Why does this site rank better than mine ?

Discussion in 'SEO' started by PunctRo, Dec 13, 2012.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    I have a site that got hit by the September Panda update. Before that it was ranking in the first 5 for the search term "2 player games".
    Now it's not in the first 100 !

    I made a comparison between my site and another one from the first 10 results returned by Google.

    http://www.2playersonlinegames.com/ - PR 3 - AGE 1.8y - Backlinks ~ 3 971 - Alexa - 909 777
    and
    http://www.2playerfun.com/ - PR 2 - AGE 0.5y - Backlinks ~ 13 266 - Alexa - 1 146 786

    Can you help me understand why is Google ranking the second website better than the first ?
    Besides the data I mentioned for the 2 sites I notice better graphics on the first one and also better social signals.
    Yes the second one has shorter name and more back-links but is this enough to make a such a big difference?
     
    PunctRo, Dec 13, 2012 IP
  2. danish001

    danish001 Well-Known Member

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    When did this happen can you tell me. If this thing happen at the time of Google Update this need to be check.
     
    danish001, Dec 14, 2012 IP
  3. zaylook

    zaylook Peon

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    #3
    maybe in the first time you still have spirit to improve you site, but now your time is to littel,
    try often update your site, maybe 3-4 time/week
     
    zaylook, Dec 14, 2012 IP
  4. PunctRo

    PunctRo Active Member

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    My site got hit by the september 27 EMD and panda update.
     
    PunctRo, Dec 15, 2012 IP
  5. danish001

    danish001 Well-Known Member

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    I think there was some update in Google at that time.
     
    danish001, Dec 15, 2012 IP
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    danish001 Well-Known Member

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    need to check that what is the update at that time and work on SEO as per related to that update.
     
    danish001, Dec 16, 2012 IP
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    danish001 Well-Known Member

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    danish001, Dec 16, 2012 IP
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    yuval613 Greenhorn

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    Did you check load time and on page factors?
     
    yuval613, Dec 24, 2012 IP
  9. PunctRo

    PunctRo Active Member

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    Load time according to http://tools.pingdom.com:

    http://www.2playersonlinegames.com/ - 956ms (load time) - 666.7kB (page size)
    http://www.2playerfun.com/ - 145ms (load time) - 176.6kB (page size)

    Is the load time so important ? I don't really think so.

    These are the figures for the site ranking in the first position for the terms :

    3.19s (load time) - 681.5kB (page size)

    I checked other on-page factors and no big differences caught my eye.
    Maybe somebody else can spot something I missed.
     
    PunctRo, Dec 25, 2012 IP
  10. danish001

    danish001 Well-Known Member

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    The information that you have provided is good i have one question that how can we check error in code it there is..
    error.And how do we take out broken link.
     
    danish001, Dec 27, 2012 IP