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Keep in mind that there are limitations to this value. The total number of

indexed pages may include broken links and old pages on your site. Think of it as a

“big picture” number for watching trends or catching big drop-offs.

Landing Pages Indexed

In addition to checking the total pages indexed, you’ll want to determine whether each

of your landing pages is indexed. After all, you wouldn’t want to put a lot of time into

optimizing a page that the robots can’t see. Perform the following steps for each land-

ing page:

• Enter the full URL of the landing page into Google’s search box. If you get a list-

ing for the exact page you were seeking, your page is indexed! See Figure 6.6 for

an example.

Figure 6.6

Search results for

http://www.mudcat.org/blues.cfm

Now:

Go to your Rank Tracking Worksheet and note the total number of pages indexed on each search

engine.

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