The Google gods Must Be Angry...

[HHI Golf Guy]

I noticed that Google dropped a TON of pages from one of our sites. Even though this site still has top 4 SERP's for all of its primary KW's, the loss of pages also means a loss of secondary KW's.

Upon further inspection, when I did a check on G using site:www.mydomain.com I found a listing for ANOTHER domain name with my title tag. When I checked the cache, it showed our page!

Now it looks like G is penalizing MY SITE instead of this other site. This is not good at all.

I sent an email to Google, but who knows where it will end up.

Will someone please find me a chicken or goat to sacrifice so that I may appease the almighty G and that they correct this issue?

[frobn]

I noticed that Google dropped a TON of pages from one of our sites. Even though this site still has top 4 SERP's for all of its primary KW's, the loss of pages also means a loss of secondary KW's.

Upon further inspection, when I did a check on G using site:www.mydomain.com I found a listing for ANOTHER domain name with my title tag. When I checked the cache, it showed our page!

Now it looks like G is penalizing MY SITE instead of this other site. This is not good at all.

I sent an email to Google, but who knows where it will end up.

Will someone please find me a chicken or goat to sacrifice so that I may appease the almighty G and that they correct this issue?

Read this article and weep.

[HHI Golf Guy]

This whole thing is frustrating. I have contacted G, the site designer, the site owner, the web host, and the domain registrar of the offending web site.

I am not a happy camper today.

[Las Vegas Homes]

It seems from reading the article that nothing can be done. I cant believe that Google is not acting on this. I agree with the person that wrote the article, in a year google will be out of business if they dont do something about this.

[judyo]

I was actually depressed after reading that article. This is what scares me away from investing too much time & $ with Internet marketing. An unscrupulous competitor can take it all away and there's so little recourse.

[Las Vegas Real Estate]

This is not good news AT ALL!

[HHI Golf Guy]

Instead of building top SERP sites that drive web traffic and leads, I guess that I am going to have to start designing cruddy little sites that no one can find. That way no one will mess with them.

Yeah, that's the ticket. :rolleyes:

[Las Vegas Homes]

I removed the link to this article as it does not benefit any of us by having it displayed. This could only cause problems for the rest of us. I hope you all agree with this decision.

[HMiller]

Could someone PM me the link to the article. Thanks

[ResaleBroker]

I removed the link to this article as it does not benefit any of us by having it displayed. This could only cause problems for the rest of us.I didn't read the article... what was in the article that would cause problems for the rest of us? :confused:

[frobn]

I removed the link to this article as it does not benefit any of us by having it displayed. This could only cause problems for the rest of us. I hope you all agree with this decision.

I am sorry but I can not agree without knowing what your premise is. My premise is how can infromation that is readily available from numberous sources cause additional problems? I have an open mind and perhaps you are right, but please explain yourself without coming on like "dad knows best."

If anyone would like the link you are welcome to PM me.

[HHI Golf Guy]

Editing a post is one of the tougher decisions that a moderator has to make. Some reasons for edits are obvious, others not so obvious.

Suffice to say that the owner of the site sets the guidelines and bylaws of conduct and presented material. Sometimes it's better to edit a post than open up a potential can of worms.

Now, back to my problem...
It seems that many of the RealEstate4 affiliated web sites are using a 302 (temporary redirect) that G is possibly interpreting as duplicate content. Since RealEstate4 has a PR6, and my site in question is only a PR4, G may be interpreting my site as duplicate content, when in fact the opposite is true.

For more info on intentional and unintentional 302 page hijacks, visit this article (http://clsc.net/research/google-302-page-hijack.htm).

In my situation, what happened is an unintentional 302 hijack, not a malicious hijack. Either way, my site may be screwed.

[Las Vegas Homes]

I am sorry but I can not agree without knowing what your premise is. My premise is how can infromation that is readily available from numberous sources cause additional problems? I have an open mind and perhaps you are right, but please explain yourself without coming on like "dad knows best."

If anyone would like the link you are welcome to PM me.

Forbn I felt this kind of knowledge being offered to those that may wish to harm others websites is not helpful to have available in a public forum. This as Golf Guy said could open a can of worms that none of us wish to deal with. I am sure with the creation of BLs from this forum our competitors will visit this forum and could see this information which could harm some of our members sites.

This process is easy to do and takes no real knowledge of the internet. This leads me to believe that anyone of our competitors yours and mine could do damage to everything we have worked for. I did this to maybe help protect all the members of this forum and their sites. I am truly sorry if you feel this was incorrect but it was done out of concern for all members here.

I am willing to discuss this with you if you wish or anyone else. I personally do not like censorship, but however I do feel more harm could have come out of that link than good.

[frobn]

Forbn I felt this kind of knowledge being offered to those that may wish to harm others websites is not helpful to have available in a public forum. ...

This process is easy to do and takes no real knowledge of the internet. This leads me to believe that anyone of our competitors yours and mine could do damage to everything we have worked for. I did this to maybe help protect all the members of this forum and their sites. I am truly sorry if you feel this was incorrect but it was done out of concern for all members here.



I did not conclude that your decision was incorrect only that I had no information to agree or not agree with you. Moderators should delete what they feel is inappropriate but whether or not someone agrees with the decision is a different matter. I do appreciate you giving your reasons because I now know the premise for the deletion.

[ResaleBroker]

Las Vegas Homes,

What was in the article that would cause problems for the rest of us? :confused:

[Las Vegas Homes]

If you PM frobn resalebroker I am sure he would be happy to PM it to you. It is just information that in the wrong hands of one of our real estate competitors could hurt those on this forum and all those that own real estate sites if their competitors choose to use it for harmful purposes.IMHO

[HHI Golf Guy]

Please see this thread (http://www.national-real-estate-directory.com/real-estate-forum/showthread.php?p=2036#post2036)

[HHI Golf Guy]

WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It appears that the good folks at Google have taken action in regards to this problem. As of tonight, our pages are back in the index!