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I'm still new for SEO,but my website is OK in SERP.But I have a problem.Firstuble I use a sitebuilder tool to create it,and after 2 months I realise that all my pages have the same deiscription and title tags- they was supplemental in google index,accept my URL.So I learn how to make individual tags and discriptions for all pages,and now all of them are unique.But I made a mistake to post an free ads,with the same discritions and titles as my pages.In result of that,my pages are gone from google's index.My question is-are this ads the reason for that "disappearing",can I bring that pages back,and how long is gonna take?I already delete this ads:)
My second question is about my home page.I rename it(and isert keywords in the page name)It seems that my url and my home page are different pages.But they are the same and with the same tags and discription.If change the tags of my home page,the tags of url are changed automatically.So google put my home page as a supplemental result as well.My question is-how can i fix the problem?
Thanks in advance
Every page has a URL. Your 'home page' - probably something like www.domain.com/index.html has TWO urls - it can also be reached at www.domain.com/ - different URL, same page.
You should ALWAYS link to www.domain.com, or '/' for internal links. NEVER use the index.html (or whatever).
You might also consider forwarding domain.com/ to www.domain.com/ (site wide server 301 permanent redirect)
On the other point, title and description tags are important, but do not forget that CONTENT matters more - if two pages have different content, having a similar title / description will not damage them (but won't help, either!)
Test yours by going to domain.com and see what shows.
If you have one, you use it to load the page, but you have th advantage of a shorter, neater, easier to remember URL - there is only one page on YOUR site that can do this; widgets.html is NOT one of them.
That is the single, key, central, most important page of your site. Use it!
Consider a 301 from domain.com/index.html (or whatever you use) to domain.com/ Use domain.com whenever you arrange links. This concentrates everything on ONE KEY Page.
This will have no effect on other pages, provided they have their own content.
If you use both URL, yes, one will become supplementary. So don't use both. Use one. Some people 301 from domain.com/ to domain.com/index.html - that also solves the problem, but it is a sign of insanity.
domain.com/ is a gift; don't waste it.
