Possible Causes For A Page Disappearing From Google?

Alex Taylor · 03-20-2010, 03:25 PM

I had an internal page ranking in page 2 of Google for the last few weeks. Today, all of a sudden, it's not ranking anywhere. I haven't changed anything on the page and haven't done anything I shouldn't.

Why might it have vanished, and is it likely to reappear just as suddenly, or is there something I should do to get it back?

I've never had a page vanish like this before.

cjed2061 · 03-20-2010, 03:27 PM

I've had that happen before. I guess Google is like that. It should come back in a few days or so. Mine did anyway and usually the ranking is higher.

Alex Taylor · 03-20-2010, 03:29 PM

I suppose that's the game you play with SEO. You get a page ranking well, find a brand new stream of steady traffic, and bam, it's shut off like a light switch because someone at Google moved a decimal point one place.

bretski · 03-20-2010, 08:05 PM

I've had a large portion of my site just go "poof" about two weeks ago. There area few more posts out there from folks that have had the same thing happen. I've been told that it's just the Google dance and that everything will even out eventually. I just know that I hate it when my site was ranking really well and now my pages are being outranked by absolute trash warez sites and stuff like that.

Hang in there...

innocent07 · 03-20-2010, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Taylor

I had an internal page ranking in page 2 of Google for the last few weeks. Today, all of a sudden, it's not ranking anywhere. I haven't changed anything on the page and haven't done anything I shouldn't.

Why might it have vanished, and is it likely to reappear just as suddenly, or is there something I should do to get it back?

I've never had a page vanish like this before.

that's google for you.

One day you can be in the top 10, the next day you can be removed from all listings

joe.marsh · 03-20-2010, 08:26 PM

I had the same thing happen in the past.

As others said it typically shows back up.

Give it sometime.

Joe

sezerb · 03-20-2010, 08:36 PM

I've had 90 percent of my site disappear from the Google index. Word on the street is Google is trying to push the new infrastructure (caffeine) to their data centers without too much success so far. I'm seeing some whacky numbers at the moment.

Alex Taylor · 03-20-2010, 09:11 PM

I'm glad to hear I'm not alone, and that the page should come back sometime. I worked hard to get that little sucker ranking so high! And yeah, it's annoying when you see crazy-bad sites outranking you!

IM Headlines · 03-20-2010, 10:54 PM

It happened to me as well, and not just one time. Most of my sites
came back after disappearing, but some others did not.

So you can't really know what's going to happen next. Hope your site
goes back up mate, and hopefully even higher.

Alex Taylor · 03-20-2010, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DesmondTan

maybe it got banned

That seems unlikely, because several other pages in the site are still ranking high for other keywords.

J Bold · 03-20-2010, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex Taylor

That seems unlikely, because several other pages in the site are still ranking high for other keywords.

I concur. Unlikely.

Must be the Google dance, I would hazard a guess. But only from listening to people more experienced than me in SEO!

03-20-2010, 03:25 PM	#1
Alex Taylor HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 476 Thanks: 30 Thanked 59 Times in 47 Posts	Possible Causes For A Page Disappearing From Google? I had an internal page ranking in page 2 of Google for the last few weeks. Today, all of a sudden, it's not ranking anywhere. I haven't changed anything on the page and haven't done anything I shouldn't. Why might it have vanished, and is it likely to reappear just as suddenly, or is there something I should do to get it back? I've never had a page vanish like this before.

03-20-2010, 03:27 PM	#2
cjed2061 Active Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Louisburg Posts: 68 Thanks: 2 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Possible Causes For A Page Disappearing From Google? I've had that happen before. I guess Google is like that. It should come back in a few days or so. Mine did anyway and usually the ranking is higher.
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03-20-2010, 03:29 PM	#3
Alex Taylor HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 476 Thanks: 30 Thanked 59 Times in 47 Posts	Re: Possible Causes For A Page Disappearing From Google? I suppose that's the game you play with SEO. You get a page ranking well, find a brand new stream of steady traffic, and bam, it's shut off like a light switch because someone at Google moved a decimal point one place.

03-20-2010, 08:05 PM	#4
bretski Crayons Taste Like Purple War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,189 Thanks: 318 Thanked 354 Times in 262 Posts	Re: Possible Causes For A Page Disappearing From Google? I've had a large portion of my site just go "poof" about two weeks ago. There area few more posts out there from folks that have had the same thing happen. I've been told that it's just the Google dance and that everything will even out eventually. I just know that I hate it when my site was ranking really well and now my pages are being outranked by absolute trash warez sites and stuff like that. Hang in there...
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joe.marsh HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 341 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 17 Thanked 23 Times in 23 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Possible Causes For A Page Disappearing From Google? I had the same thing happen in the past. As others said it typically shows back up. Give it sometime. Joe
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03-20-2010, 09:11 PM	#8
Alex Taylor HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: England Posts: 476 Thanks: 30 Thanked 59 Times in 47 Posts	Re: Possible Causes For A Page Disappearing From Google? I'm glad to hear I'm not alone, and that the page should come back sometime. I worked hard to get that little sucker ranking so high! And yeah, it's annoying when you see crazy-bad sites outranking you!

03-20-2010, 10:54 PM	#9
IM Headlines Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,167 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 196 Thanked 679 Times in 80 Posts Social Networking	Re: Possible Causes For A Page Disappearing From Google? It happened to me as well, and not just one time. Most of my sites came back after disappearing, but some others did not. So you can't really know what's going to happen next. Hope your site goes back up mate, and hopefully even higher.
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