Changed my post title structure, Google gets angry

Discussion in 'Google' started by michael.aulia, Jul 5, 2009.

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    Previously I have this structure on my post titles:
    Post Title - My Blog's title

    So for example:
    iPod Nano Chromatic Review - Michael Aulia Technology & Reviews

    I follow an SEO advice to change the structure to just put the post title instead. I changed them through the Platinum SEO plug-in. After a couple of days, my traffic went down drastically..

    If you search for "ipod nano chromatic review", my blog usually came on the 2-3rd position. Now it's gone!

    Did Google get angry because I changed my titles? Do I lose all the ranks, etc because of the title change?
     
    michael.aulia, Jul 5, 2009 IP
  2. GreenDog

    GreenDog Active Member

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    #2
    If you want to rank for "Pod Nano Chromatic Review" it "should" be in the title tag of your homepage
     
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  3. pinkista

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    ^ not only in title tag but also put that keyword on your tags, or make a category for that.
     
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  4. michael.aulia

    michael.aulia Active Member

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    I'm not asking about how to optimize the title tag or how to get on the first page.

    I was wondering why my posts seem to go "missing" in Google after I changed all my post title structures (with the help of PLatnium SEO plug-in). Even if I use site:michaelaulia.com, I can only see some posts there... does it take a lot of time for Google to re-index after a post title was changed?
     
    michael.aulia, Jul 5, 2009 IP
  5. kittyluver

    kittyluver Notable Member

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    Don't worry!!! Google will list you again after few weeks.
     
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  6. fluid

    fluid Active Member

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    Never mess with the title tag, that's the seo advice you should have followed. This is the one mistake that eats your traffic because google doesn't like it. It's like changing the face of a person, so it's a different person now and google now needs to reassess your website to rank you appropriately. Not certain if you will go back to where you were before but it will take some time.
     
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  7. Excel 8

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    whats the position of the post in big G?what keyword?it still depend if the title is catchy if the use will click on it.
     
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  8. john mattew

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    Please wait for some time.Title tag is very important in SEO.So,in future don't change Title tag often.

    ALL THE BEST.
     
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  9. michael.aulia

    michael.aulia Active Member

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    Just noticed the sitemap error on my Google Webmaster Tools:

    "We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit."

    Been trying to resubmit and email my hosting to make sure Google bots are not banned. Sitemap looks ok though (http://www.michaelaulia.com/blogs/sitemap.xml) *ugh*
     
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  10. ~kev~

    ~kev~ Well-Known Member

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    Its normal for sites to move around in the results pages after a URL change. Depending on the age of the site, whether your submitting a site map to the search engines,,,, a lot of other stuff - that wil help determine how fast your site recovers.

    One of my sites recovered within one week of a change, but it has been online for over 1 year and submits a sitemap every 24 hours directly to google.
     
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  11. sandeepdude

    sandeepdude Well-Known Member

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    my site too went form first page to 4th page of google when i changed the title of my site yesterday...
     
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  12. michael.aulia

    michael.aulia Active Member

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    Well this is actually worse. Lots of posts are gone (de-indexed from Google) and I've been getting the sitemap error everytime I try to resubmit the sitemap.. traffic visitors been down from 600 a day to about 150 a day :(
     
    michael.aulia, Jul 7, 2009 IP