Google omitted many of my blog posts

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by ainmohd, Sep 21, 2008.

  1. #1
    Since about three weeks ago Google has omitted the majority of my blog posts because the "entries very similar to the ... already displayed".

    The majority (99%) are showing (examples):

    ["21 Sep 2008 ... Leave a Reply. Name (required). Mail (will not be published) (required). Website. Sponsor. Categories. Forex Software (1); Forex Trading (17 ..."

    "Share and Enjoy:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. blinkbits · BlinkList · blogmarks · co. ..."

    I'm losing a lot of traffic because of the above.

    Please comment. Thanks.
     
    ainmohd, Sep 21, 2008 IP
  2. UseShots

    UseShots Peon

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    #2
    You should use the Description meta tag to have more descriptive excerpts in the SERPs. Anyway, Google is not going to display more than 1 (sometimes 2) search result from a single domain. The rest pages will always be omitted by default (you can change this adding &filter=0 to the searh URL).

    If you need more search traffic you should target more keywords rather than having many pages targeting the same keyword.
     
    UseShots, Sep 22, 2008 IP
  3. arpitagarwal82

    arpitagarwal82 Notable Member

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    Try using some good plugin for meta data.
    I recommend all in one seo pack.
     
    arpitagarwal82, Sep 23, 2008 IP
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    godsofchaos Peon

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    Definitely go for all in one seo! Also can it be possible that your actual post contents are embedded within frames? Or they are duplicates of something from other sites?
     
    godsofchaos, Sep 23, 2008 IP
  5. ainmohd

    ainmohd Peon

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    UseShots: You are wrong. I have hundreds of webpages listed. I have no problems with websites but I'm not that good with blogs.
    arpitagarwal82: Thanks for telling me about one seo pack
    godsofchaos: Thanks for recommending one seo pack too. Some are duplicates.
    In the past I didn't bother about this because all my blogpages are showing fine. Since two weeks ago, the snippets are meaningless. I'm sure many had noticed about this.
     
    ainmohd, Sep 24, 2008 IP
  6. ainmohd

    ainmohd Peon

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    I had installed one seo pack after reading:

    Source: uberdose.com
     
    ainmohd, Sep 24, 2008 IP
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    if you are using wordpress, you can get All-in-One SEO package
     
    SEOpaw, Sep 24, 2008 IP
  8. justinlorder

    justinlorder Peon

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    One of my site has many images, but has little text.
    It is really problem to avoid such repeated result.
    I should take your advices also. Thanks guy.
     
    justinlorder, Sep 24, 2008 IP
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    craiger22 Well-Known Member

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    I would say just make sure all of your images have an alt text and description. I always like to add a nice descriptive caption also.
     
    craiger22, Sep 24, 2008 IP
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    I was talking about search results displayed for a single search (that don't include you site name). Can you provide an example of a search that returns more than two results from your site on a single page?
     
    UseShots, Sep 25, 2008 IP