My article was dropped from SERPs for the first 5 words in sequence from its title after it moved site. However the Pinterest post (which has the same title) is still in the SERPs, but on page two.
Since a click from SERPs leads straight to a niche site page, but a click on a Pinterest SERP result only shows the pin and doesn't necessarily result in a click through to the page, would it be better to remove this in case it's in competition for the title?
Your hub has content that the pin does not. It's not true competition. If your article is not ranking higher, removing the pin would take away even the little traffic you stood from getting through the pin.
Is it unusual for a page to not rank for the first 5 words from its title? It used to alternate from page 1 to 2.
No it's not. If that were the case the title could be the main keyword and all pages would want to rank for it. It's unusual for the article not to rank if you put the entire title in quotes.
It's not on the same website anymore, so you can't really compare its rankings.
This has been going on for years. I've had many a 2000-word article outranked by one single, stupid Pinterest pic. I'd have thought Google would have gotten themselves straightened out on that by now.
Just checked. It doesn't rank for the first 8 words in sequence, enclosed in quotes.
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