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Google's Index

In order to have any search engine rankings, search engine must know about your site first. What do all the search engines know about your site? Here is a quick way to find out. To to Google and type in the search box:

site:www.YourDomainName.com

If Google hasn't indexed your site, it will return a message, "Your search - site:www.YourDomainName.com - did not match any documents." If you have a brand-new site, it is likely you will see this message. However, if your website has been around for months or years, seeing this message may mean there is something wrong with your site.

If Google has indexed your site, it will list all the pages it has in its database. If you don't see all the pages of your site listed by Google, don't panic. If you have many new pages on the site, Google may not have enough time to find these pages or have not updated its database to include these pages. Another reason why pages are not included in Google's index is that Google's spider has a difficult time finding these pages while crawling your site. Some websites do not have a well-designed navigation structure that guides search engine spiders to various parts of the site (not having a well-designed navigation structure is like a highway without exit signs). In that case, you can either re-design your site navigation or create a good sitemap that enables spiders to find all pages.

One thing to pay close attention to is how many of your web pages are labeled with "Supplemental Result" by Google. Pages that carry this label are very unlikely to be ranked. If most of your web pages have this label, it is a sign that Google doesn't have enough confidence in your site - it is time to either work on search engine optimization on your own or bring on a pro to make some changes. However, if the majority of your pages are not "Supplemental", there is nothing to worry about.

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