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    Why Google would list a page with no content? and rank it in 1st /2nd page of google serps?

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    • Muhammad.IST
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      • NateStewart
        NateStewart last edited by

        Can you please rephrase the question? Feel free yo use actual urls or similar, it may help us understand.

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        • JaneCopland
          JaneCopland last edited by

          Hi there,

          I agree with Nate that the question is awkwardly phrased and I'm having a little trouble understanding exactly what is going on without real examples, but I believe what you're probably dealing with here is a case of one domain being stronger than the other, and that site ranking better based upon domain strength rather than true relevancy to the query.

          This is not uncommon and is often seen when very strong domains (big newspapers, etc.) rank for a query with a thin, unhelpful page. Higher-value, relevant results from much weaker websites rank much lower. Google attempts to stop this from happening but it's not uncommon.

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