Comments on: How my site disappeared from Google search

By: Abhranil Das

Abhranil Das — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:50:12 +0000

Thank you so much! This was helpful.

By: TheFancyPanda

TheFancyPanda — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 20:33:10 +0000

hey jason,
wow would i be upset if my websites stoped showing up on google, it would definitely be a pain in the butt. i also wanted to thank you for all the nice tips!

all the best!

By: nasir

nasir — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:27:36 +0000

Having my own site start disappearing from my employer’s search engine isn’t exactly something to brag about. It’s doubly embarrassing to admit how long it took for me to notice what was going on, though I bet a lot of other site owners are in the same boat, to busy doing their day jobs to constantly check search rankings

By: apokriatika

apokriatika — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:32:32 +0000

If a website is penalized because the creator and Not the owner put into some links what actions will give solution? Its not my mistake, its the webdesigner who cheat… What can i do to save my website reputation???

By: Mode Homme

Mode Homme — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:57:36 +0000

Thanks a lot for sharing your advice about crawl errors. I will check it out.

By: Mike Otgaar

Mike Otgaar — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:35:49 +0000

I’ve also had a blog site suddenly disappear from Google SERP. Two weeks ago several articles placed in the top 10 or higher (positions not SER Pages). I have been wondering why view stats suddenly declined from over 50 /day 2 weeks ago, to very few right now.

So today a tried a search for the terms I know were getting the top places – no results anywhere (checked around 20 Google results pages in each case) then tried a search for the sub-domain name (this blog is name.wordpress.com) – still no results.

Webmaster tools found no crawl errors, no notifications, and no malware. A look at the code showed no sign of hacking. And a site:domain check found that the pages were still indexed, and cached! There is some cross-over with content on my business site, not duplicated, just discussing the same topics from a different perspective – at the most that should only get that content downgraded, not the whole site removed

The only problem was a red X against the site map.

I am aware of several articles that have been re-posted, with referrals to the original articles, and a number of link-backs from other sites – outside my control. It seems a bit too much that other people using my content, or linking to it should get the site removed from SERP. In any case it has been stated often that Google can tell the date and time of the page, and determine which the original was.

There are no links to Spam sites, most links are to my own business site, other technical sites or blogs, and a few to Wikipedia, W3C and so on.

Also interesting, an article published earlier this month did get returned in Google SERP, but nothing from before the end of September.

The site map was re-submitted and now has a nice green correct mark, and I submitted a request for re-inclusion today….

I guess the only thing now is to wait and see what happens!

By: FactFriend

FactFriend — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:41:02 +0000

Thanks for the tips, and I was with you all the way until “I work for Google.” Suddenly, Kool-aid. Sure, in your case, there was a bandwidth issue that had to be resolved no matter what. But don’t average webmasters and bloggers always eat their hearts out wondering “what did I do wrong?” Google’s blanket change with Panda really threw a wrench in some people’s carefully planned SEO, especially if they relied on article sites to popularize their websites. Money and time down the drain because of a stridently arbitrary change.

By: MediaGrow

MediaGrow — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:00:34 +0000

Jason thank you for great advice with Crawl errors, what happens if your site disappeared and in Crawl errors there is No data available?

Thank you

Marios

By: sandeep

sandeep — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:53:56 +0000

HI,

My blog visibility has recently decreased. The keywords with which my blog was searched is now not visible. I am new to seo thing and this is really discouraging.

regards

By: Thymio Barbatsis

Thymio Barbatsis — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:02:32 +0000

Update: My website came back to Google for all previously held ranking positions. I reviewed my site and web host to ensure it was not hacked or compromised. I reviewed my content per Google’s instructions and submitted a request for a ‘Site Reconsideration’. I recieved a response 9 days later stating they processed my request. The ranking returned shortly after that. Google has been a great marketing tool. I cannot complain when my clicks are free ;-).