Why Websites Get De-indexed By Search Engines

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by invisible, Aug 16, 2008.

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    Here is an article that will provide you with some information related to
    Most common reason Why Websites Get De-indexed By Search Engines are:

    Downtime - If you have a bad webhost, Its time to leave them! If your website stay offline when bots crawl it you might get de-indexed!

    Your webs was hacked - Investiage by checking server logs if your website was hacked. Also check if your post or anything on your blog has been edited. This is one most common reason for getting de-indexed.

    Robots.txt - If you recently uploaded the robots.txt file. Make sure you’re not blocking the bots. :p

    .htaccess - If you recently changed contents of your htaccess it might be another reason for getting de-indexed.

    Black Hat Techniques - If you have used any Black Hat Technique to increase your backlinks or SEO your blog. STOP it! Its probably the one getting you in trouble.

    Inactive Website - One most common issue is no content posted on the blog! Update your blog and wait for results!

    I got de-indexed. What to do now?

    Stay calm, no need to panic or pay someone to help you get out of the problem. The problem may increase!

    Follow these steps to get out of the situation

    Register with Google Webmaster Tools and Fix all the problems it state.

    Browse your website as Google Bot and see if you’re able to see all the contents properly

    Run Xmenu on your website and check for any external link

    Change your webhost if it remains down mostly.

    Build as many quality backlinks you can make. This will surely help you coming back to normal :)

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    I read the article but what is the meaning of htaccess???
     
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    .htaccess is a file containing various server congfiguration options, letting you change the way the server behaves on a directory-by-directory basis eg custom 404 pages etc.
     
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    If you change your .htaccess and end up putting incorrect rewriting rules, not only SE spiders, your visitors won't be able to see those pages. Robots.txt errors are harder to detect because you won't see them using your browser.
     
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