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      • TheSEODR
        TheSEODR last edited by

        Have you created and submitted a XML sitemap to google through webmaster tools?

        Also, Seomoz recommends limiting the links on any page to less than 100. The reason they state is "When search engine spiders crawl the Internet they are limited by technology resources and are only able to crawl a certain number of links per webpage...though if your pages have a high page authority, search engines will usually follow more links."

        With this in mind I would consider building links to deeper pages on your site to help build authority and help google find some of these pages that aren't indexed.

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        • Unity
          Unity last edited by

          Hi,

          You should really fix your XML sitemap, at the moment it appears as a regular webpage within your site (http://www.leatherup.com/sitemap.xml). By adding the XML sitemap you can list all the URLs in your website. Upload your sitemap URL via Google Webmaster Tools.

          Also, as your lower level pages are similar in content (keyword name/targets) it is possible that Google has grouped them together and decided only to index one of the URLs for each group. To move away from this it is really important that each webpage clearly communicates to Google what your keyword targets are. Some things you can do:

          • Meta descriptions: At the moment they are not unique and for lower level pages they talk more about branding than the page. This will help with your click through.
          • Title tags: these look okay, but to be sure just go through your website and ensure that they are unique and have the category name followed by branding only
          • Meta keywords: remove this tag from your site, at the moment you are keyword spamming and could be penalized
          • Add permanent introductory content to your category pages. Ensure they are unique, use the keyword targets of that page and are interesting and informative to the visitor. If applicable you can link to other sections within your site from this content (but only do 2-3)
          • Build links to your lower level pages, ensure links are from quality websites and that the anchor text you use is the keyword target of the page you are linking to.

          Hope that helps,

          Davinia

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