News articles on our website are being indexed, but not showing up for search queries.

[BTC_Inc]

News articles on distributed.com are being indexed by Google, but not showing up for any search queries. In Google Search, I can copy and paste the entire first paragraph of the article, and the listing still won't show up in search results.

For example, https://distributed.com/news/dtcc-moves-closer-blockchain-powered-trades doesn't rank AT ALL for "DTCC Moves Closer to Blockchain-Powered Trades", the title of the article.

We've tried the following so far:

• re-submitted sitemap to search console
• checked manual actions in search console
• checked for any no-index/no-follow tags

Please help us solve this SEO mystery!

[HashtagHustler]

Hey there. So it appears it is being indexed. I have it showing up for me. I have a feeling what is happening is websites like Nasdaq.com are taking preference to your article. The reason being that they not only have the same exact title, but they are a more trusted website.

If you do a google search for "DTCC Moves Closer to Blockchain-Powered Trades" and then tell google to show results with omitted searches you show up. Also my contact info is in my profile if you have any other questions.

[BTC_Inc]

We suspected that might be the case. We're going to talk to our NASDAQ contact to find a solution. Perhaps adding a rel canonical tag pointing back to our site?

[HashtagHustler]

That certainly should help. However it's no guarantee, Google doesn't always follow whats on the page. The problem is you are competing with Nasdaq. But yes that should help. They could also noindex their content for that page however I have a feeling they won't want to do that.