Any idea why this page isn't indexing?

[petertong23]

Hi Mozzers,

Question for all of you. Any idea why this page isn't indexing in Google? It's indexing in Bing, but we don't see it in Google's results. It doesn't seem like we have any noindex tags or anyway issues with the robots files either.

Any ideas?

http://ohva.k12.com/

[petertong23]

It does seem that when you type in site:http://ohva.k12.com that it is indexing...so I'm a bit confused. In bing when you search for "ohva k12" the site will come up, but not within Google.

[mosquitohawk]

I can confirm what you've said and mentioned in your comment.

My first thought is perhaps Google is choosing not to index it because it finds it too similar to these other sites-

• http://www.k12.com/ohva
• http://ohva.k12start.com/

Those sites are ranking for the phrase "ohio virtual academy" but not the one that is the subject of this question (at least on the first few pages).

Additionally, you don't have many quality links to the domain which is another signal Google may be using in its decision.

[JaneCopland]

Hi there,

I see the page indexed when searching for its URL: http://i.imgur.com/dhCnlqK.png

However, there is a huge amount of duplicate content when looking at the leading text on this page: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22We+have+exciting+plans+in+place+for+supporting+our+students+and+are+committed+to+a+high+level%22&oq=%22We+have+exciting+plans+in+place+for+supporting+our+students+and+are+committed+to+a+high+level%22&aqs=chrome..69i57.613j0j9&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=91&ie=UTF-8

As such, Google could well be filtering this page when it comes to more competitive searches, as it sees the same content over and over again. Have you noticed the URL being completely de-indexed and not appearing, even when searching specifically for the URL?