Are We Spamming Without Knowing?

Discussion in 'Websites' started by hookah, Oct 31, 2005.

  1. #1
    Our Google problems started a few weeks ago. It's the usual story of consistently high rankings for dozens of keywords for several months and then one day they're all gone!

    Since that fateful day our traffic and sales have dropped by over 60%. We've been diligently reviewing our site for possible spam and other possible causes. We've fixed anything even close to questionable but perhaps we've missed something.

    We currently have 3 extra domains ( http://www.hookahub.com , http://www.shishahub.com , http://www.hukahub.com ) all pointing to our main domain ( http://www.hookahhub.com ) and all using "301" permanent redirects.

    Over the last couple weeks Google has continued to index dozens of our new keywords, ranked them on the first page, then within 48 hours they disappear. This is obviously quite concerning when the holiday season is upon us.

    If you could please review our site for any possible causes of this we would be grateful. Thank you and happy Halloween!
     
    hookah, Oct 31, 2005 IP
  2. sGroup

    sGroup Peon

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    #2
    Yup - G wants you and everyone else to use AdWords
     
    sGroup, Oct 31, 2005 IP
  3. exam

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    #3
    You sound like anthonycea :D
     
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  4. brenda

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    #4
    Your site doesnt meet google guidelines
     
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  5. brenda

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    #5
    you may refer css or other usebility references
     
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  6. hookah

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    Can you please be more specific how our site doesn't meet Google's guidelines, thank you.
     
    hookah, Nov 1, 2005 IP
  7. SiCK

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    #7
    The three listed domain have the same content, duplicate content filters?
     
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  8. hookah

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    #8
    As mentioned we've used "301 permanent redirects" which is search engine friendly.
     
    hookah, Nov 1, 2005 IP
  9. SiCK

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    I don't see no redirect, just three different sites with the same content. Must be a magic redirect that is search engine friendly, I thought that was suppose to be a secret though.
     
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  10. hookah

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    If you type any of the other domains; www.hukahub.com, hookahub.com, shishahub.com, you'll be notice the url changes to show http://www.hookahhub.com , which is a "301 permenant redirect". Do you not see this? What browser are you using?
     
    hookah, Nov 1, 2005 IP
  11. Mister Tut

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    G may consider Hookahs to be drug paraphenalia, since they double as "bongs".
     
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  12. RectangleMan

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    #12
    Your footer looks spammy to me.
     
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  13. woodside

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    Check the Jaguar threads in the google forum. Tons of sites got hosed in the last few weeks.
     
    woodside, Nov 1, 2005 IP