Internal Wordpress blog ranked and not the main page

[ciznerguy]

hello

www.mysite.com/blog is ranked higher than www,mysite.com.

i am trying to find the reason for the blog to rank higher which is not my goal.

the blog reached the second page and the main domain is no where to be found.

is there anything on Wordpress setup that may cause this?

thanks

[DorotheaKettler]

Is mysite.com a static page? Google values fresh content a lot, the fact that mysite.com/blog is a continuously updates with fresh articles can be an explanation for why it ranks better in search results.

[MattAntonino]

Is mysite.com new?  Did you make major changes lately?

We've found that when you start a new site, the fresher content definitely wins.  Especially things like contact pages, blog indexes, etc.  Without seeing the site, it's hard to say but I would say:

1. Freshness - if you're updating the blog and the site isn't old enough to hold its own weight, the blog will outrank it every time.

2. Links - is the blog content drawing links and the main content not?  Have you done your citation building and local SEO if it's for a local keyword?

3. Domain registration length - something very few people think about but if your domain has less than a year on registration, it usually doesn't do as well as a /blog on the same domain.

Without more info, it's hard to say - but my #1 guess is the site is new-ish or just went through a big reorganization or site change.

[PaulRonin]

Hey Guy,

I agree with Dorthea and Matt above, that both the newness of the site, and the freshness of blog content can be major factors.

To answer your initial question, no I don't think the Wordpress setup is causing the issue.  I think more than likely there is the possibility of an issue with your homepage.

There are so many little things that add up to a properly coded site and Wordpress takes care of a lot of that for you.  If your main page is a different type of CMS or statically coded page there could certainly be some basic issues that we can't address without seeing it.

I would definitely recommend that you plug your site into webmaster tools and take a look there, maybe that can give you the insite you need.

[ciznerguy]

thank you all for all your valid pointers.

the site is fairly new and yes the blog is getting newly created content.

this might be it.

that leads me to this question. since I do want particular pages to rank should I transfer authority from blog pages being ranked and if yes how?