One of my pages doesn't appear in Google's search
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Our page has been indexed (I just checked) but literally doesn't exist in the first 300 results despite having a respectable DA & PA.
Is there something I can do? There's no reason why this specific page doesn't rank, as far as I can see. It's not a new page.
Cheers,
Rhys
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No problem at all. Glad to help!
All the best,
Sean
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Hi Sean,
You're right! Although, on mine, it was on page 2. Seems very unusual that with all the cookies and filters on, I was invisible on rankings?
Anyway, thank you for your help!
Best wishes,
Rhys
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Hey Rhys,
I've got you coming up at the top of page 3 for a search for 'biochemistry degree'.
Give it a quick check in incognito mode on your browser and let me know how you get on
Cheers,
Sean
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Hi Sean,
Thanks for getting back to me. I doesn't rank, at all, for 'Biochemistry degree', which I don't understand. Granted, there is some big competition, but not showing at all? Seems a bit strange.
Thanks for your advice.
Cheers,
Rhys
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Hey Rhys,
A search for 'bsc biochemistry swansea university' showed your result in first position.
Looks like it's being indexed by Google.
What were you searching that didn't show it up?
Sean
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Hi Sean,
Thanks for your reply.
Content hasn't been duplicated, and, from what I can see from the html, there is no 'noindex' tag on the page. However, I'm not sure about the robots.txt file.
URL is attached - http://www.swansea.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/medicine/bscbiochemistry/
Appreciate your help!
Cheers,
Rhys
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Hi there,
Do you have the URL for the webpage? It's hard to answer your question without knowing how it's optimised or the keyword its optimised for.
Check the following:
- has it been excluded in the robots.txt file?
- is there a meta noindex tag on the page?
- has the content been duplicated from another site?
- has the page been duplicated within your site on another URL?
There are so many possibilities. If you can supply a URL, maybe we can help you?
I hope this helps,
Sean
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