Homepage is ranking instead of post how to fix

Hello,

Just to make sure I’m getting this right, whenever you search for your keyword, the homepage shows up?

If so, would you kindly share your keyword with us? If you’re uncomfortable sharing it publicly, you can also share it with us in the Sensitive Data Section.

It is completely secure and only our support staff has access to that section.

Meanwhile, your post might be sharing a keyword with your homepage. So, depending on the quality of your post or your homepage, they will compete for the keyword. This is also known as Internal Competition.

You can also check out this article by Web SEO Analytics:
http://www.webseoanalytics.com/blog/does-the-internal-competition-affect-the-rankings/

Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need my assistance with anything else.

Hello,

Thank you for sharing the details.

If the homepage is appearing on the first result, this just means that Google thinks that is better optimized for the given search keyword.

​​​​​​You would need to improve the optimization of your posts and try to build some backlinks to them to rank higher than the homepage.

Please note that this doesn’t happen overnight and can’t be tackled with a single setting change.

Here are some tutorials that should help implement a winning strategy for your website:

1. Keyword Research: https://mythemeshop.com/blog/keyword-research/
2. Identify Keyword Intent: https://www.semrush.com/blog/how-to-identify-intent-in-search/
3. Writing Awesome Content: https://neilpatel.com/blog/ingredients-of-great-content/
4. On-Page SEO: https://mythemeshop.com/blog/how-to-do-seo-optimizing-your-site-for-google/
5. Off-Page SEO: https://mythemeshop.com/blog/how-to-do-seo-off-page-optimization/
6. Building Backlinks: https://www.rankxl.com/outreach-link-building/
7. Optimize Posts using Rank Math: https://rankmath.com/kb/score-100-in-tests/

Hope this helps clarify your doubts.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any other questions.