Banish The Google Supplemental Listings

Google has done it again and turned Webmasters on their heads and many websites see their prized work sinking into the dreaded supplemental listings!

So what is the dreaded second index that Google only uses when it can't find anything, or enough, quality pages that match the search query being looked for?

Well Google explains why pages make it to the Supplemental Index. When I say explain, I should probably say, hints at. They never make things that easy for us hard working Webmasters, do they?

This article explains a few things to look out for and also a few things you can try to get your pages back into the main index. Basically, reciprocal or linking out to untrustworthy sites is what most sites will be penalised for, me included.

I've currently got many pages that have hit the index and as my content is all written by me I know, or hope, it's not a content issue. I used to do a lot of reciprocal linking but stopped it a while back so I'm not sure if this is the issue or not. Anyway, I'll have to keep trying, and maybe a little praying too!