Hello, I have a big problem with my site positioning in google. The site is freeajaxscripts.net. After the site was released It was constantly optimized and I was on first place for "free ajax scripts" key phrase (thanks to DP forums for that). I have installed an ajaxed forum script on my site which caused it to go in supplemental results. I managed to get it out from there by removing all supplemental pages, but my site position dropped. Even if I put my domain name in the google's search bar I'm not showing on the first page. Besides that I received a google page rank increase (PR4) which is very strange. I guess I should find out why my site is not showing when I search with the domain name directly. Any help will be highly appreciated. Greetings Freeajaxscritps.net Administrator
PR doesn't necessary determind your position on SERPs. So you've been optimizing.. but have you been working on backlinks as well? (anchoring the links with your keyword?)
A few things: You need to do a non-www 301 redirect. The non-www version of your site is a PR4 while the www version is a PR2. Remove: <meta name="robots" content="index, follow" /> Remove from your title: Home Do more keyword research, you're missing out on valuable real estate. You should have between 7-9 words in there. Also, you need to do some linking to your subpages as well as the home page with good anchor text. Send some links to your site map and their power will filter out through your site. That's my 2 minute consultation, that'll be $10.
I agree with 8everything, PR doesn't affect your SERP, but supplemental pages does. Have you check how many pages of your are labeled as supplemental ? You can use query search on google with site:yourdomain.ext *** -gdjsdgs233hqh
Thanks for the advices, but can you please elaborate on this. Why should I remove <meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />? Because there is a robots.txt file? Also what you mean with 301 redirect? Is that going to work with .htaccess redirection? Also can you please explain more on the keyword research?
You should remove that "robots" line because the default is to index and follow so there's no point in having that extra code in there. As for the non-www 301 redirect you can look here: http://www.jon-west.com/?p=29 It will work in your .htaccess file. I said to do more keyword research because there are more keywords around "ajax scripts" that could be put in your title (and other places on your website). You just have to use the tools available to you and do the research. digital1 - Thanks, could you spare some rep for a starving SEO professional?
I've started working on it, I just have one final question. Should I make a canonical redirect to non-www address or should I just use the Redirect 301 option in my htaccess? P.S. Thanks for your time and helpful advices
Try this in your .htaccess: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.freeajaxscripts\.net RewriteRule (.*) http://www.freeajaxscripts.net/$1 [R=301,L]
He PMed me for some more advice and here it is again: You need to get some better links. All your counted links are from somuch.com. Look around for link building tips. Also, switch your footer so that: FreeAjaxScripts.Net is your place for free ajax scripts. is at the very bottom of your page. Also, how many external links do you have? "nofollow" all external links you possibly can and that'll help you a lot also.