Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with your driving school website not ranking well on Google despite using Rank Math. Thank you for providing detailed information about your setup. Here are some potential areas to investigate that could be affecting your rankings:
1. Quality of Content
Ensure that your content is high-quality, original, and relevant to your target audience. Factors such as poorly written or thin content, keyword stuffing, and low-quality inbound links can negatively impact your rankings.
2. Technical SEO Issues
Check for any technical issues that might be affecting your site’s performance:
- Page Speed: Ensure your website loads quickly. A slow-loading site can hurt your rankings.
- Mobile-Friendliness: Make sure your site is mobile-friendly, as Google prioritizes mobile-first indexing.
- Crawlability: Use Google Search Console to check if your pages are being crawled and indexed properly.
3. Schema Markup Validation
Even though you have implemented schema markup, it’s essential to validate it using Google’s Rich Results Testing Tool. This will help identify any issues with the markup that could prevent rich snippets from appearing in search results.
4. Sitemap Submission
While you mentioned submitting your sitemap, ensure that it is correctly formatted and accessible. You can find your sitemap at https://yourdomainname/sitemap_index.xml. Make sure this is submitted in Google Search Console.
5. Backlinks and Authority
Evaluate the quality and quantity of backlinks pointing to your site. Low-quality or few backlinks can hinder your site’s authority and ranking potential.
6. Monitor Manual Actions
Check for any manual actions in Google Search Console that might indicate penalties against your site. If there are any issues, Google will provide guidance on how to resolve them.
7. Patience with Indexing
After making changes, remember that it may take time for Google to re-index your pages and reflect those changes in search results. Be patient as this process can take several weeks.
If you have checked all these areas and still face issues, please reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you further. We’re here to help!
Hello,
Please note that ranking on Google depends on so much more than just your on-page optimization. You could have the perfect article and still struggle to break the top 10 in SERPs. Here are some of the factors Google considers when ranking you:
1. Your website’s authority
2. Your content’s quality and how better it is than the other article currently ranking.
3. How competitive the keyword is.
4. How many backlinks do you have and if they are better than what the other guys ranking for that keyword have.
5. Your website’s crawlability.
6. Frequency of new content and content updates.
7. So much more that there is a dedicated blog post on it by Brian Dean:
https://backlinko.com/google-ranking-factors
I would recommend that you keep at it and work on acquiring more links to break into the top SERPs.
Here’s a link for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/does-installing-rank-math-guarantee-rankings/
Looking forward to helping you.
Hello,
Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.
If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.
Thank you.
