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Originally Posted by RainMaker
Can this type of redirecting be converted on my end to a 301?
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This will be determind by how your account is set up. Primary domains can always be redirected via 301. I would recommend that you talk with the respective host as they should be able to handle the redirects.
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Originally Posted by RainMaker
I do know that if I type in very specific search criteria (ie: Rico's pizzeria sarasota) on the search engines, these HTML pages are not showing up in the results.
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The first thing you would want to find out is whether that particular page within your site is indexed or not. If the page "is" indexed then your competition is winning the race on placement. If the page is "not" indexed then you have work to do on your internal linking structure.
To find out what pages in your site have been indexed by Google you can use Google's advanced operator "site:"
Here is an
example. To check pages indexed within your site simply change the URL in the example to the URL for your site.
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Originally Posted by RainMaker
On another angle...can I submit my homepage (top level page) for many different search terms.
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Ranking has nothing to do with submitting.
Submitting the page only serves the purpose of letting the SE know that the page exists. Also, submitting doesn't involve "search terms."
Ranking has everything to do with algorithms, on-page optimization and off-page optimization.
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Originally Posted by RainMaker
I asked him what that meant but he never responded. Can you explain this?
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Sure.
http://salespractice.com/ is not the same URL as
http://www.salespractice.com/
One version uses the WWW and one does not. Yes, they resolve to the same IP address but that doesn't matter. To the spiders they are simply two (2) unique and different URLs who appear to be displaying "duplicate content."