My index URL was removed from Google, but all others remain in the search engines

[Verve-Innovation]

HI All,  My site was ranking very well and was in 1st page of google for most of my keywords. Couple of weeks back we did some update to the site and moved it to new hosting and from then onwards I dont see my site home page in Google ranking . My Website Name is : royalevents.com.au. It used to be in 1st of Google for keywords like wedding Mandaps, Indian Wedding Mandaps etc,

Would be great if some one helps us to figure out whats gone wrong .. I also did Webmaster Fetch as Google but nothing happened.

Thanks

[GPainter]

hello,

First off what happened when you did fetch as Google? it should give you a message if there was a problem. Not that it is the problem but the following won't be doing you any favors:

<link rel='<a class="attribute-value">prev</a>' title='<a class="attribute-value">Contact Us</a>' href='[http://royalevents.com.au/contacts/](view-source:http://royalevents.com.au/contacts/)' /><link rel='<a class="attribute-value">next</a>' title='<a class="attribute-value">Contact Us</a>' href='[http://royalevents.com.au/contacts/](view-source:http://royalevents.com.au/contacts/)' />

it will be acting a bit like a canonical link pointing towards the contact page.

The other thing it amy be is your canonical is pointing towards http://royalevents.com.au/ but your redirects all go to http://royalevents.com.au again this is not going to be helping you.

Hope that helps a bit, if you could let us know what happens with fetch as Google it can help.

Looking at it I am very confidant the pagination i the problem acting like a canonical to the contact page.
Remove it and fetch and you should be good.

good luck 

[Verve-Innovation]

HI Chris, Thanks for your reply,

Fetch as Google didnt have any problem. I submitted it to Index. see below two dropbox link.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z6uuvcn4rbcrd6/fetch%20as%20google.JPG?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/86gtyos8173eosu/HomePage%20-%20Fetch%20as%20Google.txt?dl=0

And I didnt understand the point you mention about 'canonical' and how does it affect. Can you please explain bit more and what I need to do . Thanks you very much

[GPainter]

currently you've got pagination on your page (rel=next/prev) this acts like a canonical link (telling Google the page is a duplicate of another) remove the following meta:

<link rel='<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">prev</a>' title='<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Contact Us</a>' href='<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://royalevents.com.au/contacts/</a>' /><link rel='<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">next</a>' title='<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Contact Us</a>' href='<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://royalevents.com.au/contacts/</a>' />

And you should find you bounce back. Let me know if you want me to talk some more about it and i would be happy to break it down further.

[MattAntonino]

You have two major problems that could cause this problem.

1. Google still has your mobile homepage cached at http://www.m.royalevents.com.au/

2. You have a lot of duplicate content from the homepage. Google may be indexing some of the other content. http://bit.ly/17ZjXiw

If you add some unique content, get that mobile homepage deindexed (claim in WMT, fetch) then you should see the homepage come back.

[Verve-Innovation]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for your reply. As I said before I don understand why mobile site got all preference suddenly. It all happened after I changed the hosting.

**Just a quick question: **

1. Google still has your mobile homepage cached at http://www.m.royalevents.com.au/

I am redirecting http://www.m.royalevents.com.au/  to royalevents.com.au is that fine .?

And How do I deindex ? Should I use remove URL?

[MattAntonino]

You're actually not redirecting it - at least not when I go to it. I see "page not found."

It's ok not to have a m. mobile site if your current one is responsive, yes.

I would deindex by resubmitting your sitemap to WMT & forcing a recrawl in WMT (Fetch)

[Verve-Innovation]

Hi Matt,

I have deindexed as you mentioned and re indexed the site but issue still exist. Is there anything I could do . Thanks

[MattAntonino]

I actually think it's fixed now:

http://bit.ly/1MHUl9j

[Verve-Innovation]

HI Matt,

Its fixed . But the main issue still remains. I mean my homepage yet to show in Google or getting indexed. Website:  royalevents.com.au

[MattAntonino]

What section of content on the homepage is unique and requires Google to index it?

[Verve-Innovation]

HI Matt,

Everything is Unique, Its our own Content and Images we have there and more over the site used to be No.1 on Google but suddenly disappeared when we had this hosting change .

[MattAntonino]

Duplicate: http://bit.ly/1O4zTkr
Duplicate: http://bit.ly/1ADqvej
Doesn't even show your footer box: http://bit.ly/18FAHvD
Duplicate: http://bit.ly/1MIuUUW

Nothing on your homepage is unique - I don't think one single line is unique. Please check the links above & see. There's one line of your homepage you don't even show up for - only the duplicate does.

Sorry, this is all I can help on the issue. There's no unique content on your homepage. I suggest you copy any sentence, put in quotes, put in Google as I've done above. You'll see many results.

[Verve-Innovation]

Hi Matt,

**see my answers below: **

Doesn't even show your footer box: http://bit.ly/18FAHvD - Site Listed here is extract from my site. See the url Link . But why not my site there?

Duplicate: http://bit.ly/1ADqvej   - All refer to my Page within . Not anyone outside. May Be I should change.

Duplicate: http://bit.ly/1MIuUUW - Yes, its a duplicate blog , I should remove.

[MattAntonino]

_http://bit.ly/18FAHvD - Site Listed here is extract from my site. See the url Link . But why not my site there? _

You don't have more authority than siteglimpse. Given how much other duplicate is on the site, Google thinks you're scraping content. You don't have the authority to outrank them on this content or based on links.

_Duplicate: http://bit.ly/1ADqvej   - All refer to my Page within . Not anyone outside. May Be I should change. _

Look at the bottom of the page & page 2. There's lots not on your site. Facebook, Youtube, Staged, WN.com, etc.

[Verve-Innovation]

Hi Chris,

Sorry i was trying different things , but we have searched all the files but couldn't find any way to remove that meta tag from website. Can you guide us more.

Thanks

[GPainter]

It looks like you are using Wordpress, there may be a plugin with out looking into the admin panel its difficult to guide, but I'm sure you can find a few guide in removing the pagination in Wordpress. You can also change the canonical tag to point to where you are redirecting to rather than an incorrect page which will help.

[Verve-Innovation]

HI Matt,

My site was back in google now ( **http://tinyurl.com/q6tqhc2 **) . Not sure what happened there and I havent changed any content . Looks completely strange but helped me to fix the mobile index issue.