Contact pages coming up for keywords above landing pages
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I have two examples of contact pages coming up over designated landing pages
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Keyword: Nickel Alloys for www.neonickel.com
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Keyword: Artificial Grass for www.artificialgrass4u.co.uk
Is there anyway I can stop this happening?
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What I am seeing for "Nickel Alloys" is the page for nickel alloys under neonickel.com (http://www.neonickel.com/alloys/nickel-alloys/). This page is optimized very well for this and Google thinks it is the most relevant page on your site, which it is. Even if this page has less authority than your homepage, the relevancy of this page is why Google is ranking this over the homepage.
If someone is searching for nickel alloys and they get this page which is specifically about nickel alloys on your site, why would you not want them to land on this page?
The artificial grass is an interesting case. I don't see that site in the first 5 pages of search but if I search only under that domain, the homepage is ranked near the bottom compared to all your other pages. Was this page possibly just resubmitted to Google via Webmaster Tools or removal of a noindex tag? Your homepage has good authority and relevance so there is no reason I'm seeing as to why it is not ranking. Has it ranked higher in the past and been a big change in organic traffic?
Something I would definitely recommend is plugging in Webmaster Tools and check the crawl diagnostics there to see if you can get any insight. You should also submit a sitemap as well if you not have not already done so. This will help Google recognize all the pages on your site and increase the number of pages Google crawls.
Hope this can help
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Hi,
When I do a search for Nickel Alloys, I get the homepage at position 17. Other than the Adwords, I don't see www.artificialgrass4u.co.uk in the first 5 pages.
What are you using to check pages and positions?
-Andy
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