Did Profiles on SEOmoz get de-indexed?
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Hi fellow mozzers
My profile page on SEOmoz has always ranked well for my full name "Jacob Eeckhout". Recently I noticed that it doesn't show anymore, even for the query site:seomoz.org "jacob eeckhout".
Does anyone know what happened?
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Thanks for the update - I just went and noticed that your Moz profile is back here as well. Amazingly, it definitely seems like they are giving their own page more weight despite the other being obviously older. Copies are copies - and they don't want it.
Good to know! (Glad it worked!)
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Update April 22nd : After I've written a unique bio on my SEOmoz profile page, it ranks #6 again, just below my Google+ page. Seems Google might be getting stricter on duplicated content. Thanks for the insights Matt and Keri.
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Pondering over your insights Matt.
If Google dropped my SEOmoz profile page because of the copied bio text, it's interesting Google dropped SEOmoz. This is the original source where this text was first published, back in 2010. Did Google (ab)use its power to overrule the original source and favor its own Google+ ?
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Hi Keri
I will keep you updated. Just updated my profile with a new bio text + blog bio. I'll monitor the trend.
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Keep us posted, it'll be interesting to see if that changes things. We haven't done anything to profiles on this end that I'm aware of.
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Thanks a lot Matt. Great logical insights. As you stated, maybe this unveils Google's improved content duplication skills. I'll rewrite the content on this page and see what happens.
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Actually a quick search for me and another top 50 user both come up on Google. I did a search on another user with about the same number of points as you and it's not that either as they showed up. You're the only one I can't find.
This is just a guess but your Google+ profile uses the same exact matching text as your Moz profile. It could be that Google (finally) sees them as duplicates?
Do a search for "I eat, breath and sleep digital marketing at iValue. The online revolution offers so many opportunities to small and medium sized business, I've found my calling. It's helping organizations grow and achieve goals online. Online is life and life is online to me. The availability of data, stats, trends, insights and human behavior thrills me. Online is more than websites; it’s about people, business, brands, interaction, information, search, advertising, social sharing, broadcasting"
It's just a guess but you have two similar profiles with the same name... that would be my first start - changing the text on one or other.
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