What did I do wrong?

Discussion in 'SEO' started by hitmanuk2k, Aug 11, 2006.

  1. #1
    My site, http://www.pesinsight.com, used to rank number one for ALL the important keywords. Suddenly one day, around 6 weeks ago, that all changed and my site was dropped around 40 places for EVERYTHING - and that includes the most obvious keyword 'pesinsight' - which I currently am down around 50th for.

    Thankfully another domain owned by myself ranks number one for 'pesinsight' - so people still do come accross my site when searching for it specifically. But what caused such a drop? Especially on the pesinsight keyword.
     
    hitmanuk2k, Aug 11, 2006 IP
  2. patataur

    patataur Peon

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    #2
    edit : working now.
    no idea then

    (well, i cannot access to your site (404). could be related.)
     
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  3. hitmanuk2k

    hitmanuk2k Peon

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    #3
    It's working fine...
     
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  4. Quozt

    Quozt Peon

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    #4
    domains working for me, no 404 here
     
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  5. xeno

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    #5
    Is the sight very old? If its new it may have been sandboxed.
     
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  6. Alan Murray

    Alan Murray Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Not working for me.
     
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  7. ArcticPro

    ArcticPro Banned

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    #7
    Changing your site can affect your rankings, even a small one at that.
     
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    #8
    even u change one or three words?
     
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  9. Correctus

    Correctus Straight Edge

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    #9
    Maybe you have done this

    (1) Linked to a bad neighborhood, that is, a site that is thought by Google to be bad.
    (2) Did something else Google didn't like (hidden text, too much keywords on one page)

    IT
     
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  10. Mamaw

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    #10
    this happens from time to time your site needs to be optimised and set up on a continuing basis
     
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  11. TETRHA

    TETRHA Peon

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    #11
    are you getting fresh links, have you changed your design nowadays, did you have host problems
     
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  12. Kaptain Kangaroo

    Kaptain Kangaroo Peon

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    #12
    fix robots.txt?
     
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  13. hitmanuk2k

    hitmanuk2k Peon

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    #13
    How do I fix robots?
     
    hitmanuk2k, Aug 13, 2006 IP
  14. Kaptain Kangaroo

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    #14
    try copy / paste - forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=5041&highlight=robots.txt

    while it may be noted in the thread, that you don't technically need one, yours is showing a server error. Best to get it fixed in my opinion. Had a new site recently that DIDN'T have one and Yahoo seemed to be hitting just for that file and then went no further. After uploading a robots.txt, the bot presumed to be welcome and started indexing. Hope you get the issue resolved swiftly.
     
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  15. hitmanuk2k

    hitmanuk2k Peon

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    OK thanks I think I have added one successfully. Will see if that helps.
     
    hitmanuk2k, Aug 14, 2006 IP
  16. Kaptain Kangaroo

    Kaptain Kangaroo Peon

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    #16
    that looks much better ;)
     
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  17. dynamicseo

    dynamicseo Banned

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    #17
    I think you need to concentrate on keyword prominency, proximity and density. Which is the main reason for not coming on top pages of SE.
     
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  18. hitmanuk2k

    hitmanuk2k Peon

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    That's not what has happened though. My keywords are fine. Looking at "pesinsight" keyword particular. It is the SAME site effectively which is top for that keyword (pes-5.com) as what is on pesinsight.com. Yet pesinsight.com is way down at 50. It happened randomly over night over a month ago.
     
    hitmanuk2k, Aug 16, 2006 IP
  19. Kaptain Kangaroo

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    #19
    your site pes-5.com redirects to pesinsight.com/Pro-Evolution-Soccer-5.php. therein might lie your problem. if redirects are not done correctly, google can penalize sites for this. it doesn't look like it's redirecting right, but i don't know a whole lot about redirects. that's my uneducated guess. someone that knows more about redirects could help you better.
     
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  20. hitmanuk2k

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    I just pointed the domain via my namecheap.com account to that page...
     
    hitmanuk2k, Aug 16, 2006 IP