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

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    • GPainter
      GPainter @Verve-Innovation last edited by

      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.

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      • MattAntonino
        MattAntonino last edited by

        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.

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        • Verve-Innovation
          Verve-Innovation @MattAntonino last edited by

          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?

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          • MattAntonino
            MattAntonino @Verve-Innovation last edited by

            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)

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            • Verve-Innovation
              Verve-Innovation @MattAntonino last edited by

              Hi Matt,

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

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              • MattAntonino
                MattAntonino @Verve-Innovation last edited by

                I actually think it's fixed now:

                http://bit.ly/1MHUl9j

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                • Verve-Innovation
                  Verve-Innovation @MattAntonino last edited by

                  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

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                  • MattAntonino
                    MattAntonino @Verve-Innovation last edited by

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

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                    • Verve-Innovation
                      Verve-Innovation @MattAntonino last edited by

                      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 .

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                      • MattAntonino
                        MattAntonino @Verve-Innovation last edited by

                        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.

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                        • Verve-Innovation
                          Verve-Innovation @MattAntonino last edited by

                          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.

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                          • MattAntonino
                            MattAntonino @Verve-Innovation last edited by

                            _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.

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                            • Verve-Innovation
                              Verve-Innovation @GPainter last edited by

                              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

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                              • GPainter
                                GPainter @Verve-Innovation last edited by

                                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.

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                                • Verve-Innovation
                                  Verve-Innovation @MattAntonino last edited by

                                  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.

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