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    My blog is showing in search results instead of my homepage and this is fine, but less than ideal. Any idea on how I can fix this?

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    • ChrisClever
      ChrisClever last edited by

      My blog is showing in search results instead of my homepage and this is fine, but less than ideal. Any idea on how I can fix this?

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      • KeriMorgret
        KeriMorgret last edited by

        Hi Scott,

        Rand wrote a good post about diagnosing why the "wrong" page may be showing up in the search results. This may be a good place to start investigating. http://www.seomoz.org/blog/wrong-page-ranking-in-the-results-6-common-causes-5-solutions

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        • DiamondJewelryEmpire
          DiamondJewelryEmpire last edited by

          Try using proper anchor text for your home page.

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