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   Brie Hoffmanposted 13 years ago

   Why is it when I google this hub:  http://hubpages.com/hub/Off-Grid-Toilets
   
   using {off grid toilets} in the search it doesn't come up on the first page?  It's on the second page...shouldn't it come up first since I am googling the same exact words as the title of my hub?  It's not like there is another article with those same exact words???

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      Edweirdoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      FYI, if I Google "off grid toilets" (with the quotes) your hub is on the first page. Not sure anyone would ever search that phrase with quotes, but there it is...

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         Brie Hoffmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         that is weird...I wonder why?

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            Brie Hoffmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            No pun intended

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         Brie Hoffmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         I just tried it too...I never put quotation marks in the title.  Do you know why that would bring it up?

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            Edweirdoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Using quotation marks in a Google (or Yahoo) search means "find this exact phrase" - not using them tells the search engine to find similar, but not necessarily exact, matches...

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               Brie Hoffmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               Still you would think that IF you had the exact phrase that your article would be first.  Maybe it will just take time.

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   Peter Hogganposted 13 years ago

   Hi Brie, I dont think you have used 'off grid toilets' anywhere in the main content of your hub. Although it's in the title and the URL, perhaps getting it into the first paragraph, an h2 tag and a few other places throughout the content would help a little. I think the page needs to be a bit more self descriptive.
   
   The other pages also have age and most likely links to help them as well.

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      Brie Hoffmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      You know what...that might be it.  I will put it in there and see.  I know the others have age but I've done hubs before and they were placed first when I use the exact title like that in a search.  But, I will look it over and see about that...thanks.

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      andyozposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Can I ask what a h2 tag is?  Not heard that before.  Or am i just being a little thick?

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         Edweirdoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         When you use the "subtitle", or when you highlight a line and select "Heading 2" from the format dropdown,  in a text capsule on HubPages, the text is formatted with the "<H2>" HTML tag in the background...

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            andyozposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Ah I see, thanks

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   darksideposted 13 years ago

   Have you ever used the Google Adwords Keyword Tool to do research to find out how many people are searching for that exact phrase per month?

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      Brie Hoffmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yes I did...it was like 900

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   Brie Hoffmanposted 13 years ago

   Ok I put the title throughout the article and put some subtitles in and now it moved to the first page...so it is moving up.  I'll check it in another day and see if it's closer to the top then.  Thanks for all your help.

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   edueckposted 13 years ago

   Hi Brie.
   Just wondering if you where to try a long tail key word like   
   
   Going off grid with your toilet.
   
   If this might work? just an idea I looked at some of the others and they had long tail key words.

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      Brie Hoffmanposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Do you mean just adding those words?
      
      I'm so frustrated, I've never had so much trouble before...now it's on page 2 again.

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   edueckposted 13 years ago

   Hi Brie
   I did quite a few searches for off grid toilets and I tried google and it came back the second list on google on the first page.
   I tried with and with out quotation marks both times it came back on the first page.
   Composting toilets came back with more searches in Google keyword tool. just trying to help. hope this helps.

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