Google Supplemental Results FAQ

intelliot · 10-27-2007, 11:48 PM

Matt Cutts, Google Search Team. Jul 31, 2006.

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Is my homepage in supplemental results?
Try this search (#1):

Code:

site:example.com -inallurl:example.com

These are the pages in Google's main index.

This search (#2):

Code:

site:example.com

...will show you all of your site's pages in Google's index.

With these 2 numbers, you can also calculate the "supplemental ratio", which is the percentage of pages on your site indexed by Google which are in the supplemental index.

How can I tell if a page is in supplemental results?
This is difficult to determine because Google wants to make it difficult for you to figure this out. Generally, it doesn't matter, but if you see a page appear in search #2 but not in search #1, then it's in the supplemental index.

How do I tell if the results of a search are supplemental?
Again, this is hard to tell. For multiple-word queries, it doesn't really matter. There's currently no direct way offered by Google to find this.

kpatelseo · 10-29-2007, 12:31 AM

Very helpful things. Thanks.

11-05-2007, 01:32 AM

That was an old one buddy... Google now disables supplemental display...

but thanks anyway...

munlytobako · 11-05-2007, 01:59 AM

thanks for this.

Ka-canor · 11-05-2007, 06:47 AM

Well, any tips are welcome even this one is old thanks for sharing tips.

BlueEyes007 · 02-06-2008, 12:45 PM

Informative posts... That's cool... Old but good information...

bh129 · 05-15-2008, 09:05 AM

Good Thanks!

Johansen8 · 06-06-2008, 12:48 AM

uh-oh so mommy G makes it hard for us to determine >__<

vik88 · 01-19-2009, 02:14 AM

thanks a lot! =)

umeshseo · 03-02-2009, 03:34 AM

good to see you. thank you, nice one

11-05-2007, 01:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
coolguy27 Guest Posts: n/a	That was an old one buddy... Google now disables supplemental display... but thanks anyway... Last edited by coolguy27; 11-05-2007 at 01:34 AM.

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kpatelseo Junior Googler Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Very helpful things. Thanks.

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munlytobako Senior Googler Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nevada Posts: 188 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	thanks for this.

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Ka-canor Elite Googler Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,211 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Well, any tips are welcome even this one is old thanks for sharing tips.

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BlueEyes007 Googler Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 59 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Informative posts... That's cool... Old but good information...

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06-06-2008, 12:48 AM	#8 (permalink)
Johansen8 Junior Googler Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 38 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	uh-oh so mommy G makes it hard for us to determine >__<

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vik88 Senior Googler Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 134 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	thanks a lot! =)

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umeshseo Junior Googler Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 36 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	good to see you. thank you, nice one

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