Indexing but Not Ranking
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Hello, I have noticed this with some articles.
Here is an example:
http://www.sneakerfiles.com/air-jordan-11-low-closing-ceremony-release-date/For the term "Air Jordan 11 Low Closing Ceremony" I do not show up on the first 3 pages of Google even though the website has a back link to this particular page (maybe more).
It's almost like some pages just disappear.
Also I will rank very high (page 1) for a sneaker that is going to release for months then all of a sudden, about a week from the release, I disappear entirely. Not sure why this is (other in my field also rank on page 1 but stay).
The site has been around for just about 10 years now with a large amount of backlinks (I don't go out and try to obtain backlinks unless it's something exclusive to share with others).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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None at all.
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Hi SneakerFiles! Any progress on this? We'd love an update!
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It could have to do with the other issue you wrote about, hijacked content. If that other site is taking your content, Google may be seeing it as a duplicate content situation and deciding (for whatever reason) that the other site is in fact the one that should rank. This would result in your site disappearing from the serps for that content. [Assuming that you see this other site appear when your pages disappear.]
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Could be because 2 other pages of your website rank for this query:
http://www.sneakerfiles.com/sneakers/air-jordan-11/
http://www.sneakerfiles.com/sneakers/air-jordan-11-low/
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