95% of my Pages are in the Supplemental Index

[watto]

Ok, in regards to the supplemental issue I think I have just worked why 95% of my pages (over 5000) are in the supplemental index.

After running a scan in my google webmaster tools, every single advertisement is being listed 2 or 3 times in google. As a result I think I am being penalised for duplicate content.

Below is my solution:

There needs to be only 1 url for each advertisement. From this page Businesses for Sale - Business Classifieds all advertisements point to the actual url. This is correct.

When a search is done via category or state (from this page Businesses for Sale - Buy Sell Business for Sale ) it will take take you to a page like this Cafe Business for Sale - Cafes for Sale Australia

If you put the cursor over an advertisement title on this page without clicking, it displays down the bottom of the page the actual url Cafe Business for Sale , but when you click on this link it redirects to this link Cafe Business for Sale . As a result this page (and all other pages) are being indexed 2 and 3 times (because you can also search by state).

Wouldn't it make sense to 301 redirect this url Cafe Business for Sale ( AND Cafe Business for Sale - Cafes for Sale Australia ), to the actual url here Cafe Business for Sale

This way no matter which way a user does a search they will always be pointed to the actual url. The same would apply for google bots. Right?

Regards

Pete

[watto]

Any suggestions guys or is this thread a little confusing??

Regards

watto

[projectword]

I think I understand what you are saying. You have pages in main categories that provide duplicate information to those in sub categories. If this is the problem, why dont you just build the main category page dynamically so that any extra specifics the user requests are filtered to display the appropriate results. This way the main category page would display information on all the businesses in that category or specific information due to a filter.

I wasnt entirely sure what you are asking but hope this addressed the problem.

Thanks
Jay

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by projectword

I think I understand what you are saying. You have pages in main categories that provide duplicate information to those in sub categories. If this is the problem, why dont you just build the main category page dynamically so that any extra specifics the user requests are filtered to display the appropriate results. This way the main category page would display information on all the businesses in that category or specific information due to a filter.

I wasnt entirely sure what you are asking but hope this addressed the problem.
If you are interested in a link to your website for $1 visit my website at projectword. Each link follows all good practices of a good link in googles eyes. (not javascript, anchor tags, etc)

Thanks
Jay

Let me help you understand his problem: Supplemental Index Ratio Calculator

[incrediblehelp]

Well none of the links work, so I gave up. I know you have posted many times before on here and I have seen the website go down a lot in the past. Up-time is one of your issues you should solve before worrying about anything else.

[Webnauts]

Ups? I think I miss that one.

[watto]

I have never had an issue with 'up-time'. Not sure what you meant by that??

Regards

watto

[incrediblehelp]

Links are working now, but they were not last night.

[watto]

That's strange. I usually receive an email if my site is experiencing downtime. I will follow this up.

Regards

watto

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by watto

That's strange. I usually receive an email if my site is experiencing downtime. I will follow this up.

Regards

watto

Those mails can never be 100% accurate. Those mails cannot tell network problems from several parts of the world.