Site operator result anomaly
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"Site:" search for site:http://www.mycity4kids.com/Bangalore/activity-based-approach is showing 76 results.I am using SERPS Redux to collect all the indexed pages, but when I re-checked indexed status of these pages using "site operator" google showed that these pages are not indexed.
What is the possible explanation for this?
Thanks
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Hi Prashant,
I find that some of these are indexed whilst other are not. An example of a URL listed in the initial site search that won't appear for a site: search of its own is here.
I agree with Michael that your "not found" pages may be part of the problem, even though they are not returning 404s. They should be returning 404s, or at least more information about why the query "activity based classes" near the location returns no results, and what else people can look for / search for within your site instead.
The characters may also be causing a problem with Google not recognising the site: search as being the same as the given URL.
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I'm not sure why this is happening, but I did notice two things:
#1 many of the 76 pages are "sorry nothing found" pages, that probably ought to be returning 404s
#2 you've got illegal characters in your URLs, which might mess up crawlers etc.:
Here it's showing as %3C when I paste it but it's a < sign in the address bar. It might seem to be working OK, but I'd guess you're on thin ice with this.
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