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[CrystalD]

Hi there, thanks to all who contribute to this great site:) I tried to follow the advice found on this site as closely as I could and built a site about "carbon fiber hoods" and in just over a month it went to the top of Google for multiple keywords. That was about two weeks ago, then on monday the site popped up on Yahoo at the top for all the same searches for only a day and then disappeared? Then just today all my Google rankings disappeared? I cant imagine I did anything to get my self banned, and the new rankings look identical to what was listed before my site was posted? Any input would be so greatly appreciated!

Crystal

[chrishirst]

welcome to HR Crystal


Nothing surprising, just normal behaviour from google, it will be back in a few days. give it a couple of weeks and a few more backlinks to settle down completely.

<oops> clicked the wrong damned button</oops>

Edited by chrishirst, 19 November 2004 - 05:37 PM.

[CrystalD]

Thank you so much for your input, I definately use everybit of information that all of you post on here. Im really new to all of this and I am curious what do you mean by "Backlink" is that just a link to your site from another one? Thanks again, sorry for my naievity, just trying to learn as much as I can as fast as I can!

Crystal

[chrishirst]

Nope, Backlinks are from another site to yours. Take a look at the pinned thread here for some directories to submit to.

3 or 4 directory links in the first few weeks should keep the site in the results and let you build it from there.

[CrystalD]

Ok, just read Jills article "The Art of SEO" and I think although I have tried to make the site as user friendly and not spammish and I realize Ive broken so many of those rules she refers to that are possibly letting Google see my site as being SEO'd. Ive got "image tags" that reference the keyword, ive got Keywords in the metatags, got the keyword in the domain, etc. etc. Should I leave the page the way it is or try to change some of the mistakes I made that used to be a good thing but now bring a site up as a red light? Thanks again so much for your input!

Crystal

[chrishirst]

I wouldn't stress over it right now, let the dust settle before you start making drastic changes, trippng the "crap site, trying too hard" filter with humans will happen sooner than tripping any "over-optimised" filter with the SEs.

It's actually very difficult to get a real penalty, even more difficult to get banned

[Jill]

Welcome Crystal!

If you were showing good rankings, then I'd just leave it alone. It's very common for the engines to cycle through different databases and show your new stuff one minute, then your old stuff.

See what it shows in a few weeks and then decide if changes are in order.

Good luck!

Jill

[CrystalD]

Thank you so much Jill, I really enjoy your articles and all the stuff on this site. If I werent so serious about this stuff I would still be interested in it just because its kind of fun, like a game:)

Crystal

[Scottie]

Hi Crystal!

If it's a new site, don't be surprised if it doesn't come back for a few months. Most new sites are taking 4-6 months to appear in the search listings these days. For an obscure term with little competition, it might not take quite that long but there is definitely a delay built in for new domains.

[CrystalD]

Thanks Scottie, that might not be such a bad thing because then it would cause me to have to work really hard to get links up so I could generate traffic to the site in the meantime.

I cannot believe how much I am learning on this website!

Thanks everyone.

Crystal

[maleman]

I'll toss in two cents.

What you're seeing there is very typical. Like the other folks said, take it easy and wait. Ranking with search engines takes quite some time for new sites.