2009 IP
  2. fsmobilez

    fsmobilez Active Member

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    What ur Webmaster tools says in sitemap

    What are the no of indexed urls and submitted urls>>??
     
    fsmobilez, Jan 26, 2009 IP
  3. niravdave

    niravdave Active Member

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    hey fsmobilez,

    the submitted url is 3560 and indexed 169, i have no idea whats going wrong

    cheers!
    nirav
     
    niravdave, Jan 26, 2009 IP
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    Giamatti Well-Known Member

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    i think your right, this is probably the effect of duplicate content
     
    Giamatti, Jan 26, 2009 IP
  5. niravdave

    niravdave Active Member

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    Hey Giamatti,

    Thanks, i think the same. Whats the solution to prevent this?

    i would also like to add something here that i had made a small mistake which i didnt realise for a while. I had mentioned a common a meta keywords and meta description in the header, which i didn't realise until google started deindexing pages. Can this be one of the reason for google to deindex pages? as its crawler found the keyword and description same for all the pages while crawling my site?

    cheers!
    nirav
     
    niravdave, Jan 26, 2009 IP
  6. malcolm1

    malcolm1 Prominent Member

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    Hello...

    Same thing happens to some off our directories and then they go back
    up in indexed pages after a few weeks.

    thx
    malcolm
     
    malcolm1, Jan 26, 2009 IP
  7. Brian1970

    Brian1970 Notable Member

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    Yep, same here.

    All may return to normal in a couple of weeks.

    Thanks Brian
     
    Brian1970, Jan 26, 2009 IP
  8. jaakko

    jaakko Peon

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    #8
    duplicate content possible
    or
    not indexed all pages
     
    jaakko, Jan 26, 2009 IP
  9. scubita

    scubita Peon

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    Just wait some weeks before applying major updates cause it can go back up. Don't stress :)
     
    scubita, Jan 26, 2009 IP
  10. niravdave

    niravdave Active Member

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    Hey this has been going on for 3 months now. So not sure how long do i have to wait.
    Its been 12 weeks already, u suggest i should wait longer?
    Same as i replied to malcolm
     
    niravdave, Jan 26, 2009 IP
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    DrupalBoy Peon

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    my content in my site is duplicated but it is indexed with no problems
     
    DrupalBoy, Jan 26, 2009 IP
  12. niravdave

    niravdave Active Member

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    Thanks for letting us know DrupalBoy! any1 else who can give some inputs on this?

    cheers
    nirav

     
    niravdave, Jan 27, 2009 IP
  13. scubita

    scubita Peon

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    When did you correct the meta tags?
     
    scubita, Jan 27, 2009 IP
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    !Unreal Well-Known Member

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    #14
    My site is always jumping around. At the moment 13,900 pages are indexed but it drops down to around 12,000 sometimes.

    Mabey it will go back up soon, but quality over quantity is a good rule to follow.
     
    !Unreal, Jan 27, 2009 IP
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    sunshineandroses Peon

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    You appear to have detected the problem yourself nirav. Work on meta tags & I really mean give lot of attention to the detail. Make sure to have unique meta description for each page of your site. Good Luck!
     
    sunshineandroses, Jan 27, 2009 IP
  16. dreamsubmitting

    dreamsubmitting Well-Known Member

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    Just wait it will be up in few weeks

    Same happen with my sites too but it will corrected in 2-3 weeks so no worries.

    Mandeep
     
    dreamsubmitting, Jan 27, 2009 IP