Ranking In Google ?

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Hi all,

I have a question that maybe somebody can answer.

I just noticed today that one of my sites, which is a .com, let´s call it yourdomain.com is at the bottom of page 12 in google search results. It has 72 backlinks.

I also noticed that a site with the exact same domain name, but has the .net extension, call it yourdomain.net, is on page 3 of google with only 9 backlinks.

Any ideas of what is going on ?

Is google punishing me for some reason ?
#search engine optimization #google #ranking #seo
  • What is the quality of your backlinks compared to your competitor? If they have high pr backlinks and yours are all low pr links, this could be the reason. You should look at the sites they have backlinks from and see if you can get some links to your site from them.
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    • Thanks hashbury, good point.

      I just checked out his backlinks. One is a pr9 (none of mine are pr9) one is a pr7 (blinklist) and the remaining few are pr0.

      I will be sure to backlink my site to the same pr9 site and blinklist, as well as a few other high pr and .edu sites I have found recently.
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  • The competitors site may also be more relevant to the keywords you are using to do this search. I'd play around with search strings until I found a combo that brought your site to page 3. Then see what page the competitors site is on using that same search string.

    Also be careful of Google personalized search. You'll want to sign out of Google or use a different browser to get truly unbiased search results.
  • Unfortunately it is not always an apples to apples comparison when it numbers of back links. There are many other factors when it comes to rankings.
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    • People assume the site with the most backlinks wins.
      It doesn't. Most times it's irrelevant. Too many people swallow
      the backlink kool-aid.

      Google looks at a whole host of things. One is backlinks from
      authoritative and relevant sites. That's why the insanity of
      getting 1,000's of free links is so off -base, it's ridiculous.

      There's also the little things like content, freshness, relevancy, that
      outweigh any number of backlinks.

      Besides, logic must dictate that you cannot list a site #1 due to
      the number of backlinks. That would make no sense.

      Paul
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  • There's a possibility that your competitor's inbound links weigh more quality than your site's backlinks.
  • Are you also trying to say you think a dot net is inferior? Hardly. Big myth.

    And why on earth do you think google looks at domain names for rankings?
    If it were only that easy. Websites get ranked and listed. Not domain names.

    You both have the same domain name and neither of you can get past page
    3. I'd say that tells you a whole lot about what you are actually doing to and
    with your site. Which actually counts. Your competition is not the site on
    page 3.

    Paul
  • The site got 9 quality,relevant backlinks and the site in page 12 did not get the relevant backlinks thats why you are seeing such differences.Its all relevacy when you build backlinks.
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