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indexed 3 wks ago, but not ranked

by joejoe11
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Hi,

I recently launched 13 mini-niche adsense sites.

The first wave (one month ago) of 7 got indexed and ranked within a week and still are doing fine.

The second wave (3 weeks ago) of 6 got indexed within days, *but* none of them are ranking.

Constants:
--they all use the same static html template, each with one page of unique content (~500 words)
--all in tight niches and well seo optimized, so they should show up around page 1 - 3
--they all have the same privacy policy and disclaimer pages and initially I did not have a robots.txt disallow line. On some sites googlebot indexed the privacy and disclaimer pages first. (I've since included robots.txt files to all sites and disallowed the privacy policy and disclaimer pages.)

The only difference between wave 1 and 2 is that I added wave 2 sites to google webmaster tools early on in the process.

Questions:

1. Did I get the google "beat down" here because of duplicate content on privacy and disclaimer pages?
2. Is it a bad idea to up at google webmaster tools? Funny how only sites that I signed up to webmaster tools...
3. Am I worrying about nothing. (Just seems a long time to get indexed, then *not* ranked.)

thanks for any sage advice here.

joejoe
#ago #indexed #ranked #wks
  • Profile picture of the author dany1987r
    Originally Posted by joejoe11 View Post

    Hi,

    I recently launched 13 mini-niche adsense sites.

    The first wave (one month ago) of 7 got indexed and ranked within a week and still are doing fine.

    The second wave (3 weeks ago) of 6 got indexed within days, *but* none of them are ranking.

    Constants:
    --they all use the same static html template, each with one page of unique content (~500 words)
    --all in tight niches and well seo optimized, so they should show up around page 1 - 3
    --they all have the same privacy policy and disclaimer pages and initially I did not have a robots.txt disallow line. On some sites googlebot indexed the privacy and disclaimer pages first. (I've since included robots.txt files to all sites and disallowed the privacy policy and disclaimer pages.)

    The only difference between wave 1 and 2 is that I added wave 2 sites to google webmaster tools early on in the process.

    Questions:

    1. Did I get the google "beat down" here because of duplicate content on privacy and disclaimer pages?
    2. Is it a bad idea to up at google webmaster tools? Funny how only sites that I signed up to webmaster tools...
    3. Am I worrying about nothing. (Just seems a long time to get indexed, then *not* ranked.)

    thanks for any sage advice here.

    joejoe
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  • Profile picture of the author joejoe11
    I submitted the sites to ismysiteindexed.com, which creates a new webpage for your site, then submitted that url to pingomatic.com
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  • Profile picture of the author George Wright
    For the purpose me this discussion would you define indexed and ranked?

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    • Profile picture of the author joejoe11
      Originally Posted by George Wright View Post

      For the purpose me this discussion would you define indexed and ranked?

      George Wright
      indexed means my site shows up for a site:mydomain.com on google

      ranked means my site shows up in the top 1000 for my three-word keyword string
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Why are you letting Google index your disclaimer pages? I block those.
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    • Profile picture of the author joejoe11
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      Why are you letting Google index your disclaimer pages? I block those.
      I'm a newb. What can I say? I've since disallowed privacy and disclaimer pages.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
        Originally Posted by joejoe11 View Post

        I'm a newb. What can I say? I've since disallowed privacy and disclaimer pages.
        lol - I thought you might have had a reason. I'd allow the privacy page though, but I'd put it in a separate directory. I make one directory I use for pages that don't contribute to the theme of my site. Some of those pages I don't allow to be indexed (like dislaimers) and some I do (contact, privacy, etc.).
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        • Profile picture of the author joejoe11
          Dennis,

          thanks for the info. so disclaimer in separate directory. privacy ok to be indexed even if there are a bunch of exact copies (on my sites and other people's sites) floating around the net?

          joe
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          • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
            Originally Posted by joejoe11 View Post

            Dennis,

            thanks for the info. so disclaimer in separate directory. privacy ok to be indexed even if there are a bunch of exact copies (on my sites and other people's sites) floating around the net?

            joe
            Your privacy policy is easily made different by mentioning the name of the site it speaks for, and making minor changes, but yes, it's okay if it's the same too. Keep it in a separate directory from your main content. The content in your main directory should all be related to your site's main theme.
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    • Profile picture of the author joejoe11
      so is this a duplicate content slap?

      if so, what's the best way to recover? back to webmaster tools and request a reconsideration?
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      • Profile picture of the author Erinmcd
        How do you prevent disclaimer pages from being indexed?
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        • Profile picture of the author joejoe11
          Originally Posted by Erinmcd View Post

          How do you prevent disclaimer pages from being indexed?

          in a robots.txt file like this:

          User-agent: *
          Disallow: /privacy
          Disallow: /disclaimer
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  • Profile picture of the author greff
    First, if you are not ranked in the first page you are not there for the average surfer, except for long tails.

    Second, what made you think all niches are created equal? Sometimes you can't break through no matter what you do (except Adwords), so you are likely to just let some go, if you are smart.
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  • Profile picture of the author greff
    It is NOT a duplicate content slap. Haven't we hashed that one to death?
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  • Profile picture of the author pcpupil
    OK,how do i put the robot disallow code in a WP blog.(site)
    For an individual page that is.
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    • Profile picture of the author halfpoint
      Originally Posted by pcpupil View Post

      OK,how do i put the robot disallow code in a WP blog.(site)
      For an individual page that is.
      Use the Platinum SEO plugin and you can add NoIndex and NoFollow to pages/posts easily.
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