Domain position on site:domain.com search
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Hi,
After the last week Google algotithm update, my web site index appears on 4th position when I search for site:www.domain.com
If I make a simple search for domain or domain.com it ranks on first position.
Is this a sign of a penalty ? What would be the cause ?
Thanks
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Yes, there were some changes in rankings after the algorithm update. I lost ~10-20 positions ( I mean from position 3-4 to 23-24 ) for some keywords, for others just 1-2 positions ( from 1st place to 2nd, or from 1st place to 3rd ) .
No, the pages above do not have a greater link popularity.
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I've tried to see if I can replicate it with any of my sites, but both the www and non-www site: searches always return the homepage.
Has there been any changes in ranking or traffic/keywords sending you visitors? (Or basically, why is it that this worries you :D)
Do the subpages showing above your homepage have a greater link popularity? Been building deep links or are they popular content?
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Your root domain may have been penalized, but you could probably get a better idea if you could look at the traffic or keywords that your domain ranked for before the update. I know this sounds stupid, but make sure your results aren't being personalized. Googles really been skewing all of my results with that lately, and doesn't let me disable it.
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I'm searching for site:www.domain.com . domain.com redirects to www.domain.com
When I do the search it returns 3 internal pages, on 4th position www.domain.com, then the rest the internal pages.
Before the update, the index page was the first in the results list
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Are you searching site:domain.com with no www? I'd say that's not good if it's other competitiors, and not other pages of your site. Which one does your domain redirect to, and did it do this before the update?
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