Google Penalty?
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Hi,
I have recently been asked to help www.mycanvas.ie I have a feeling they have a google penalty. All their Google Keywords have literally dropped out of the Google SERP but they are still shown on Yahoo SERP.
I recently did a site:www.mycanvas.ie and the pages are still in google index.
The only thing that comes to mind is that the site owner submitted to 380 web directories over a period of 2 months with http://www.directorymaximizer.com/ do you think this could be causing the problem with google?
Advise and suggestions are welcomed, thank you.
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sure will thanks for your input it's really appreciated.
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remove the keyword stuffed and double instances of the title and meta tags too prior to submitting a request for reconsideration to Google this way when they manually review the site they see it doesn't look spammy .
Only one instance of "canvas" and "canvases" in the title and meta description. Lose the keywords meta altogether, keywords meta won't help in Google it can only hurt.
Send them as much technical info about the hacking as possible.
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They are hosted in Ireland with www.register365.com I will get in contact with them. I just hope the site returns back to it's original way once these issue are addressed. I will also see if wordpress needs to be updated.
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Yup, hacked as I thought. If you have paid hosting like godaddy or hostgator call them and tell them the site was hacked, their IT team will run forensics on the site and remove any malware or exploits they find on your site that the hacker(s) did.
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cool i will need to address all these issue with him so.
I also noticed this hack on the site http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:UgQ4BqgxlEIJ:www.mycanvas.ie/%3Ftag%3Dphoto-canvas+how+does+viagra+work+mycanvas&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie
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You can't stuff keywords like that and expect Google not to have a problem with it. <title>**Canvas** Prints | Photo on **Canvas** | **Canvas** Photo Gift | Dublin | My **Canvas**title>
<meta name="description" content="Photo to Canvas Prints and Canvas
Printing Dublin, Ireland.
Photos on Canvas, Photographic canvas prints,
photos to canvas printing, large canvas artwork, special effects
on canvbas, canvas printing in Dublin." /><meta name="keywords" content=" photo canvas Dublin Ireland, art on canvas,artist on canvas
,Large prints on canvas, digital artwork,big prints, valentines day gift canvas print, holy communion
canvas,christening photo to canvas, photoshop effects,my canvas, ireland, photo on canvas, photo to
canvas, photos on canvas, photo to canvas, photos to canvas, photo printed on canvas, photos printed
on canvas, canvase printing, personalised canvas art, personalized canvas art, printing on canvas, printing
to canvas,weddings, wedding, wedding gifts ireland, wedding gift ireland, unique wedding gifts, unusual
wedding gifts, bride, groom, unusual gifts, unusual, unique, different, birthday, birthdays, birthday gifts, 30th
birthday, 40th birthday, 50th birthday, 21st birthday, unusual birthday gifts, unique birthday gifts,contemporary
art, affordable art, canvas prints,photography, photos, photos of ireland, personalised art, personalized,
digital, picture, pictures,limited edition, contemporary, canvas prints, designer, gift certs,gift vouchers,canvas
gifts,your photo on canvas, my photo on canvas, christmas gifts,canvas frames,stretched canvas,canvas
printers dublin,photos from digital cameras,photos on computers,special occasion canvas prints." /> -
that could indicate that his site was hacked if that is the list of keywords most relevant for the site.
also, I see two meta keywords and two meta descriptions on the page. Also, keyword stuffing for "canvas"
Looks like a lot of issues here needing to be looked into.
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I have also noticed in his google webmaster account his keywords are phrases like - tramdol, viagra, pharmacy, xanax etc etc - this is very weird..
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I have to do that, I will look into this now...
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Hi,
I definitely think this could be one of the reasons that the rankings have been effected. If the web directories that were submitted were of a low quality in terms of domain and page ranks this could have a negative impact on rankings.
Have you used the SEO Moz tools to compare the sites top links with other competitors. This should give you a clearer picture and help you figure out if the possible low quality web directories are causing an issue?
Daniel.
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