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Hi all ive resently noticed that nearly all of my site is in the "omitted results" part of the searh engine and this is bad , Yes ?

How do it i fix this ? ive also got alot in the supplimental index too but this was an old forum that i had but the data base is the same ive just changed the forum (yestersday) to static url's will this help ?

Ive just resubmitted a new sitemap to google too , i rankn high in the search engines for "tottenham forum" and alot of long tail keywords , but i think this omitted results thing is affecting the main keyword which is Tottenham.

Could someone please give me some advise

Thanks in advance

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Omitted results usually means Google is suppressing pages it considers near-duplicates or low-value rather than showing every URL individually. is right that stronger link signals help, but the faster wins are technical fixes and consolidation so Google can pick one canonical page to show instead of dozens. The goal is to remove duplicate variants and surface a single, clearly preferred URL for each thread or piece of content.

Practical checklist:

  • Use Search Console (Coverage / URL Inspection) to see why specific URLs are excluded and which canonical Google chose.
  • Consolidate duplicate URLs: implement 301 redirects from non-preferred variants, or use rel=canonical when multiple URLs must exist (see Google’s guidance on canonicalization).
  • Clean the sitemap so it lists only canonical URLs and resubmit it to Search Console (sitemaps should list the final URLs Google should index).
  • Reduce thin/near-duplicate content: merge similar threads, add a short unique summary to each thread, or set low-value index pages (print views, tag lists, some paginated views) to noindex.
  • Improve internal linking: make important pages reachable in a few clicks, link from category pages, and use clear anchor text so link equity flows where you want it.

Forum-specific notes: check that any URL migration uses 301 redirects (old dynamic -> new static) and that you don’t have both www/non-www or trailing-slash variants live. For paginated threads, prefer canonicalization or merge content so keyword targeting isn’t split across many tiny pages. Be cautious with mass noindex — don’t accidentally block valuable content.

After changes, request indexing of representative pages in Search Console and monitor Coverage and performance for the affected keywords. Allow a crawl/reindexing window; if rankings still fall, check for keyword cannibalization and continue consolidating. Relevant Google docs: Consolidate duplicate URLs and Sitemaps overview.

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This will sound like a cop out answer but it is the truth: increase the PR of your pages. According to Matt Cutts this is a big factor in this.

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Hmm i can see a point in that , but how do i do that which out puting loads of links to indivual pages ? my root site is PR 3 and forum index is PR 3 and some of the smaller pages are 1 and 2 but getting PR on all of them would be inpossible ! or is it just a case of waiting and seeing if anything changes ?

Thanks for the answer :cheesy:

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1) Get links to the internal pages. If they have good content on them you can submit them to various places. Kind of hard to be specific about this but while it is harder to get deep links it certainly is possible.

2) Get PR to your home page and channel it to your subpages.

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Get PR to your home page and channel it to your subpages

Sorry im still learning :cheesy: How do i do this ? just a simple explanation will do i will work the rest out.

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Link to them. Remember, PR is transferred through links. Linking to your own pages raises their PR.

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