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Site listings disappeared

2008-12-04T16:33:09Z

I have had great listing in Google for a few of our important keywords
for a few years now - now our listing have just about disappeared.

At this point we are at a complete loss as to why and how it can be
fixed.

Regards

Page not getting indexed mystery

2008-12-04T16:00:17Z

Can anyone help with this?

Searching "Dead Space Concept Art" had this post at number one but now
it isn't indexed at all - can someone add any light as to why this is
not getting index and any problems there might be with this page that
Google doesn't like?

[link]

Can i Change my keywords?

2008-12-04T15:45:13Z

Hi, All Master SEOERS,

I have a site [link] , there were 76pages crawled
by googlebot, and 25pages by Yahoo,1page by MSN , and the site can be
stand on the first page on google if put keywords "newest solar
product","newest solar products" "newest solar toy" .For now , i want

Many sites writing about my content are listed when i search but the original article is not

2008-12-04T15:32:24Z

I work for mrskin.com. Our writers have written an article about the
top 20 nude scenes of 2008. We wrote a press release and it was
quickly picked up by a number of news agencies an bloggers such as
wired.com, usatoday, slashfilm, imdb, thesun.co.uk. This is wonderful
as we strive to contribute content that gets people excited and

Re: Help with my Yoga website

2008-12-04T15:24:19Z

All the same as meta keywords are not used for indexing, ranking.

Google is unable to crawl my website

2008-12-04T13:06:25Z

My website name is [link] Google is unable to
crawl the site.My site is created dynamically.I have used iframe.What
may me the possible reasons?

Google spider not read

2008-12-04T12:42:33Z

As a seo I provide a bulk of backward link for [link]
but Google toolbar show only 4 what is the reason? how i tackle this
problem?

tld set to PR0, site indexed but almost now Google traffic

2008-12-04T11:26:15Z

Hi there,

we are running classifieds sites in many countries around the globe.
One of them seems to have incurreed a Google penalty (about a year
ago): [link]

The PR of the tld is 0, all other sites we run have a PR of 3 / 4

We used to have a different domain tld for Canada before. Over a year

The Credit Crunch and a Google Penalty - Double Whammy!

2008-12-04T10:49:47Z

We incurred a site-wide Google penalty around Oct 31, 2008. All our
major terms like "Excel Training Chicago" and “Chicago Flash Training”
disappeared from the 1st page to the 4th page.

Our home page is [link]

We had recently parted ways with our SEO company and my immediate

New site indexed first day, disappeared the next

2008-12-04T09:57:49Z

Hi all,

New to the groups, but I've searched for a similar case and did not
find any. If I'm repeating someone else's question, feel free to
redirect me to any answers already given.

The (strange) problem is this: after launching [link]
a few days ago (november 30th 2008) pages where almost instantly

Website recognised as Google

2008-12-04T09:53:00Z

I people

I have come across a website [link] which has something
strange about it. If you look at the site before 2006 in the way back
machine then it redirects and presents you with Google. Also the tool
bar Search Status points out the domain has a Dmoz Listing though when
you click through it is actually Google's Dmoz listing it is pointing

تم حذف موقعي ولا اعلم ما السبب

2008-12-04T09:49:48Z

لقد تم حذف موقعي ولا اعلم ماهو السبب من محرك البحث قوقل
هذا هو موقعي وانا المالك الوحيد له [link]
ارجو منكم مساعدتي والرد علي وارجاع موقعي لمحرك البحث قوقل فانا المتضرر

Re: Still falling - how long time to reconsider?

2008-12-04T09:52:36Z

I just got redirected to a Telia holding page.

Google search engine results

2008-12-04T08:45:15Z

I have a site [link] started in
2006.Till May/June2008 I was ranking about the top 4 or 5 for the
keywords "Medical Tourism in Tamil Nadu." All of a sudden, I have been
pushed to the fourth or the fifth page.My page rank is 4 and I am also
listed both in the google and the open directory.When I see the

Re: Newbie Ques on web page PR

2008-12-04T09:07:54Z

Vero wrote:

Did yu read the FAQ before you posted?

[link]

Title changes each refresh - affects ranking?

2008-12-04T07:55:44Z

Hi,

I'm the owner of classified website, which pubblishes more than 20000
classified ads a day. The ads are organized in LISTS and in order to
avoid duplicate title tags i decided to insert the LAST AD Title in
the title tag of each page.

The title is being refreshed each 5 minutes on more than 10000 pages.

electroplastindia.com we are removed all webpages since 2 months but still show malware

2008-12-04T06:30:28Z

Dear sir

electroplastindia.com we are removed all webpages since 2 months but
still show malware

1. how to find malware?

2. how to remove malware

3. we do not have any pages on this site but still it show malware
how to resolve this

and my hosting provider not unsuspending this site

Showing Different Results in SERP

2008-12-04T06:20:27Z

Hi,

My site is: [link]
This is for "guide to the smokers to quit their addiction" and also
"suggest them to use quit smoking drug (Chantix)".

I am a webmaster of this site. Google SERP is showing different
results for US and INDIA. The site is targeted for US (set, but not

Re: Google still shows my old pages.

2008-12-04T06:27:49Z

You have to 301 redirect the old urls to the new counterparts.

Home page of my site suddenly gone from Google index

2008-12-04T04:47:06Z

Hello,

The home page of my site, [link] is suddenly no
longer indexed with Google. The other pages of the site are still
listed (but their page rank is is now zero). Is this a penalty of some
kind? If, so I have no idea what for. I have not made any recent
changes to the site and have received no messages in Webmaster Tools.

my site has stopped showing up

2008-12-04T04:44:22Z

can anyone tell me why? I have been spending days fixing a gaggle of
stuff to improve my site such as content, coding, etc etc adn the
result is absolutely nothing showing up.

count
thecount.com

Matt Cutts Confirms Google to discontinue green pixel PR Jan. 1st

2008-12-04T04:37:25Z

Matt Cutts confirmed today that Google plans to discontinue the green
pixel Page Rank starting the first of the year. He stated that too
many webmasters game the system and use it as a method of selling
links which is strictly against Googles rules. Click here for the
details: mattcutts.com/blog/end-of-page rank

Multiple TLDs; Google has chosen the "wrong" one

2008-12-04T03:34:39Z

The organization I am with (NSSCDS) has the same domain in
the .com, .net, and .org TLDs. Our ISP has a proprietary internal
redirect mechanism that hides the fact that all three domains point to
the same site. We are a nonprofit, and we try to use the .org address
for all of our links and documents. But Google seems to have fixated

does google take note of the long name on photos

2008-12-04T03:06:01Z

My main website is a sign co. with a lot of photos of signs amongst
the text illustrating various points relating to the types and
methodologies of the business. For ten years most of the pictures only
had the name of the customer; nothing to do with the sign.
I am now renaming all of my current pictures, is it worth filling in

SEO URL Questions

2008-12-04T02:07:59Z

Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if there is hyphenating URLs has any impact on
searches. For example:

Browser searches professional indemnity insurance in google.

URLs are:
xyz.com/professionalindemnityi nsurance.aspx
xyz.com/professional-indemnity -insurance.aspx
xyz.com/professional_indemnity _insurance.aspx

Adding a Link Directory to my own site - the ramifications....

2008-12-04T02:05:57Z

Hi all, I am new here, so I'll say Hi first! I'm Sam and I own
OnYaHead.com

My question today relates to the use of link directories....I realise
that they are an important tool in terms of SEO when promoting a site,
but what are the consequences of attempting to integrate one into my
site in terms of how Google views it?

Googlebot crawling a lot but not indexing

2008-12-04T01:48:54Z

Hi there,

I started a new site about tow weeks ago and I really need it to be
indexed. I have followed all the tips and guidelines and I think that
my site is 100% google friendly. I have been doing anything I can from
linking from many other sites to adding sitemaps in the Webmaster
section. But my site is still not indexed.

G-Mail

2008-12-04T01:05:26Z

I had a question about gmail. When e-mails are deleted forever from e-
mail, are they stored somewhere on the computer?

Thank you.

Rankings Disappeared Overnight - HELP!!

2008-12-04T00:45:34Z

Hello,

I track my site for about 200 search terms and I ranked somewhere in
Google for almost all of them. My site is [link].
It was launched in May 2007. I use the Keyword Tracker at Digital
Point to check my rankings. I checked my site yesterday, and for all
200 terms, my site comes up as N/A - no rankings.

GoogleBot not respecting robots.txt

2008-12-04T00:16:11Z

Hello Folks,

I employ a bad-robots trap on my site. If they disregard the contents
of robots.txt, then they are likely to fall into that trap. All robots
are disallowed from the folder where the robot trap is. Today, another
GoogleBot hit the trap!

Quite apart from the fact that the robot is then re-directed to the

LINK: question....

2008-12-03T23:52:27Z

hello there my site is tvdash.com .

does anyone have any idea why only 3-5 results appear if i search
link:[link] although i can find atleast 50 websites that have
clear links towards my site?

thanks in advance

Removed spammy links from site template but still not appearing in search results

2008-12-03T21:50:42Z

Hi,

I was notified by email on Nov 5 that there was a problem with my
site, [link]. There were pharmacy-related keywords and
spam links inserted to my site's template as a result of having a
directory writable on the web server.

I was reading on the Google Webmaster Blog (http://

how do I

2008-12-03T21:43:33Z

I am very new to this type of venue, so please be patient. I am
curious as to how to track searches to a web site.

Thank you.

my top 4 position on google is gone for main key words,

2008-12-03T21:40:57Z

For the last year my position on google has been #4 in the main key
words that people look up.

I have done everything by the book for the last 4years, good content,
links mananger with relevant links, google has loved my site, I
recently added a blog a month ago which is about my experences in

SEO Ranking

2008-12-03T21:30:15Z

My web site, authored through Front Page 2003, has been uploaded using
Front Page extensions and, for most keywords, is on Google's top SEO
pages. My question is if I reload using FTP (so that I can get rid of
FP extensions) will this affect my Google rankings? This is very
critical to me because I get a very nice side income from the site.

Site is indexed--but some important pages are not

2008-12-03T21:21:31Z

I have a google webmaster tools account; my site is verified and a
sitemap has been submitted. One of my pages (not a blog post, but a
supplemental page off the home page) is not indexed and that page is
one of the most important and useful pages in my entire site. It is a
listing of up-to-date funding opportunities for my target audience.

PR of 4 but still ignored

2008-12-03T21:12:21Z

Hi All,
My site has a PR of 4 ([link]) but Google is still
ignoring me for very relevant searches. I was in the group yesterday
and some helpful people suggested that a particular page might be
troublesome. Have since deleted that page, but wondering if anyone
else has any thoughts on the site and what is holding us back. Not to

my site has pages from Sitemaps in Google's index.

2008-12-03T21:05:51Z

i started my website and business totally on my own, i have had to
learn how to make a website from scratch, since march i have had no
google index status. but recently in the last couple of months i got
indexed. my site visits dropped, i searched before bing listed in
googles index and found my site, [link] on the 36th page,

www vs non-www

2008-12-03T21:04:51Z

doing site:example.com & site:[link] yield insanely different
results. One is really high. The other really low.

Should they?
Is that preferred?

Upgrading to new dedicated server, new IP, will this hurt me?

2008-12-03T20:50:37Z

I'm getting ready to upgrade from a vps to a new dedicated server to
keep up with demand from my site. It's within the same hosting company
but I have to go to a new set of IPs.

The last time I moved hosting companies it seemed that we took a hit
in rank and PR and I want to avoid that this time.

verifying site

2008-12-03T19:44:27Z

I keep getting a time out message when I try to verify my site, ( the
time out comes imediately, when I try again I get a message that
google is having problems and will verify later) I've tried both the
html file and the meta tag...any suggestions?

sitemap click stats

2008-12-03T19:38:31Z

Is there a way to tell in sitemaps how many clicks have been generated
from the sitemaps?

A link building method : Allowed or not ?

2008-12-03T18:54:15Z

Dear friends at Google,

I want to draw your kind attention towards a link building method
which many websites are using to get top 10 rankings in Google.

When I searched for the term 'meditation' in Google, I found one site
which is among top 8 sites on first page out of a total of 39,100,000

Blog Penalized 2

2008-12-03T18:52:42Z

Hello, John is missing is the operator of the blog [link]

In August, breaking a server has forced us to have 5 days for the site
offline, and after running back and Google sent more visits, over
4,000 a day we are down to 300 (unique users from google).

What have we done?

Possible Google Ranking Penalty - Help!

2008-12-03T18:49:30Z

Hello everyone,

One of my site's seems to have lost ranking for all it's important
keywords about 4 days ago. The listing show up in position 1000 for
it's own company name. There seems to have been a penalty, but I do
not know why.

The site is [link]

Your help would be greatly appreciation!

Negative effect due to server

2008-12-03T18:45:18Z

At present my sites (for my own business; I'm a part time web master)
are hosted on a dedicated server. I am thinking of moving them to a
non-dedicated server to try and save some money, get more space, more
bandwidth etc. I think I read somewhere that google frowns upon non-
dedicated servers and down grades sites that are on them. Is this

No listing for my site

2008-12-03T18:38:25Z

I feel like I have tried everything that Google has told me to do. Add
a sitemap, add the robots.txt file, add meta-data, etc, and after a
month, I still have no listing in Google.
My site is [link] and it is all Flash. Google has
stated that they can read the text within Flash, so I am not sure what

Iframes and main page ranking

2008-12-03T18:32:12Z

Does adding an iframe to a page hurt that pages ranking.

I want to add a email marketing client with opt in very simple to the
main page.

But the service requires an iframe to their server to add the new
client info. Will this iframe hurt the engine position of that page
which has good position.

not all sitemap pages are indexed

2008-12-03T17:59:29Z

Hi,

I have a website that allowes users to create their own websites for
free.
Each web site is created as a folder on my domain and real files are
created for each of them (i.e. index.asp)

i have a sitemap that contains only the main pages (index.asp) of each
such website
and is being re-generated once a day.

how to get indexed at Google.co.uk

2008-12-03T17:43:33Z

I have a .com site with relevant content for UK Businesses. What is
the be3st way to get indexed by Google.co.uk
1. Is it a question of just submitting your content to Google.co.uk
2. Do I need to hist my site in the