Homepage is deindexed in Google
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Please help for some reason my website home page has disappeared, we have been working on the site but nothing that I can think of which would block it. There are no warnings in google console?
Can anyone lend a hand in understanding what has gone wrong, I would really appreciate it.
The site is: http://www.discountstickerprinting.co.uk/
Seems to be working again but I had to fetch the home page in google console, any idea why this has happened cannot afford a heat op at this age lol?
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Hi Bob,
It seems you got your webpage back on the google listing, let me tell you few of the reasons and also give tips for rankings better on search engines.
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Hidden text or hidden links within your website
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Automated queries to Google which an errant script or malware can be sending to google or other websites.
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Virus or Malware on the page.
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Spam reports about the website.
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Canonical error domains with a substantially duplicate content error being shown due to www, non-www, https, http etc versions.
How you can avoid this kind of situation and up your ranks on google:
- Regularly watch the messages and alerts that google search console/webmaster sends. These are very important as Google has only this way of informing the webmaster about errors and problems on the website.
- Google gives authority and importance to secure websites, Install a security certificate on the website, move to Https using professional help.
- Install a good quality anti-virus, anti-malware on the website hosting. Website hosts also have this facility, check with your hosting provider.
I hope this helps , let me know if you have further queries.
Regards,
Vijay
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Hi BobAnderson,
First off, I'm truly sorry to hear that your site has disappeared. I'm sure that's a real pain after working on the site!
Couple of questions first to clarify your statement.
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What do you mean by disappeared? Do you mean that the page is not showing up for previously ranked keywords? Or did you mean that the site has been de-indexed completely? I checked out the link and the site is still showing, with it's HTTP response headers showing 200 OK as well. Let me know and that'll help with understanding the situation more.
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Your follow-up edit seems to say that the site is up again after doing a manual indexing on Google Search Console. If that's the case, it might have been an indexing issue after you made some major site changes. Have there been any major site updates recently?
Let me know and I'll see how I can help.
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