I can't get google to re-visit this site!

Alright, I'm currently working on http://www.taxmatterssolutions.com right now. The last google spider visit was August 10th, and we started SEO about a month after that. I have re-submitted it to google, built plenty of backlinks, submitted a sitemap, and everything else I can think of but for some reason I cant get google to visit it again. Anyone have some suggestions?

 

Is there any reason Googlebot should revist the site daily, as indicated in the sitemap? Or for that matter is there any reason to revist the site at all? There are 16 pages listed in the sitemap and there are 16 pages listed on Google.

 

Yes there is. I have had websites with fewer pages be index weekly. This site hasn't been indexed for months now. You make 16 pages sound like a tiny amount, it's not like this site is a blog or anything.

 

Set up a Google webmaster tools account and let Google tell you if there is a problem crawling your site.

 

The point I was trying to make was that if the site hadn't changed at all since August then perhaps there was no need to respider the site? For example, 16 pages are listed in the sitemap and also in Google, right? Therefore why respider the site if everything is the same as it was in Aug.? Have you tried adding another page?

I assumed he had done so already.

 

Definitely use the goole webmaster tool. All the sites I optimize are updating constantly.

 

I never assume anything. But your right to assume that. It is almost an automatic thing for most webmasters to do now.

 

Goof links will bring your site back to Google earlier or later, Unless they are against the Google linking guidelines, of course

 

Main reason you could be missing this event is you need to blog dailY Just a tip Cheers"

 

Google has been back since August.

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I've seen this happen with small sites that sat dormant for too long. Google puts them on the 3 to 6 months schedule. Usually, GoogleBot starts coming back regularly once it notices that the site has changed. Adding a new article or two may help.

This happened to a little 5 page site that I had. I converted it to a blog and started adding posts. It tooks about 2 months for GoogleBot to start visiting the site again on a regular basis.

 

thanks mcfox - I misunderstood your point. And yea, I have added more pages and edited current pages (the current ones didn't make use of title tags, meta tags, or h1/h2 tags) Hmm and TechEvangelist that is interesting, its like it completely bypassed indexing the domain and went to that page. I guess I'll just keep adding more pages and building more backlinks. Hopefully Google will notice the changes soon.

Thanks all.