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I have some questions that I though I knew the answers to, but I guess not. I submitted a site to google's Add URL and I done the site maps and I only have 1 good page indexed out of the site. Plus Google tells me "In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar"... content is different in each page, should I re-do the descriptions and KW, what about the design, in each page I have the same Header, Sidebar and Footer, in which they have the same external links and alt tags for SEO purposes. I understand the more pages I have indexed, the better results I should have. Any ways, this is killing me, this site was once ranked #1 or #2 and now it's lost between #15 and #200. Since the other pages haven't been indexed, what changes should I make so they won't be omitted, and should I re-submit the URL afterwards??

Please help.

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Quick diagnostic and action plan for the “In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar” problem.

That message is Google’s index/result consolidation kicking in: it has found pages it considers near-duplicates and is showing only one representative. Identical headers/footers or shared nav are not the usual root cause — the search engine looks at the primary content block, canonical signals, and crawl/index status. Follow these steps to find and fix the underlying issue.

  • Verify what Google actually indexed: run site:yourdomain.com and compare that list to your sitemap.
  • Use Google Search Console: check Coverage and Sitemaps, inspect a non-indexed URL to see the exact exclusion reason (duplicate, blocked, noindex, crawl error, etc.), and check Manual Actions. and Sitemaps overview are useful references.
  • Check technical causes: confirm each page returns HTTP 200, has no noindex meta, is not blocked by robots.txt, and does not have a rel=canonical pointing to a different page by mistake. If pages are parameterized or have session IDs, canonicalize or consolidate them. See Google’s guidance on consolidating duplicate URLs: Consolidate duplicate URLs.
  • Improve the unique surface area: give each page a clearly distinct H1 and substantial, original body content (not just small text changes). Templates are fine; the unique main content must be meaningful. Add internal links from well-indexed pages so crawlers reach them reliably.
  • After fixes: update your sitemap and use URL Inspection to request reindexing for priority pages. Avoid repeatedly “submitting” the site; fix the root causes first.

and were right to push unique metadata, and ’s point about depth is important — but go beyond meta tags: check canonicalization, crawlability, and the size/uniqueness of the main content.

Member Avatar for dss

Hi,
I am having a website
I had tried my best to increase its search engine position in google.
but not bale to do that can you help me so that i can have my website to be listed in 2-3 page of google.
thankx

Member Avatar for mandar-seo

If you have the same header, footer, meta tags, description and keywords please change the same according the page content. It is better to have different keywords, description and title for each webpage. You said earlier your site was on #1 and 2. If this was the case then you need not to worry as in a short time you will gain what you think you have lost now. By the time you will read this post who knows your problem might have got solved. Please let me know the updates.

With regards,
Mandar Thosar

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try and vary your content more for a better result, the pages above you most likely have more depth to their websites so more of their pages have been indexed.

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I have some questions that I though I knew the answers to, but I guess not. I submitted a site to google's Add URL and I done the site maps and I only have 1 good page indexed out of the site. Plus Google tells me "In order to show you the most relevant results, we have omitted some entries very similar"... content is different in each page, should I re-do the descriptions and KW, what about the design, in each page I have the same Header, Sidebar and Footer, in which they have the same external links and alt tags for SEO purposes. I understand the more pages I have indexed, the better results I should have. Any ways, this is killing me, this site was once ranked #1 or #2 and now it's lost between #15 and #200. Since the other pages haven't been indexed, what changes should I make so they won't be omitted, and should I re-submit the URL afterwards??

Please help.

Hi,

Use different title and descriptions so that you can avoid omitted results :!:

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