Sitemap.xml showing up in Google Search
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Hello when I do a Google search my sitemap.xml shows up for lots of queries.
Does anyone have any advise on this? Should I remove url in Google Webmaster?
Thanks,
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Proper On-page optimization doesn't guarantee you that your keyword will appear in SERP. For this you need to increase your Page Authority by getting some good links.
Also according to your screenshot I see that you didn't use your keywords:
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ALT IMAGE (which + 20% of on-page opt for particular keyword)
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H1 (which + 30% of on-page opt for particular keyword)
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And make it or <bold>at least 1 time.</bold>
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Thanks for your help but are you sure that is the case? The page(s) in question already get a grade A in SEOmoz, there is room for SEO improvement but please see page grade attached.
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Okay, the answer is pretty simple. If you sitemap appears in Google SERP it means that Google found it the most relevant to your search query "kyocera black and white printers".
What I would recommend you to do is:
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First decide landing page is the most relevant to this query, have enough text and density of this keyword
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Then apply some easy steps of SEO on-page optimization. If you are a SEOmoz Pro member then it will be easy to do for you just going to the Research Tools and section of On-page analysis. Just follow the steps there.
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After that when you will be sure that on-page optimization done, go to Google webmasters and Fetch the URL for the particular optimized keyword and resubmit it to index.
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The latest step try to get some good quality links on your landing page with this keyword.
And after all, just wait for Google update and if everything done correct then for this search query you will get new landing page. However it doesn't mean that the page with your sitemap disappear, it will stay somewhere below the new landing page in SERP. Because if Google thinks that this page relevant to your keywords, he can't just throw it away out of SERP.
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please see image attached, thanks.
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Please specify what type of queries you are using?
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