jhazard
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Google and file placement
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I have been developing my site whilst it is up and running, I thought I'd finish it and then submit it to the search engines thinking that no-one would be able to see it unless they guessed the url.
However, what I didn't realise is that google seems to have already picked up on it but only on one page which isn't the index and if a user clicks on that its right in the middle of a process and will make no sense.
Are there rules for where the index page and other pages should be placed on the server to prevent this happening?
I have been developing my site whilst it is up and running, I thought I'd finish it and then submit it to the search engines thinking that no-one would be able to see it unless they guessed the url.
However, what I didn't realise is that google seems to have already picked up on it but only on one page which isn't the index and if a user clicks on that its right in the middle of a process and will make no sense.
Are there rules for where the index page and other pages should be placed on the server to prevent this happening?
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no, there is no external link to my site, no-one knows about it yet as it isn't finished.
How is it that other sites all seem to have their main pages listed and not a page from deep within their site. How can I avoid that?
How is it that other sites all seem to have their main pages listed and not a page from deep within their site. How can I avoid that?
jhazard - No external link!? then I would have to look at the page that was indexed - post the url if you want to.
"How is it that other sites all seem to have their main pages listed and not a page from deep within their site."
Either because they don't bother with or understand SEO which is the vast majority. Or each page has been optimized for a different search term so that for a single search on key-word only the most relevant page on their site will show high in the rankings. Also Google tends to limit itself to two entries from the same site for any given search.
"How can I avoid that?"
Optimize each page for a different key-word (phrase).
- duz
"How is it that other sites all seem to have their main pages listed and not a page from deep within their site."
Either because they don't bother with or understand SEO which is the vast majority. Or each page has been optimized for a different search term so that for a single search on key-word only the most relevant page on their site will show high in the rankings. Also Google tends to limit itself to two entries from the same site for any given search.
"How can I avoid that?"
Optimize each page for a different key-word (phrase).
- duz
jhazard - No external link!? then I would have to look at the page that was indexed - post the url if you want to.
"How is it that other sites all seem to have their main pages listed and not a page from deep within their site."
Either because they don't bother with or understand SEO which is the vast majority. Or each page has been optimized for a different search term so that for a single search on key-word only the most relevant page on their site will show high in the rankings. Also Google tends to limit itself to two entries from the same site for any given search.
"How can I avoid that?"
Optimize each page for a different key-word (phrase).
- duz
"How is it that other sites all seem to have their main pages listed and not a page from deep within their site."
Either because they don't bother with or understand SEO which is the vast majority. Or each page has been optimized for a different search term so that for a single search on key-word only the most relevant page on their site will show high in the rankings. Also Google tends to limit itself to two entries from the same site for any given search.
"How can I avoid that?"
Optimize each page for a different key-word (phrase).
- duz
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I assume this is because the search engine spider has followed an external link to your page and then indexed it. Is there an external link to that page?
The more pages of your site that are indexed the better - so don't worry about it. Just remember Search Engines like Google don't rank web sites, they rank web pages.
- duz