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Yeah I'd say that Google is just preferring the internal page over the homepage... the content is more relevant, the keyword is in the url, etc.

Yeah the internal page has the keyword in the url - and it actually has more relevant content. So perhaps it's ok that that page is being ranked, it's just a shame that the homepage has the better page rank, so we're not getting as strong of a ranking as I think we would if the homepage were getting more of the internal links.

Is it a good idea to point internal links from other pages to the homepage instead, when the internal page really has the most relevant content just to try to get a better ranking? I'd say no, right?

I have a site that gets most of it's traffic from one keyword combination, but I've noticed lately that instead of sending people to the homepage, it's sending people to an internal page.

This isn't a problem, except for the fact that all the best link juice and domain authority has been directed at the homepage.

There's not a lot of content on the homepage, so is it worth setting up a canonical tag on the homepage for this internal page to ensure that the page authority/link juice helps to boost this page that is already being indexed for the keyword?

Nevermind - I get it now. It's for all three search engines - so it's positions across all three.

Silly me.

Thanks

Nevermind - I get it now. It's for all three search engines - so it's positions across all three.

Silly me.

Thanks

Thanks, Joel.

So considering those numbers, you'd assume they had a lot of keywords in and out of the top 3 and in and out of the top 10?

Seems like a lot of movement. Very odd.

Thanks

Jessica

I've pulled a quarterly report for a client, and it's showing very odd numbers.

I'm monitoring 58 keywords - and the current keyword ranking report from last week says that there are 21 keywords in the top 3 and 33 on the first page.

But the quarterly report says that there are 50 in the top 3 and 70 on the first page???

What's up with this?

Thanks, ThompsonPaul. I found the pages on Google eventually but I agree that the + signs make them look strange to a human user. I think it's their CMS that's doing this. I"ll check.

My initial idea was that the content on the FAQ pages was quite relevant and keyword rich and I wanted to ensure it was getting indexed. It looks like it is, but if someone hit that page from a search term the page isn't branded at all - looks quite spamming, so I don't think in it's current state it's worth trying to get more traffic.

I'll focus on the pages higher up in the directory in terms of internal and external links.

Thanks!

A lot of content on this site is displayed in pop up pages.

Eg. Visit the Title page

http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Certificate+of+Title

To access the sample report or fee details, the info is shown in a pop up page with a strange url. Example:

http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Certificate+of+Title+-+Fee+Details

I can't see any of these pages being indexed in Google or other search engines when I do a site search: http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/Certificate+of+Title+-+Fee+Details

Is there a way to get this content indexed besides telling the client to restructure this content?