Why is my inner pages ranking higher than main page?
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Hi everyone, for some reason lately i have discovered that Google is ranking my inner pages higher than the main subfolder page.
www.domain.com/subfolder --> Target page to be ranked
www.domain.com/subfolder/aboutus ---> page that is currently rankingAlso in the SERP most of the time, it is showing both links in this manner.
www.domain.com/subfolder/aboutus
-----------www.domain.com/subfolderThanks in advance.
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@davidboh Then one has to assume it's relevance, or some issue with the first page. As I say, unfortunately hard to speculate without specifics, sorry
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@tom-capper Strangely the main subfolder page has more backlinks and higher domain authority than the deeper page.
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Strangely the main subfolder page has higher page/domain authority as well as backlinks.
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It's hard to say without specifics.
My guess would be that the deeper page is either more relevant, or historically has had more relevant links (whether they be internal or external).
Clearly the pages are on a similar topic for Google to be showing them as indented links.
- Tom
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