Ranked for main keyword on Bing and Yahoo but not on Google

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My website is indexed by google (29000 pages indexed), I am not ranked at all for main keyword in google although:

• I am ranked in top 10 in Bing and Yahoo


• I am ranked for other keywords!


• I have good social signals

But:

1. Main keyword is not mentioned a lot in the website, it is mentioned in:
   
   
   
   
   • Title tag, description tag
   
   
   • Once in H1 in the coverpage
   
   
   • Once in the About-Us page
   
   
   • In a static message shown in right column in all pages (but shows only for non logged in users)
   
   


2. I have no Do Follow backlinks yet


3. Traffic is still relatively low

Any ideas?

Note: I dont like to include my website url, but if it is a must to answer my question then I will show the link here and remove it after getting the answer.

Solution :

Main keyword is not mentioned a lot in the website (mentioned in title tag, description tag, and once in H1 in coverpage)

I think the fact that your "main" keyword doesn't actually appear in the content of any of your pages (and only once in the h1 on the homepage) is a probable reason as to why you are not ranking for that keyword. Presumably you have no variations of that keyword either?

It's difficult to see how this can be your "main" keyword when it isn't mentioned at all in the content?

The meta "description tag" doesn't count at all towards ranking.

And I think it's reasonable for Google to perhaps discount a word that appears in the title tag (which often isn't visible when viewing the webpage) and literally no where else.

UPDATE:

In a static message shown in right column in all pages

A block of identical repeating text on 29,000 pages probably won't help ranking so much. It will be considered very low quality. So unless you do an exact match long tail search on this text I would think that individual words from this text are unlikely to rank so well.

I think you answered your own question. You got no good links that's why Google is holding you back. On another hand, Bing and Yahoo are more concerned about your on page SEO and meta tags.

Another reason can be due different competition on different search engines. Google might have much "tougher" guys in top 10 so for your site with no follow links it's really hard to breakthrough and be there. At the same time Bing and Yahoo might have weak competitors for exact same keywords.

Makes sense?

If I was you I'd do next:

• take 10 best keywords you rank on Yahoo and Bing




• take a screenshot of page 1 on 3 search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing). Compare the first page for each keyword for 3 engines.




• Use SEO Quake plugin for chrome and analyze their backlink portfolio, word count and on page optimization.




• most likely similar sites will be on all search engines, but since you aren't on Google someone else took your spot. Find out why, what they have that you don't?

This is just one of many other possible reasons why you're on Bing and Yahoo and not on Google.

There are lot of changes to google compared to Yahoo and Bing. The search results may be changes according to search engine. Google may find another site related to your keyword. Otherwise may have any other problems maybe like follow/no followlink permission or lack of trusted back links.

The algorithm Google uses is much different than Bing's as you're finding out. There is a myriad of reasons why your site might not be ranking on G yet. Start earning links and give your rankings time to respond, otherwise you'll end up spinning your wheels.

If the issue about seo, google-search, search-engine-indexing, ranking is resolved, there’s a good chance that your content will get indexed and you’ll start to show up in Google search results. This means a greater chance to drive organic search traffic to your site.