
SEO Local #1 on G B Y, but vanished from Google
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I have a mystery that I'm trying to get to the bottom of.
Our site was #1 on Google, Yahoo and Bing for years for our local keyword. Until a few months ago, our site on Google vanished.
Here is what I've found:
- all pages visible when I site search "site:****3.com" (you can replace "****3" with my username)
- no manual action on webmaster tools
- This occurred around September 2013
- Site still #1 in Yahoo & Bing
- A RBL lookup found my web server IP was blacklisted (not my site IP, just the hostgator reseller server IP)
- when I search main keyword (Gainesville Computer repair), I don't see home page at all, even past page 20. I may see some subpages, but only after page 15 or so
Something else that could be entirely irrelevant. We've been using a UPS store for our business address, since we have a box there. UPS always said we could use their address for a business address. Google in 2011 took our Google Places site down without any reason, though it was still showing in the admin panel. Our site was never interrupted from the #1 position in Google SERP. It wasn't until Sept2013 that I found it was all because they didn't like the business address. I fixed the address and Google support resurrected the site... but around the same time that's when this all happened.
Also, I've been using services for the last 5 years from trafficplanet and warrior (link building, blog writing, etc..). I know this is likely the reason, but I can't explain why no manual action is showing in my WMT.
I'd appreciate any feedback. I'd even be willing to hire help, but don't know where to start. Thanks in advance.
Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.
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