Photography Sites with Same Developer - Why Is One Ranking & Other Not?

[BrittanyHighland]

I'm currently confused about the difference in ranking between two competing sites, created by the same agency.

http://jmayphoto.com/index2.php#!/home (302 redirected from http://jmayphoto.com...yeah) is not ranking well, and I'm not surprised.

However, competitor http://www.shanrenee.com/ is ranking within the top 5 spots for a primary target keyword (dallas wedding photographer) and I don't understand how it's doing so well.

I definitely see differences, but not enough to explain how Shan Renee is one page. What am I missing?

[Vizergy]

shanrenee.com has relevant links from photography and wedding sites.

http://jmayphoto.com/index2.php#!/home does not.  Also, the URL string is funky, I don't put stock in keywords tags but this one is stuffed pretty bad - and the pages that do have content... it appears that the content is Framed...  They may have been developed by the same agency but they did not develop them in the same way at all.

[BrittanyHighland]

Thank you for taking the time to respond, Billy. I did see that J May Photo has literally no inbound links to the "funky" URL, but hadn't checked ShanRenee's links yet. Appreciate your time.