To All the Affiliates Who Have Been Google Slapped

TheRichJerksNet 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Wintermute

What is the slap?

A Myth .... Many use it as an excuse because some actually abuse the system to the extent that Google may de-index you...

Google is famous for pushing sites around but what many forget is the fact that they have competition that is doing the exact same things they are and targeting the exact same keywords.. The one that does it best Wins!!

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sree94

15 years ago

The Slap is through PPC

The Sandbox is when Google nails you in the SERPS

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kelvin yeo

15 years ago

thanks for clarifying, appreciate it.

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samuelbell

15 years ago

I have had two sites drop recently, the only thing I think I did wrong was get back links from the wrong places. It's annoying because these two sites were making sales and both were on the first page of Google, one site is now completely gone only the privacy policy remains indexed. And the other site has gone from 5th position on the first page to first position on the 2nd page.

SANDBOX?

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Kirahster 15 years ago

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Originally Posted by samuelbell

And the other site has gone from 5th position on the first page to first position on the 2nd page.

SANDBOX?

This sounds a bit more like the "Google Dance" to me.
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SurviveUnemployment

15 years ago

Originally Posted by samuelbell

I have had two sites drop recently, the only thing I think I did wrong was get back links from the wrong places. It's annoying because these two sites were making sales and both were on the first page of Google, one site is now completely gone only the privacy policy remains indexed. And the other site has gone from 5th position on the first page to first position on the 2nd page.

SANDBOX?

What are the "wrong places?" Paid directories? "Bad neighborhood" sites? I hope it's not the article directories because that's where I've been doing most of my link building.

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George Wright

15 years ago

Put a link to your irresistible offer, your home page, etc. right on top of your Privacy Policy.

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Originally Posted by samuelbell

I have had two sites drop recently, the only thing I think I did wrong was get back links from the wrong places. It's annoying because these two sites were making sales and both were on the first page of Google, one site is now completely gone only the privacy policy remains indexed. And the other site has gone from 5th position on the first page to first position on the 2nd page.

SANDBOX?

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disi 15 years ago

Originally Posted by samuelbell

And the other site has gone from 5th position on the first page to first position on the 2nd page.

SANDBOX?

That is normal if you added some backlinks recently. From time to time Google makes new web analysis and each time site that has new backlinks 're-shifts'. But after few days it should be back a bit higher than it was.

You may have a problem if you did not add any backlinks recently. Still - maybe somone posted link to your website somewhere? You never know that.
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Wintermute

15 years ago

Will it come back? This is freakin makes me nervous. I'm about to work on my first site today and I don't want it to get killed by Google.

I hope Bing/Yahoo can make big-G more nice to it's peasants.

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Wintermute

15 years ago

Oi... Google and all these things: Slap, Sandbox, Dance, etc.

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markshields

15 years ago

From what people have bene skyping me their moving to onto live ppc and yahoo ppc for the most part

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GuerrillaIM

15 years ago

Did you get slapped for direct linking to an affiliate offer?

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MeCanX

15 years ago

Any more it's a question of which three it is...and what to do about it...

With Google it just takes a bit of researching to figure out what makes it happy and then stick with that...

I have a 5 page website beating my 20 page website for the same keyword...so hell who knows...

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Zeus66

15 years ago

I recently lost my top passive earning affiliate site in the rankings. Went from #5 for a keyword getting almost 1 million searches a month to nowhere. It's still indexed, but not to be found in the SERPs in the top 1000 returns. Essentially gone. Pretty hefty hit to my income, but not a total killer (thankfully).

What you have to do is move on. Spend a few minutes being human - be shocked, stunned, upset, maybe even cry a little if you're so inclined. Then buck up, stiffen your resolve, and forge ahead. Marketers have to have thick skins. If you don't, you're in the wrong business, partner.

I've used this setback to re-focus on my info product business. I'm going to finish 2 new ebooks and put them up for sale. I'm going to make back MORE than I lost due to Google's unpredictable whims.

In other words...

SCR*W YOU, GOOGLE!

John

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SumikoW

15 years ago

I got slapped and they were wrong, something about Google Money Tree, no Google Money Tree here, they are very narrow minded no mercy. Like Obamas healthCare Plan.

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GuerrillaIM

15 years ago

The term "Google Slap" is when google raises your minimum CPC on a keyword, usually because they feel the content is irrelevant to the keyword.

I think people here are talking about having their website "Penalized" in the SERPS.

Bit of a confusing thread as I think some people are talking at cross purposes.

What is a Google Slap?

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Mukul Verma

15 years ago

I like google (Sorry John), but I try not to keep more then 20% traffic coming from it since if they try the slap, I cannot me hurt that bad.

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jasonl70

15 years ago

I just rebuild on a new domain. The only slaps I have gotten were for squeeze pages though, so it's easy to just slap it on a new domain.

Originally Posted by samuelbell

I have had two sites drop recently, the only thing I think I did wrong was get back links from the wrong places. It's annoying because these two sites were making sales and both were on the first page of Google, one site is now completely gone only the privacy policy remains indexed. And the other site has gone from 5th position on the first page to first position on the 2nd page.

SANDBOX?

just normal google dancing, etc. Not only will your own site get shuffled around some do to new links before settling down again, but so will your competitors, which will of course bump you around some as well.

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luc85

15 years ago

sree94...thanks for this question.

I too was severly slapped a few months ago that affected my affiliate websites.

You mentioned you put up new sites. Were they the same Conduit types or something different?

Holiday time will be upon us soon and I have a few money makers that I'd like to resume.

My thoughts are the same as are yours, it is only a matter of time until G finds the new sites and slaps them again, until we learn what they want us to do.

Please let me know what new sites you put up. Thanks. Sheri

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