 Do I Have Too Much Content?, Web site with more than 100,000 pages... Way more than competition |
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 Aug 29 2007, 03:54 PM
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HR 1  Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 17-October 06 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 08:14 AM Member No.: 14,453  |
I manage an e-commerce site with roughly 150,000 indexed pages. Each page is unique and relevant, however...
Most of our competition has way fewer indexed pages... Usually in the range of about 50,000... and in almost all cases, they are doing much better. Granted, they've been around longer than we have... My question is this: Is it possible to have too much content? Should I trim down some of my indexed pages, and focus more on our most popular products? Would this give them more relevance in the eyes of Google? Your thoughts are appreciated. Thanks! |
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Aug 29 2007, 07:22 PM
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 High Rankings Advisor  Group: Admin Posts: 29,196 Joined: 21-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 08:14 AM From: Ashland, MA Member No.: 2 |
Not sure why you think the number of pages should have anything to do with your rankings.
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Aug 29 2007, 07:28 PM
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HR 6 Group: Active Members Posts: 962 Joined: 21-May 07 User's local time: Feb 10 2010, 12:14 AM Member No.: 17,306 |
Are you concerned with 'LinkJuice' having to be shared between more pages?
If so, structuring your site (in terms of theway pages link to each other) will establish what pages are important if the structure does indeed reflect this. |
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Aug 30 2007, 09:10 AM
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HR 1 Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 17-October 06 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 08:14 AM Member No.: 14,453 |
QUOTE(Jill @ Aug 29 2007, 07:22 PM)  Not sure why you think the number of pages should have anything to do with your rankings. My concern is this: I don't want to come across as being too "spammy." Many of our products are very similar to one another. I can't but wonder if by trimming down my total number of pages, the remaining pages will be considered more relevant. |
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Aug 30 2007, 02:24 PM
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 HR 9  Group: Moderator Posts: 4,356 Joined: 13-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 01:14 PM From: Blackpool UK Member No.: 492 |
one somewhat major flaw in your thinking.
Search engines don't rank websites, they rank webpages |
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Aug 30 2007, 09:53 PM
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High Rankings Advisor Group: Admin Posts: 29,196 Joined: 21-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 08:14 AM From: Ashland, MA Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE My concern is this: I don't want to come across as being too "spammy." Are the pages necessary for your site? If so, it's not a search engine concern. If not, why are they there in the first place? |
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Sep 2 2007, 07:41 PM
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HR 2 Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 16-August 06 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 08:14 AM Member No.: 13,242 |
If all the pages are unique, I don't see why there would be a problem with them being too "spammy". If they're just duplicate pages with different product names thrown in, then maybe I'd consider getting rid of some of the pages.
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 Sep 2 2007, 08:05 PM
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HR 1 Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 30-August 07 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 08:14 AM Member No.: 18,396 |
hey tkambler, and Hello everybody.
I dont see the connection between the number of webpages and pagerank of your site. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/whitehat.gif) Theoritically, Google pagerank is the standard measurement of a website in accordance with its quality. and this decides the position on Google SERPs. So your problem does not account to the no of pages(150,000-high competition) but with the quality and heirachy of those pages. Just rearrange your pages and that should give a boost to your Google pagerank. Good luck. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/crossfingers.gif) |
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Sep 2 2007, 10:10 PM
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High Rankings Advisor Group: Admin Posts: 29,196 Joined: 21-July 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 08:14 AM From: Ashland, MA Member No.: 2 |
QUOTE Theoritically, Google pagerank is the standard measurement of a website in accordance with its quality. and this decides the position on Google SERPs. Actually it's calculated on a page-by-page basis, not by website, as far as I know. QUOTE Just rearrange your pages and that should give a boost to your Google pagerank. Huh? Rearrange them how? Not sure I understand your answer to the question posed. |
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Sep 3 2007, 03:13 AM
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HR 9 Group: Moderator Posts: 4,356 Joined: 13-August 03 User's local time: Feb 9 2010, 01:14 PM From: Blackpool UK Member No.: 492 |
QUOTE I dont see the connection between the number of webpages and pagerank of your site PageRank is based on links and as the pages in any given site most probably link to other pages in that same site ... ... QUOTE Theoritically, Google pagerank is the standard measurement of a website in accordance with its quality Only "quality" based on the number of links to that page. |
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