My page has fallen off the face of the earth on Google. What happened?
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I have checked all of the usual things. My page has not lost any links or authority. It is not black listed or any other obvious sign. What's going on?
This has just happened within the past 3 days.
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Could you not use the 'canonical tag' and link it back to a page which gets the largest volume of traffic?
Ref:http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=139394
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Hi there Ricky!
Check out the source code on your site. You're declaring your tag two times (two opening tags, one close tag), and the tag and other content are in a weird places because of it. The browser renders it okay, but from a code perspective (which I suspect is a bot's perspective), it's like a person with two heads. : ) Is Google's bot reading it right? Note that I just looked at your home page, your services page, and a few others... Hope this helps! - P
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Your entire site is probably considered to be "cookie cutter".
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Roger. What about the home page? I have that SEO'd for various keywords (was #3 on 'Plumbing Service' and no not shown).
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You have a lot of cookie cutter content..... the major content on the pages below is identical except that the city name is switched out.
http://www.akinsplumbing.net/plumber-service/alpharetta.html
http://www.akinsplumbing.net/plumber-service/braselton.html
Pages like these have failed in the google search engine since about 2004.
They get indexed, get ranked and then google drops all of them on your site except one or two.
If you want to compete for all of these cities you will need to invest in unique, original, substantive content for each city. Hopefully if you do that your site will recover but it might take a long time to get back.
Many people call these "doorway pages".
A quote from Google Webmaster Guidelines.... "Avoid "doorway" pages created just for search engines, or other "cookie cutter" approaches such as affiliate programs with little or no original content."
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No work has been done on the site in a while. Here is a list of keywords that I ranked #1-3 on each one. There are 2 or 3 that I am in the 60-90 range now. The rest are 100+. Also important to note that I have different pages for each City listed. So there are about 35ish pages that dropped completely.
alpharetta plumber
alpharetta septic tank
athens plumber
athens septic tank
atlanta plumber
atlanta septic tank
auburn plumber
auburn septic tank
bethlehem plumber
bethlehem septic tank
bogart plumber
bogart septic tank
braselton plumber
braselton septic tank
buford plumber
buford septic tank
centerville plumber
centerville septic tank
commerce plumber
commerce septic tank
dacula plumber
dacula septic tank
dunwoody plumber
dunwoody septic tank
flower branch plumber
flowery branch septic tank
gainesville plumber
gainesville septic tank
grayson plumber
grayson septic tank
homer plumber
homer septic tank
hoschton plumber
hoschton septic tank
jefferson plumber
jefferson septic tank
johns creek plumber
johns creek septic tank
lawrenceville plumber
lawrenceville septic tank
leak detection
loganville plumber
loganville septic tank
maysville plumber
maysville septic tank
monroe plumber
monroe septic tank
norcross plumber
norcross septic tank
oakwood plumber
oakwood septic tank
pendergrass plumber
pendergrass septic tank
plumber service
plumbing service
plumbing services
roswell plumber
roswell septic tank
sandy springs plumber
sandy springs septic tank
septic tank
septic tank cleaning
septic tank pumping
septic tank repair
snellville plumber
snellville septic tank
statham plumber
statham septic tank
stone mountain plumber
stone mountain septic tank
sugar hill plumber
sugar hill septic tank
suwanee plumber
suwanee septic tank
tucker plumber
tucker septic tank
winder plumber
winder septic tankThanks for looking!
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| alpharetta plumber |
| alpharetta plumber |
| alpharetta plumber |
| alpharetta plumber |
| alpharetta plumber |
| alpharetta septic tank |
| alpharetta septic tank |
| alpharetta septic tank |
| alpharetta septic tank |
| alpharetta septic tank |
| athens plumber |
| athens plumber |
| athens plumber |
| athens plumber |
| athens plumber |
| athens septic tank |
| athens septic tank |
| athens septic tank |
| athens septic tank |
| athens septic tank |
| atlanta plumber |
| atlanta plumber |
| atlanta plumber |
| atlanta plumber |
| atlanta septic tank |
| atlanta septic tank |
| atlanta septic tank |
| atlanta septic tank |
| auburn plumber |
| auburn plumber |
| auburn plumber |
| auburn plumber |
| auburn septic tank |
| auburn septic tank |
| auburn septic tank |
| auburn septic tank |
| bethlehem plumber |
| bethlehem plumber |
| bethlehem plumber |
| bethlehem plumber |
| bethlehem septic tank |
| bethlehem septic tank |
| bethlehem septic tank |
| bethlehem septic tank |
| bogart plumber |
| bogart plumber |
| bogart plumber |
| bogart plumber |
| bogart septic tank |
| bogart septic tank |
| bogart septic tank |
| bogart septic tank |
| braselton plumber |
| braselton plumber |
| braselton plumber |
| braselton plumber |
| braselton septic tank |
| braselton septic tank |
| braselton septic tank |
| braselton septic tank |
| buford plumber |
| buford plumber |
| buford plumber |
| buford plumber |
| buford septic tank |
| buford septic tank |
| buford septic tank |
| buford septic tank |
| centerville plumber |
| centerville plumber |
| centerville plumber |
| centerville plumber |
| centerville septic tank |
| centerville septic tank |
| centerville septic tank |
| centerville septic tank |
| commerce plumber |
| commerce plumber |
| commerce plumber |
| commerce plumber |
| commerce septic tank |
| commerce septic tank |
| commerce septic tank |
| commerce septic tank |
| dacula plumber |
| dacula plumber |
| dacula plumber |
| dacula plumber |
| dacula septic tank |
| dacula septic tank |
| dacula septic tank |
| dacula septic tank |
| dunwoody plumber |
| dunwoody plumber |
| dunwoody plumber |
| dunwoody plumber |
| dunwoody septic tank |
| dunwoody septic tank |
| dunwoody septic tank |
| dunwoody septic tank |
| flower branch plumber |
| flower branch plumber |
| flower branch plumber |
| flower branch plumber |
| flowery branch septic tank |
| flowery branch septic tank |
| flowery branch septic tank |
| flowery branch septic tank |
| gainesville plumber |
| gainesville plumber |
| gainesville plumber |
| gainesville plumber |
| gainesville septic tank |
| gainesville septic tank |
| gainesville septic tank |
| gainesville septic tank |
| grayson plumber |
| grayson plumber |
| grayson plumber |
| grayson plumber |
| grayson septic tank |
| grayson septic tank |
| grayson septic tank |
| grayson septic tank |
| homer plumber |
| homer plumber |
| homer plumber |
| homer plumber |
| homer septic tank |
| homer septic tank |
| homer septic tank |
| homer septic tank |
| hoschton plumber |
| hoschton plumber |
| hoschton plumber |
| hoschton plumber |
| hoschton septic tank |
| hoschton septic tank |
| hoschton septic tank |
| hoschton septic tank |
| jefferson plumber |
| jefferson plumber |
| jefferson plumber |
| jefferson plumber |
| jefferson septic tank |
| jefferson septic tank |
| jefferson septic tank |
| jefferson septic tank |
| johns creek plumber |
| johns creek plumber |
| johns creek plumber |
| johns creek plumber |
| johns creek septic tank |
| johns creek septic tank |
| johns creek septic tank |
| johns creek septic tank |
| lawrenceville plumber |
| lawrenceville plumber |
| lawrenceville plumber |
| lawrenceville plumber |
| lawrenceville septic tank |
| lawrenceville septic tank |
| lawrenceville septic tank |
| lawrenceville septic tank |
| leak detection |
| leak detection |
| leak detection |
| leak detection |
| loganville plumber |
| loganville plumber |
| loganville plumber |
| loganville plumber |
| loganville septic tank |
| loganville septic tank |
| loganville septic tank |
| loganville septic tank |
| maysville plumber |
| maysville plumber |
| maysville plumber |
| maysville plumber |
| maysville septic tank |
| maysville septic tank |
| maysville septic tank |
| maysville septic tank |
| monroe plumber |
| monroe plumber |
| monroe plumber |
| monroe plumber |
| monroe septic tank |
| monroe septic tank |
| monroe septic tank |
| monroe septic tank |
| norcross plumber |
| norcross plumber |
| norcross plumber |
| norcross plumber |
| norcross septic tank |
| norcross septic tank |
| norcross septic tank |
| norcross septic tank |
| oakwood plumber |
| oakwood plumber |
| oakwood plumber |
| oakwood plumber |
| oakwood septic tank |
| oakwood septic tank |
| oakwood septic tank |
| oakwood septic tank |
| pendergrass plumber |
| pendergrass plumber |
| pendergrass plumber |
| pendergrass plumber |
| pendergrass septic tank |
| pendergrass septic tank |
| pendergrass septic tank |
| pendergrass septic tank |
| plumber service |
| plumber service |
| plumber service |
| plumber service |
| plumbing service |
| plumbing service |
| plumbing service |
| plumbing service |
| plumbing services |
| plumbing services |
| plumbing services |
| plumbing services |
| roswell plumber |
| roswell plumber |
| roswell plumber |
| roswell plumber |
| roswell septic tank |
| roswell septic tank |
| roswell septic tank |
| roswell septic tank |
| sandy springs plumber |
| sandy springs plumber |
| sandy springs plumber |
| sandy springs plumber |
| sandy springs septic tank |
| sandy springs septic tank |
| sandy springs septic tank |
| sandy springs septic tank |
| septic tank |
| septic tank |
| septic tank |
| septic tank |
| septic tank cleaning |
| septic tank cleaning |
| septic tank cleaning |
| septic tank cleaning |
| septic tank pumping |
| septic tank pumping |
| septic tank pumping |
| septic tank pumping |
| septic tank repair |
| septic tank repair |
| septic tank repair |
| septic tank repair |
| snellville plumber |
| snellville plumber |
| snellville plumber |
| snellville plumber |
| snellville septic tank |
| snellville septic tank |
| snellville septic tank |
| snellville septic tank |
| statham plumber |
| statham plumber |
| statham plumber |
| statham plumber |
| statham septic tank |
| statham septic tank |
| statham septic tank |
| statham septic tank |
| stone mountain plumber |
| stone mountain plumber |
| stone mountain plumber |
| stone mountain plumber |
| stone mountain septic tank |
| stone mountain septic tank |
| stone mountain septic tank |
| stone mountain septic tank |
| sugar hill plumber |
| sugar hill plumber |
| sugar hill plumber |
| sugar hill plumber |
| sugar hill septic tank |
| sugar hill septic tank |
| sugar hill septic tank |
| sugar hill septic tank |
| suwanee plumber |
| suwanee plumber |
| suwanee plumber |
| suwanee plumber |
| suwanee septic tank |
| suwanee septic tank |
| suwanee septic tank |
| suwanee septic tank |
| tucker plumber |
| tucker plumber |
| tucker plumber |
| tucker plumber |
| tucker septic tank |
| tucker septic tank |
| tucker septic tank |
| tucker septic tank |
| winder plumber |
| winder plumber |
| winder plumber |
| winder plumber |
| winder septic tank |
| winder septic tank |
| winder septic tank |
| winder septic tank | -
"Nobody will be able to diagnose this without a lot of guessing unless you provide a lot of information about your level of content duplication, link sources, are you being scraped, link destinations and more."
What keywords you used to rank for and what recent work has been done on the site are also very important.
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I am new here so I will give it a shot.
My URL is www.akinsplumbing.net
Any other questions please let me know!
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OK... so you are not banned or whacked for malware.
Nobody will be able to diagnose this without a lot of guessing unless you provide a lot of information about your level of content duplication, link sources, are you being scraped, link destinations and more.
So, if you want to get deeper analysis the best thing to do would be to hire someone or post your URL so that people can look at the site. Still you will get mostly guesses as this type of problem is difficult to diagnose and requires more time than Q&A posters are able/willing to spend.
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Yes we are #1 for our company name.
Zero traffic from Google in the past 4 days. Well, I have gotten maybe 10 from keywords that include my company name.
I was #1-3 on about 120 keywords. Each one of them have dropped to below 100+ as of Sunday.
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Do you rank for your company name ?
Are you gettting SOME traffic or ZERO traffic from Google.
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