Google Ranking Question

let me share with you the secrets of Google

No one knows for sure

But rule of thumb is any site that is in the search engines, unless its being updated consistently will likely not draw in much traffic over all.

Google looks for relevancy, consistency and they are even checking time on pages

Getting indexed is not a difficult work today. What matters today is the quality of content and backlinks. And let me tell you not just any backlinks but also quality backlinks. Google has faced little competition because of bing and they have recently changed their algorithm. May be you know about this but to rank higher there is one simple formula.

Quality Content+Quality Back links = KING.

I hope I have answered this.

Hostgator runs dozens of sites from the same C-class, Google
won't penalize any other domains on that IP , because one
of the domains was "dead".

Google has zero interest in that factor, 85% of the web
is hosted over shared hosting where one customer
has no control over others on the same IP.

Whatever is causing you a headache it's unlikely to have
any correlation.

The issue is more likely to do with SOC Jerry, not your
hosting.

You can run a reverse DNS however and see if your IP
is deluged with spammy looking sites, **** etc, and if
so drop HG a line and mention you would like to move to
a new IP.

If you want to rank our websites you must constantly adding new content on then and build lots of backlinks for your site on related and with high PR pages.

Google values links coming into your site as a vote for the popularity and relevance of your site. But if those links are bought, exchanged, or obtained in any unnatural way, then it plays havoc on their ranking system. Link exchanges (which you can search in this forum for more info, or just go through all the guidelines) are frowned upon since those incoming links artificially inflate the importance of your site. Many people come to this forum having had great search rankings for periods of time, and then poof, all is lost when Google finds out about some practice that games the system, purposefully or otherwise, that has inflated the value of a site in the eyes of Google. Exchanging links is one such practice. If you go thru the guidelines...... in detail, and get your site in total compliance, then you can apply for reconsideration with Google thru webmaster tools. But don't waste time if you aren't in total compliance. I did not bother looking for other stuff after seeing the links page, so there may be plenty of other things to clean up. In any event, there is no assurance that Google would reconsider, or if they would, that they would do it in any hurry in view of the circumstances. It's worth the effort obviously, if you rely on your search status with Google to get business. Good luck.

Do people actually even read the OP's question ?

I'll be following this post closely. I too use Hostgator, and recently shut down a site. But the good news is I created a site the other day that ranked high fairly fast so i don't think that this is the reason why your not ranking. Good Luck!

I have been using hostgator for a few years never had any problems. I have been building a few niche sites since feb 2010.

I have just managed to get one of my sites to #2 in google through backlinking, just keep at it and you will get there. I have been worried that none of my sites would make it to top #3 but the site at #2 has been in the top 10 for a month or so and it was a brand new domain.

thanks
andy

It's not bout the host.. it's how you promote it, where, how often, and etc..

just keep creating unique content and steadily build some inbound links, you will start ranking in time. It takes a while with newer websites. Be patient.

Agree with those that said that hosting has nothing to do with it. Shared hosting is widely used and google does not judge a site by it's ip. If it does, hostgator should be good to go as it's stated in their terms that they look out for bad sites in their shared hosting.

I myself am using shared hosting and my main domain is dead so to speak. No content there. But i manage to get high rankings on the add on domains i host here.

I think that your rankings has something to do with the keywords you choose. Maybe it's too competitive?

I know this is not a real answer but I have seen many people running niche sites for affiliates with duplicate content. copyscape your website.

I think its very hard to tell.