2 year old site - why not in Google Search?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by brd1984, Oct 1, 2007.

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  1. #1
    Hello all

    I have had a hotel affiliate site setup for about two years now.

    - I have optimised it to hell for with SEO techniques (keywords etc)
    - it has a sitemap (which has been submitted and accepted by google)
    - when using the 'site:' prefix in google search, google shows that it is in it's directory.
    - Page rank of 2

    So why does it not come up in search listings - not even the first 10 pages?!?!

    In MSN, Yahoo and ASK it does great...

    Here is the website: http://www.sussexhotelguide.co.uk

    Any advice..???

    thanks
     
    brd1984, Oct 1, 2007 IP
  2. KNEB

    KNEB Peon

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    #2
    To increase page rank you need to get one way inbound links for your site with off page SEO.
     
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  3. brd1984

    brd1984 Peon

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    i've got page's with lower page ranks to the top of search results. is it because other pages above me have higher pagerank?

    how would you suggest getting more inbound links?

    many thanks
    Ben
     
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  4. gsv13

    gsv13 Well-Known Member

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    post regularly in this forum and get 4 links in ur sig pointed to every page u want to target. :D
     
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  5. brd1984

    brd1984 Peon

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    so 4 links in my signature, to the pages I want to have a higher PR?

    cheers
     
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    Just because a site has higher page rank doesnt mean it will rank higher in the SERPs.

    Take a look at your competitors sites and try to figure out what they are doing better than you. Analyze their inbound links and on page content. It could be that those sites are just older than yours, but keep trucking along and you will eventually beat them...

    LINKS LINKS LINKS :)
     
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    Getting a higher page rank will not necessarily make your site rank better. You need more quality incoming links.
     
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    Are you submitted to as many free directories as you can find? Do you post (quality posts) in forums using your URL in a signature?
     
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  9. live-cms_com

    live-cms_com Notable Member

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    You are probably not optimizing for suitable keywords. Read the case study in my signature, I talk about keyword research in it.
     
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  10. Qryztufre

    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    I'll say...

    He is not ranking for sussex hotel guide which is pretty bad seeings as all three keywords are in the url.
     
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  11. Vic_mackey

    Vic_mackey Banned

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    brd1984, I'll pm you about this, I've got one or two tips but I'm going to use one of my own sites as an example and I dont want to put the url here.

    edit - i've pm'ed, but just noticed something else.

    www.sussexhotelguide.betastudios.co.uk/travel/travelbycoach.htm is listed in google, as are other pages on betastudios. If betastudios is your site I would remove those pages from there, its not doing you any favours having duplicate content like that.
     
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