Warning

Main page weighs less than a regular page

Sitelinks are the extra links Google shows below your homepage in the search results. This main page from your menu weighs less than a loose page, so Google is less likely to pick it.

Why it matters

Google chooses sitelinks from pages it considers important. If a blog post weighs more than your services page, the wrong page may appear under your name.

How Snaglist checks it

Snaglist finds the main pages that appear in the menu of most pages and compares how many pages link to them with the strongest loose pages. With Search Console connected, it also compares impressions between main pages. Main pages that fall behind are listed.

Common causes

  • A main page that is only linked from the menu
  • A popular blog post with many internal links
  • A main page with little content

How to fix it

  1. Link to the main page from the text of related pages, not only from the menu.
  2. Give the main page more substance.
  3. Check again after the next crawl.

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