Hi Guys , Can any one explain , what are supplemental results and their advantages and disadvantages. Thanks Tulip
Supplemental results are pages that have been marked for deletion in Google's index, there's no advantage unless you want to get rid of the pages, and the disadvantage is that they will disappear one day.
supplemental results are pages which don't have enough back links pointing to them but they are likely to rank for a certain query that u type.. they may be due to same title and description in all pages..not linked from other pages on the site.. i mean there are so many reasons a page goes into supplemental index
Just an addition on what seo_kate said. Your site can be put on supplemental results if it has duplicate content or no content at all.
Due to their position in SERPs they generate very little or no traffic as results from the supplemental index are shown only when there are very few matches from the main index. The best way to avoid supplemental pages is by ensuring that every page of your site uses unique content and provides excellent and relevant information. This way you will have a better chance of having Google determine that your pages are second to none.
Supplemental results are also called "Google's auxillary index" where sites with duplicate content, orphaned web pages, and websites with no content were put. The disadvantage of this supplemental results are your site will disappear in a day or more, the advantage is that you can have the chance to reword your content until Google fully index your site