Ranking with other pages not index
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The site ranks on page 4-5 with other page like privacy, about us, term pages. I encounter this problem allot in the last weeks; this usually occurs after the page sits 1-2 months on page 1 for the terms. I'm thinking of to much use the same anchor as a primary issue. The sites in questions are 1-5 pages microniche sites. Any suggestions is appreciated. Thank You
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Hello,
Thank you for your answer, in the terms of linkbuilding we have done only articles marketing in a private network and a few blogrolls, so i don't belive this matter is regarding any bad links.
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Ideally you dont want to have your privacy policy page ranking for terms.
But if you are having indexing problems it could be due to the fact of some link building been done not in line with Google's guidelines?
But yeah if you use the same anchor too much it can be classes as spam you need to split anchor texts up and also bring brand terms into the mix
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