The related: query for one of my urls makes no sense

[jleanv24]

I'm trying to compete regarding keyword X. Currently, I'm on first page, 7-8th position. If, for each one of the urls listed in first page for such keyword, I search for related:[url], I get similar results for all of them, but mine.

Mine shows inconsistent results, none of which related to the same topic as the other 9 in the top 10. Looking at them, the only hypothesis I am able to formulate is that, somehow, google is linking the url to its paid banners in big media. However, such banners go through an adserver and/or are declared as nofollow.

Is there any obvious reason that could be causing this? I wonder if we are on page 1 even though we're considered pretty-much 'off-topic' regarding the keyword.

[AlanMosley]

I just did a few tests on a few sites of mine,

1. a new domainname, no results

2. an old domain and i got results.

So maybe its somthing that takes time, is your sirte new?

[jleanv24]

It's not new.

Actually, the related: query gives reasonable results for

www.mydomain.com

but does not for

www.mydomain.com/particular-url

The latter has fewer inbound links, but appears in banners. Such banners are hosted on newspapers focused on different topics:  sports, business, and online versions of widely-spread newspapers.

The "related:www.mydomain.com/particular-url" query displays quotes from soccer players, business news, and other inconsistent content.

[AlanMosley]

I checked my deep pages and they come up much the same as home page. But apearing on banners would not help being in related likes in my mind. I dont know why google incleds some and not others, but i guess its on rank or popularity.