Supplemental Results and Reciprocal Linking

[shubbard]

I have recently noticed that my state pages for link exchange have been filed under Google's "supplemental" search results. I have read some posts relative to Google's definition of these results and it seems okay. But, for me, it is a problem as am I currently seeking link exchanges and when a webmaster goes into Google to make sure the link page is indexed it gives him or her link cannot be found.

As this is hurting my campaign, can anyone suggest a course of action?

[sdhomes]

You are casing your tail. Spend your time getting links that count instead of chasing recip links with little or no value from pages like your link pages with little or no value. How much of a hint from Google do you need?

[shubbard]

Bob-
Your probably right. Good advice, thanks!

[kyle422]

You are casing your tail. Spend your time getting links that count instead of chasing recip links with little or no value from pages like your link pages with little or no value. How much of a hint from Google do you need?

I feel like there is a record skipping "no recipricol links ..click no no recipricol links.." or are you are just a parrot sdhomes?

shubbard, Pages can be de-indexed and then re-indexed. Don't fret. Put some content on the pages with the links and then Google should re-index. Having link exchanges can do more than just manipulate search engine results. Maybe you'll get some referrals from someone you've done exchanges with.

sdhomes, are you really so worried about what everyone else is doing or are you on a soapbox?

[judyo]

I for one am leaning towards sdhomes interpretation as I've tried everything to get my link pages reindexed. It hasn't happened and I've given up expecting it to. Here's another thread you all might like to get involved in with your opinions as it seems like another debate starting up like the other long debate thread we've had going on the subject:
http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/thread11469.html

[VRI]

I've looked at it pretty closely and I think the faulty assumption lies in that the only pages having difficulty with supplementals are links pages. Secondly, those of you that have been having difficulty getting the pages indexed.... have you dumped some decent links on them (or brought them closer to the pr flow)? If so, what did you see? If not, why not?

[judyo]

Here's my question. I have tried changing text and/or adding text to pages that have been affected. No difference.

What do you mean by "dumped" some decent links on them? No good sites will give a link to an unindexed page. I think even you tried to help me to no avail with my Cook County site.

The site itself went up in PR and is appearing as the only real estate site besides Realtor.com on the 1st page of Google for Cook County real estate (wow, jumped to #4 since I last checked). That took a long time. I'm also on page 1 with some other kw combos.

As I've also stated, even some of my sub-pages with unique content have been deindexed and keep hopping back & forth, including my blog. So my site has had many pages deindexed and under supplemental results yet my PR and serps have increased, which is the most important thing to me.

I guess what bothers me is that it's not just my site or shubbard's site. I'm seeing this happen to many sites. Many of them are still trying to trade links with an old cache date from May or June and not realizing the page is no longer indexed. Some of these sites are newer but many are established.

I still don't get it & just don't trade anymore.

[VRI]

So... I'm guessing the answer is no?

[sdhomes]

or are you are just a parrot sdhomes?

No.

sdhomes, are you really so worried about what everyone else is doing or are you on a soapbox?

Absolutely not worried kyle, so its safe for you to assume its a soapbox. Care to prove me wrong? Pick a market, make a site and link exchange your little heart out. I'll beat you in the same market without asking for a single reciprocal link.

[HHI Golf Guy]

Here's my question. I have tried changing text and/or adding text to pages that have been affected. No difference.

Make sure that the title tags and description tags (especially the description tag) are unique and not similar for each page of your state links pages.

You also stated that you added custom content for each of the state link pages. Just make sure that content is not similar on each of the pages. Copy and past a relevant snippet of that text for your description tag, adding a KW or two as needed.

Now you need to link to those pages from a page that is not supplemental, preferably a link from another domain. If you have a blog on a separate domain, use that. If not, trade a home page link to one of those state pages with a friend's site or another site you own. Don't go nuts here, just link to one or two pages until you see that page has been spidered again, then repeat for another page or two.

It can be very difficult to get pages out of the supplemental index. You may have to create new, quality pages and use the Google URL removal tool to get the old pages out of Google.

Google is getting more and more aggressive at dumping what they consider "unworthy" pages into the supplemental index. I see a lot of webmasters that spend a ton of time creating static URL IDX pages for their site (trying to increase pages and content) only to see most or all of those pages go supplemental.