Homepage Dropped by Google

Discussion in 'Websites' started by explorer, Jan 4, 2006.

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    I read a thread yesterday where someone said they'd added an RSS feed to their site and Google had dropped them.

    It prompted me to look at a PR6 site I have, because at the weekend I added an RSS feed from my "news" page to the home page. Lo and behold, my homepage was no longer in Google's cache and could no longer be found on searches. (All my internal pages were still cached and could be found in Google searches.)

    Now it turns out the thread starter yesterday may have had other issues that caused his site to be dropped. I don't think my site has these issues - there's no hidden text, no keyword stuffing, no "co-operative link networks", etc, etc.

    I queried Google and got the "standard" reply below.

    Trying to read between the lines, I'm wondering, is this the standard reply that everyone gets regardless of whitehat/blackhat?

    Or if you were doing blackhat would there be a different "standard" reply?

    Seems strange that adding an RSS feed could unsettle the Googlebot in this way. Or maybe it's just a coincidence. :confused:

    Thanks :)


     
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    chawlars Well-Known Member

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  3. explorer

    explorer Well-Known Member

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    Yes Chawlars, it was back again within a few hours of my inquiry to Google.
     
    explorer, Jan 5, 2006 IP