Cloned sites but bad SEP

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So I created a site many years ago: Fortwaynediningguide.com . I worked very hard on the SEO and got it on the first page of google when you type “fort wayne restaurants”. It has done well for me over the years, anywhere from 30-100$ per month. So I created several sites just like it, and virtually doing everything the exact same way. But these sites are buried in the search results. I created them four years ago, so I know it’s not age that’s hurting them. They are Milwaukeediningguide.com , Lansingdiningguide.com , and Yonkersdiningguide.com .

I have been trying to get backlinks to no avail, and have absolutely no idea what else I can do to get them up where the fortwaynediningguide.com is as far as SEP.

If I built them all the same way, then why aren’t they performing the same? What could have happened with my first site that didn’t happen with these last three?

Thanks for reading my post.

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Since many years ago the Advertising market has drastically changed:

  1. there is a large increase in web sites
  2. consequently more web pages and competition
  3. mobile users are increasing on a daily basis
  4. web pages need to be responsive
  5. large companies have capitalized and monopolized on the catering market
  6. users expect modern sites with lots of bling!

I noticed Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools are being used. Did you check the reports?

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In addition to John’s comments, search engines have changed an awful lot in recent years, so what worked in SEO a few years ago will not necessarily work today.

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If that’s the case, then why is the original site still preforming well?

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Open Google Chrome and enter: site:yourDomain.com

I did try it and noticed that Google.com has far more web cached pages in your original domain name.

Please report back with the number of cached web pages for each domain name.

Edit:
When was your first domain name registered?

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The other site has been around for many years, and had time to become established as a reputable site, which will count in its favour. However, as @John_Betong has already pointed out, the site is in need of updating, and may not continue to perform as well in future, if your competitors’ sites are more usable.

In particular, your site is not mobile-friendly, yet contains the kind of information very likely to be searched for on mobile. You will already be losing out in mobile search results to better-optimised sites, where these exist.

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