How can I improve my website's Google search ranking?

[MahimaBhatia]

My website is not the first thing that pops up when I search on google. Any way to make it the first one?

Additionally I was seeing all my pages when I searched the website previously but most have them have now disappeared.

I also received this email from google console. 

Any help would be appreciated!

I resubmitted my sitemaps and re requested indexing of the pages.

My website is: https://chockala.com/

[PaulNewton]

Question is too broad too many different google issue types .

Indexing issues are not necessarily actual problems.

There are specific pages that google explicit should never index, but it will still put in the "issues".

etc

You have to go into each category and research each individual issue type for google explanation and these forums why it's either not a problem or how to fix it.

Many of those things are common discussions.

---

@MahimaBhatia wrote:

My website is not the first thing that pops up when I search on google. Any way to make it the first one?

---

Search that specific domain url does show it on first page google.

Getting it ranked for number 1 for for search terms against competitors also trying to be #1 is the basis for an entire marketing industry.

See this course

https://www.shopify.com/learn/course/seo-training-for-beginners 

[claricelin]

Hi @MahimaBhatia 

Your question is vague. What do you mean when you say that your store is not the first thing that pops up when you search on Google? What do you type into Google search?

When you first set up a new store, nobody knows about your store and it's highly unlikely anyone is going to google for "chockala". If you are referring to ranking for your store name, I wouldn't worry too much about it right now.

Your store looks like you are targeting local customers or people who live in the vicinity.

In this case, you would want to add keywords like the the name of your city or nearby cities where people can search for "chocolate shop near me", "artisan chocolates near me","premium chocolates with fruits near me"  etc or somewhere along those lines.

It's more likely to get you more sales this way.

Right now, there is no distinct mention of your city name on your store page title. Might be worthwhile to add that. The homepage title says: 

Chockala – ChocKala

My recommendation: 

Artisan Vegan Chocolate – ChocKala | Liberty Village Toronto

Might be useful to also set up a Google My Business page to target specific nearby location so people can find your store on Google maps.

To easy view what others can view on Google and what pages have been indexed, type in this into your browser:

site:chockala.com

Cheers,

Clarice

[aliahmer]

Hey Mahima,

Click on each of the Errors in the Google Search Console. Copy URLs from Each Error and note them down on a spreadsheet with respective Errors.

1. Open Robot.txt of your site and remove these 5 Urls google just mentioned

2. The 404 Error pages need to be fixed and Redirected to relevant pages. Do so by applying 301 redirects to each 404 page.

3. Alternate Pages with canonical errors commonly come due to duplicate content on web pages. Do Canonicalization of each of these pages.

4. Resubmit "Crawl but Currently Not indexed" pages forcefully to GSC. 

I have told the common mistakes I face while fixing websites. Probably after doing so your site may rank in google when you type the name of your website.

Wish you Good Luck