Does it matter how many pages you have if you're only trying to rank one?

[zannix]

Hi, my question is in the title.

So - Does it matter how many pages you have if you're only trying to rank one?

In my case, I'm only trying to rank homepage, im linking only to my homepage in articles, etc.

But I do have some extra pages like contact, about, privacy policy + 3 additional "coming soon" pages.

Will this affect the ranking of my site in google?
If I remove those pages, will the ranking of my homepage improve?


Second question - (this could be a stupid one, watch out !)

How come backlink tracking tools dont show my backlinks from articles at goarticles and sooperarticles for example, even though they have been indexed by google?


Third question - If I've submitted same article to more article directories (5 of them), does google only see that as ONE backlink?

Big thanks!!!

[DireStraits]

Originally Posted by zannix

Hi, my question is in the title.

So - Does it matter how many pages you have if you're only trying to rank one?

In my case, I'm only trying to rank homepage, im linking only to my homepage in articles, etc.

But I do have some extra pages like contact, about, privacy policy + 3 additional "coming soon" pages.

Will this affect the ranking of my site in google?
If I remove those pages, will the ranking of my homepage improve?

No. I can't think of any reason why this would make a difference.

But you might want to get the "coming soon" pages up and running soon ... "under construction" sites are so 90s.

Originally Posted by zannix

Second question - (this could be a stupid one, watch out !)

How come backlink tracking tools dont show my backlinks from articles at goarticles and sooperarticles for example, even though they have been indexed by google?

Are you sure they're indexed? I've never used Sooperarticles, but when I was using GoArticles with any regularity I began to realise that new article pages often weren't being indexed like they used to be (not without my building backlinks to them, at least - and I'm certainly not doing that).

They might soon appear in whatever backlink-checking tool you're using, but they might not. These tools don't show every backlink they know about, anyway.

I wouldn't worry about it. Just keep building your backlinks.

Originally Posted by zannix

Third question - If I've submitted same article to more article directories (5 of them), does google only see that as ONE backlink?

No. An article doesn't need to be unique for its backlinks to count.

But again, don't expect to always see every copy of your article counting as a backlink in whatever backlink-checking tool you're using. Just because you cannot always see them, it doesn't mean Google and/or other search-engines can't, and it doesn't mean they're not counting them.

[photodrew]

As long as your site looks "legitimate" - and it sounds like you're doing it right - then nothing to worry about with the lack of pages. It may take awhile for you to get Pagerank (on the toolbar anyway), but doesn't matter with rankings.

As for the backlink thing, all tools show something different, so I wouldn't worry about it - just keep slowly and consistently working on your backlinks. You'll get there

[ianspencer]

i can't understand your question but the only thing is that whenever you submit the article , press release etc. then you have to use landing pages of the targeted keywords.

[jagbani]

no i dont think internal linking in your site can effect your site page rank and search engine traffic..

[dadamson]

Originally Posted by jagbani

no i dont think internal linking in your site can effect your site page rank and search engine traffic..

That's incorrect, the internal linking is all part of your onpage SEO which can affect your rankings, therefore giving you more search traffic.

[The Blueprinter]

Google loves new material and sites with good written posts and articles will have better luck to rank in the SERP.

[StoneWilson]

You need to understand that what you are promoting is "keyword", not "page".
First answer: As long as your pages contain keywords or keywords-related contents, they are beneficial.
Second answer: Tools are not 100% accurate.
Third answer: Don't spam your articles, even it's a nice and high quality article, after you submit it many times, it turns to be spam.

[DireStraits]

Originally Posted by StoneWilson

Third answer: Don't spam your articles, even it's a nice and high quality article, after you submit it many times, it turns to be spam.

Not exactly.

It's called content syndication - a very common and legitimate practice, and one used by many of the world's largest news agencies.

By definition, spam is when you are sending/submitting something (usually e-mail, but can equally apply to other forms of content through other online mediums) on a mass scale, on an unsolicited basis.

The whole purpose of an article directory is as a content depository. They want you to submit your articles to them, and most (with exception to one high-profile directory - Buzzle) do not care if that content is unique or non-unique.

So it's not spam. And certainly not if the article meets their quality/editorial guidelines, and is precisely the sort of content they're trying to solicit from people in the first place.

[amanchem]

it does matters that how many pages you have for getting serp . if you have more pages that means you have more content .and google like more content website.

your tool does not show due to certain reason : your tool has problem or google has indexed your article but your backlinks are from no follow backlinks .

check your backlinks .

[Steven Miranda]

Internal page linking DOES matter as part of good on-page SEO. Don't ignore this part and just focus on off-page SEO as you most likely will be disappointed in your rankings. I believe the more pages indexed by Google the better.

[oogyboogawa]

That is why Amazon, Wikipedia, etc are many times able to rank pages that don't have any backlinks to them.

[zannix]

Just a reply for the backlink tools accuracy - No, I honestly DON'T think they are 100% accurate.

I have 3 articles on sooperarticles and 3 on goarticles. All 6 of them contain 1 dofollow link in the resource box.

Also, all 6 of them show up on google when I type in the URL of the article and click search. (which supposingly means they're indexed)

How come backlinks checker doesn't reckonize those as backlinks to my site?

[jhonsean]

I think it doesn't matter if how many pages that if you are only trying to rank one because each content is related in your site.

[yukon]

Yes, it matters.

Internal links can be very helpful ranking in the SERPs.

You have 100% control over them (on-page text) unlike external backlinks that you don't own.

My question is, since internal pages are so easy to build, why would you not want them?

[zannix]

I've no idea... it just seems stupid to me that you can go ahead, build 20 pages, exclude them from navigation bar and have them linking to your homepage.

[yukon]

Originally Posted by zannix

I've no idea... it just seems stupid to me that you can go ahead, build 20 pages, exclude them from navigation bar and have them linking to your homepage.

Wordpress Tags alone, can get you an extra 20 free pages, If your hardcore with the tags, lol.

Also a category page, who cares If you have a single page in the category, it's still a free page that can be ranking in the SERPs.

It's not stupid to have 20 pages ranking for similar keywords opposed to 1 page ranking for a single keyword.

[zannix]

I don't think you quite get me, or maybe I don't get you?

Im only trying to rank for one keyword. Everything I'm interested in is obtaining backlinks in order to rank the homepage of my website, which is promoting a product.

Would, for example, a backlink pointing back to my homepage, from my "contact page", with an anchor of the keywords that my domain is focused on, HELP at all with promoting my site in the search engine rankings?

[Kenwa87]

Internal linking is very important for SEO. however if you don't have other pages then you don't. Try it out and see how it all goes for you. We never truly know till we test it out.

[AndyBlackSEO]

The more pages a website has, the more authority that site will have. There are many other factors though like how many of these 'pages' have high quality content? How relevant are the pages content to the main these of your site (main keywords).. and how often are new pages added.

How longs a piece of string?

[AdamWagner]

I have noticed that internal linking can have dramatic effects on low competition keywords, but the higher the competition, then like anything else you need a large volume of internal links for it to make any noticeable difference.

Why do you only want one keyword? Your niche has to have at least some diversity...Maybe a variation even of your golden keyword...

[queeni]

Why cant you? Most of the time, i could rank my main kw for just link to my main homepage and i could achieve it in about three months. Dont worry about anything but build,build,build your reputation by Backlinkings

[dani2012]

I have added 300+pages in addition to my originally 60+pages. WITH proper keyword density & linking. But the ranking did not change after 2 weeks, I am still at 2nd page.
what s wrong!

[willium4]

No problem if you target only home page and you can add more pages. Don't target same keywords on pages which you will add.

[dani2012]

Originally Posted by willium4

No problem if you target only home page and you can add more pages. Don't target same keywords on pages which you will add.

What does "Don't target same keywords on pages which you will add" mean?

[rlhurst]

Originally Posted by dani2012

What does "Don't target same keywords on pages which you will add" mean?

Don't use the same keyword that you're using to drive traffic to your home page, on those other pages,... that will take the focus off of your home page. On each addtional page you put up, use a variation (or different) of your "main" keyword on that page. Plus within that "additional" page, you can "work in" your home page keyword as an anchor text link back to your home page, giving you an internal link.