Help! Google dance or google penalty?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by eric_guy77, Aug 5, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi, can anyone tell me my website is under penalty or google dance?

    http://www.hometuition99.com

    my homepage just show if only i search "hometuition99.com" only.

    If I search using other keywords, only my subpage will show.

    Before that my homepage is on top 10 for all my kws

    example of my keywords:

    home tuition, home tuition malaysia, home tuition kuala lumpur.


    Any seo can help or advice?

    Thanks!
     
    eric_guy77, Aug 5, 2009 IP
  2. bigcat1967

    bigcat1967 Active Member

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    How old is your site?

    I have a client right now that is going through a lot because his site is brand new. Maturity of a site is relevant.
     
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  3. eric_guy77

    eric_guy77 Peon

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    9 months old site. Does 9 months old site will go into sandbox as well?
     
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  4. etackett

    etackett Guest

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    #4
    I am fighting this same problem. My INfiniti DEaler site totally dropped out of the Google rankings for 99% of its keywords. Now I am told it is not a penalty because the site still has page rank and a ton of indexed pages in Google......but it sure feels like I got a mean slap!
     
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  5. designers-handbag

    designers-handbag Peon

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    well if you are doing too much link building and you increased back link in a short period of time then you have been penalize
     
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  6. maineexista

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    build a sitemap and submit it to google/webmasters tool
    build more backlinks under your desired anchor text.

    relax, wait somewhere around 2 weeks and three months to see if your site is ranked good or bad and here you go ;)

    good luck ! :)
     
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  7. Canonical

    Canonical Well-Known Member

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    Are you changing the home page as we speak? When I first accessed it there was no document <title> showing in the browser. Now I'm seeing one...

    Your home page has almost zero content on it. If it were ranking then the only reason would be the 4500 inbound links to it that I'm seeing in Yahoo! Site Explorer... and NOT because of the page.

    It is a bit fishy though considering:

    1) 4506 inbound links are to the home page and the ENTIRE SITE on has 4533.

    2) Your home page even with all of those links only has PR1 (unless you just got most of them since the last Toolbar PR update).

    3) When I search for "We are home tuition agency that provides 1 to 1 private home tuition matching service for
    UPSR" (EXACT text from your home page) your URL does NOT show in the SERPs.

    4) Your home page IS indexed and was cached last on July 31st.

    5) Your home page shows in the local listings when I search for home tuition kuala lumpur

    6) when I search for home tuition your not in the top 646 results (as far as I can look back).

    7) when i search for hometuition99 your home page does NOT show up but two other URLs from your site do in positions 1 & 2.

    8) when i search for hometuition99.com this is the ONLY way I can get your home page to show in the serps. It is position 1 w/ an indent.


    Do you have a Google Webmaster Tools account? Have you changed anything on the on the Settings panel lately? Have you noticed anything weird in there or any messages from Google that you have been penalized? (they will "sometimes" do this but not often)

    It looks like possibly a penalty to me... and the only thing I can think of is that they think you're doing something shady.... blackhat. And I could see potentially why... Did you "hire" an SEO or try to do this yourself?

    Do you own http://www.tuitionstudio.com/index.php? I'm guessing you do since you have a bunch of site wide footer links. What a mess... talk about keyword stuffing... look below the fold on the home page. And almost ALL of your links are from here. This makes your backlink profile VERY vulnerable.

    How did you get links on this site under GREAT SITES along side one other link (a poker site) - http://completeall.com/Informative-general/Dimensions-of-US$-315-Billion.html? or at http://completeall.com/Funny/A-Bit-of-Everything.html? Paid link? Looks VERY fishy.

    If you take away the site-wide links from http://www.tuitionstudio.com/ you have almost no inbound except for some blog comments and the aforementioned "fishy" links at http://completeall.com/. If you have done something shady like purchasing paid links I would suggest removing the links and submitting a Reconsideration Request at Google.
     
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  8. sanjen

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    #8
    I'm having the exact same problem for one of my sites. It's over 3 years old and I haven't done anything shady.

    I've lost rankings for 99% of my keywords as well. Some of the pages have been demoted to page 5 or 6 from page 1 and many are not in the top 100 anymore, where previously they were page 1.

    My pages are still indexed and still have PR.

    Anyone have any idea what might be going on?

     
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  9. eric_guy77

    eric_guy77 Peon

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    Thanks for your sincere answer.

    I learned a lot from your answer.

    Thanks for the analyze and I think maybe I am penalized because of duplicate contents or too many backlinks.
     
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    I always thought other people were putting my website link in spam websites when this happens
     
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