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We also look at other factors. For example, the length of the URL.
The sorted list is a pretty good estimation of the interesting pages on a domain, though I would not consider it to be a perfect list.YouTube John Mueller answered a question in the Google Product Forum on the topic. He wrote that he would not “really worry about” the order of the results, as long as the homepage for the domain continues to be indexed. You can check the index-status by using the info-query (info:https://www.sistrix.com/). To find out how often we get the case that the homepage is not shown as the number 1 result for a site:-query. For this, we ran a site:-query for 10.000 domains and checked whether the homepage was returned at the top: For about 95% of the domains checked, Google returned the homepage as the first result. Only around 5% of domains show a different result, where Google decided to show a sub-page. It is certainly easy for John Mueller to advise you to not worry about the order of results. If we assume, though, that there have not been any significant changes to the order of results, since Matt Cutts’ video, then your results for a site:-query should about mirror your own expectations of how important the pages on your domain are. From: SISTRIX Team 02.02.2021 OnPage-Optimisation Common CSS errors that can affect SEO Common SEO mistakes: Canonical tags HTML code: Common SEO mistakes Open Graph: Overview and Tips Common HTML link (external and internal) Errors What is the canonical tag and how to use it Common SEO mistakes with image alt tags Content marketing HTTP Status Codes HTML headings (H1 - H6) Learn About Structured Data Title Element (Title Tag) nofollow attribute value Top-Level-Domain (TLD) Google PageSpeed - the loading speed of a website Duplicate Content Meta Element (Meta Tag) Domain move risks, and Google rankings: 6 Examples of problems How do I safely move or migrate my website to a new domain name? Website relaunch - Always use redirects Image titles, alt and formats - Current best practice Internal link optimisation Anchor Tags And Links How to Use Rel Attributes for Better SEO How do I use the x-default hreflang attribute for international content? Back to overview German English Spanish Italian French
Should a domain’ s homepage rank first for a site -query
From: SISTRIX Team 02.02.2021 OnPage-Optimisation Common CSS errors that can affect SEO Common SEO mistakes: Canonical tags HTML code: Common SEO mistakes Open Graph: Overview and Tips Common HTML link (external and internal) Errors What is the canonical tag and how to use it Common SEO mistakes with image alt tags Content marketing HTTP Status Codes HTML headings (H1 - H6) Learn About Structured Data Title Element (Title Tag) nofollow attribute value Top-Level-Domain (TLD) Google PageSpeed - the loading speed of a website Duplicate Content Meta Element (Meta Tag) Domain move risks, and Google rankings: 6 Examples of problems How do I safely move or migrate my website to a new domain name? Website relaunch - Always use redirects Image titles, alt and formats - Current best practice Internal link optimisation Anchor Tags And Links How to Use Rel Attributes for Better SEO How do I use the x-default hreflang attribute for international content? Back to overviewThe site:-query (site:sistrix.com) displays the number of indexed URLs that a domain has within Google’s index. The question of whether the order in which these results are shown has any importance, is a regular topic for discussion. The last time we heard from Google about this topic was many years ago, when Matt Cutts released a Google Webmaster Video. The core statements were: We will sort the results through different factors. To do this, we use the estimated PageRank, but it is not exactly in PageRank-orderWe also look at other factors. For example, the length of the URL.
The sorted list is a pretty good estimation of the interesting pages on a domain, though I would not consider it to be a perfect list.YouTube John Mueller answered a question in the Google Product Forum on the topic. He wrote that he would not “really worry about” the order of the results, as long as the homepage for the domain continues to be indexed. You can check the index-status by using the info-query (info:https://www.sistrix.com/). To find out how often we get the case that the homepage is not shown as the number 1 result for a site:-query. For this, we ran a site:-query for 10.000 domains and checked whether the homepage was returned at the top: For about 95% of the domains checked, Google returned the homepage as the first result. Only around 5% of domains show a different result, where Google decided to show a sub-page. It is certainly easy for John Mueller to advise you to not worry about the order of results. If we assume, though, that there have not been any significant changes to the order of results, since Matt Cutts’ video, then your results for a site:-query should about mirror your own expectations of how important the pages on your domain are. From: SISTRIX Team 02.02.2021 OnPage-Optimisation Common CSS errors that can affect SEO Common SEO mistakes: Canonical tags HTML code: Common SEO mistakes Open Graph: Overview and Tips Common HTML link (external and internal) Errors What is the canonical tag and how to use it Common SEO mistakes with image alt tags Content marketing HTTP Status Codes HTML headings (H1 - H6) Learn About Structured Data Title Element (Title Tag) nofollow attribute value Top-Level-Domain (TLD) Google PageSpeed - the loading speed of a website Duplicate Content Meta Element (Meta Tag) Domain move risks, and Google rankings: 6 Examples of problems How do I safely move or migrate my website to a new domain name? Website relaunch - Always use redirects Image titles, alt and formats - Current best practice Internal link optimisation Anchor Tags And Links How to Use Rel Attributes for Better SEO How do I use the x-default hreflang attribute for international content? Back to overview German English Spanish Italian French