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Ranking #1 in Bing & DuckDuckGo, not at all for Google - where am I going wrong?
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According to the Moz rank checking tool, my blog ranks in the top 3 for my name "James Crowley" on Bing, Yahoo (both in the US and UK), and also DuckDuckGo (though Moz can't tell me that). And yet doesn't rank anywhere for Google. I don't have any penalties, and for other keywords it appears fine on Google.
Does this seem strange to you? Am I going wrong somewhere? The blog is https://www.jamescrowley.net/.
Many thanks
James
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@Andreas this is the standard WordPress Twenty Nineteen template, with an SEO plugin enabled - there's a menu at the top, but don't know if there's something weird appearing for you. I've done little optimisation for the name, as it's basically the 'brand name' of the site. Wouldn't every website typically mention that on every page? Thanks for your help.
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Thats a tuff thing, there is no optimization for the name - just exact match domain and some links is enaugh for bing and ddg maybe, but not google. Everywhere the name is mentioned, each page, same way. There is no menu or I didn't found one. The short answer is: a lot is wrong. But you rank for "http_x_forwarded_for returns multiple ip addresses" on position 3
So it is not impossible.For your name in germany this is ranking on page 3 https://www.jamescrowley.net/2019/09/11/my-journey-to-do-more-good-with-technology/
imho - UX = terrible btw. Far away from SEO Basics or WP-Basics. I am confused like Google is. Sorry do you really dont see any problems? Then start here: https://cloudz.click/learn/seo
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