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    • yasinyaqoobi
      yasinyaqoobi last edited by

      On average my site was getting ranked 3rd for "Tucson DUI Lawyer", Best Tucson DUI Lawyer, Tucson DUI attorney and etc. Recently my website fell for all of these keywords and I thought it is the best time to launch the new website.

      The problem is that my internal pages show up for some of the keywords on the third or fourth page but my index page doesn't show for any of them. Does it have anything to do with the site structure ?

      I have a lot of news excerpts on the homepage with links to the main posts. Here is the link:

      http://www.michaelharwinlaw.com/

      Any help is sincerely appreciated.

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      • FedeEinhorn
        FedeEinhorn last edited by

        Your site is being indexed. I don't know how many pages your site actually has, but at least 80 something are indexed by Google. Your homepage http://www.michaelharwinlaw.com/ even has a rich snippet with "Michael Harwin" picture. (see screenshot)

        If you did a redesign lately (less that a month ago) you can probably expect some ranking fluctuations until Google starts picking up your site again, this could take a while.

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        • yasinyaqoobi
          yasinyaqoobi last edited by

          So the inbound links on the homepage is not hurting my rankings ?

          If not then why is my internal links showing up for some of the keywords and not the index page ?

          Thanks for the help 🙂

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          • FedeEinhorn
            FedeEinhorn @yasinyaqoobi last edited by

            What do you mean by "inbound links on your homepage"? The links in your homepage link yo pages in your site. Inbound links are those who come from external sources.

            I don't know what keywords are you using, but just the name michael harwinlaw returns an EXCELLENT result page (see screenshot).

            Now, if we are talking about specific keywords, then it will need an inbound link assessment, review for any possible penalty, etc.

            But to your main question: your index page being indexed, it is, and perfectly linked to G+ places, etc.

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