Why is my blog out-ranking my main site?
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Please see attached ranking history chart.
On June 5th the chart shows that my main site is not coming up under our main keyword "door hangers"
From then on, our blog took over.
Any ideas why?
Thanks
Andrea
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I don't know if this is what you were going for or not, but I seriously am listening to Journey's Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' right now and just read your post... either way, made me laugh.
Mike
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Maybe your blog is better optimized for the term than your home page is. If your blog is about door hangers and your home page is about door hangers, then something's gotta give. Or, maybe you changed something on your homepage? Certainly, you should take a look at all of your internal anchor text and see what your links are telling google about what page should be ranking for that term.
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Maybe your blog is kickass and lots of people are likin' linkin' and tweetin'?
Maybe your main site has a Panda or Penguin problem?
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