Comments on: Removed From Google Index – Time to Panic? http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Don http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Don Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:09:09 +0000 http://www.thelucidblog.com/?p=34#comment-753 Hey David, Glad we were able to help. I know how scary it is to get the boot from google. Glad to see you were able to get back in so quickly! Hey David,

Glad we were able to help. I know how scary it is to get the boot from google. Glad to see you were able to get back in so quickly!

]]> By: Too many internal links can cause Google penalisation - Avinashsing Sunkur Blog http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Too many internal links can cause Google penalisation - Avinashsing Sunkur Blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:58:57 +0000 http://www.thelucidblog.com/?p=34#comment-532 [...] The Lucid Blog - Kicked out of google index [...] [...] The Lucid Blog – Kicked out of google index [...]

]]> By: David Congreave http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-121 David Congreave Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:21:16 +0000 http://www.thelucidblog.com/?p=34#comment-121 Good explanation of the site-wide, erm, Big Man is it? An older site with LOTS of existing external links can sometimes get away with a site-wide. In practice, Google can probably spot them and either discount them all, or discount all but one. But it's newer sites with little previous link history that is probably most at risk. As Big Man said, best to nofollow all but one. Just to clarify, the URL Big Man put in his post was a LINK to a explanation of nofollow - he wasn't giving an example of how to 'nofollow' a link. To demonstrate, here are two links, the first is a normal link, and the second is nofollow'd. I've deliberately added extra spaces, so you can see the code, instead of the link. Normal Link: a HREF="Web Address">Website.com< /a Nofollow'd Link: a HREF = "Web Address" rel="nofollow">Website.com< /A Good explanation of the site-wide, erm, Big Man is it?

An older site with LOTS of existing external links can sometimes get away with a site-wide. In practice, Google can probably spot them and either discount them all, or discount all but one. But it’s newer sites with little previous link history that is probably most at risk.

As Big Man said, best to nofollow all but one.

Just to clarify, the URL Big Man put in his post was a LINK to a explanation of nofollow – he wasn’t giving an example of how to ‘nofollow’ a link.

To demonstrate, here are two links, the first is a normal link, and the second is nofollow’d. I’ve deliberately added extra spaces, so you can see the code, instead of the link.

Normal Link:

a HREF=”Web Address”>Website.com< /a

Nofollow'd Link:

a HREF = "Web Address" rel="nofollow">Website.com< /A

]]> By: Alex Newell http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Alex Newell Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:36:31 +0000 http://www.thelucidblog.com/?p=34#comment-120 Thanks for the explanation "The Big man" - made me think of the footer in WordPress blogs and indeed the blogroll! :-) Alex Thanks for the explanation “The Big man” – made me think of the footer in WordPress blogs and indeed the blogroll!

:-)

Alex

]]> By: The Big Man http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-119 The Big Man Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:25:19 +0000 http://www.thelucidblog.com/?p=34#comment-119 For Alex, Nats and John - Site-wide linking is exactly what it says on the tin - a link to an external website that appears on each page of a website. You will often see site-wide links in the footer of a website, linking to the web design company that designed the site, for example. As David points out, it can be easily misconstrued by the search engine spiders as link spam, so if you MUST put a link to another website on each page of your site, use a nofollow tag (http://www.kenkai.com/nofollow-link-tag-nofollow-tag.htm), on all but one, such as the one that will be attached to the link that I have just put in the post; assuming David automatically adds them to links on his blog. We regularly have clients that come to us having lost their positions because someone told them it was a good idea to go out and buy links and they go to a company such as Linkadage, buy 10,000 links from a site for $200 and their link appears on 10,000 of the website, only to find Google penalises them for obvious spam, (and obvious bought links!). It's not always as easy or quick to remedy as it was with David, it can sometimes take months to get your positions back, so simply don't risk it! For Alex, Nats and John – Site-wide linking is exactly what it says on the tin – a link to an external website that appears on each page of a website. You will often see site-wide links in the footer of a website, linking to the web design company that designed the site, for example. As David points out, it can be easily misconstrued by the search engine spiders as link spam, so if you MUST put a link to another website on each page of your site, use a nofollow tag (http://www.kenkai.com/nofollow-link-tag-nofollow-tag.htm), on all but one, such as the one that will be attached to the link that I have just put in the post; assuming David automatically adds them to links on his blog.

We regularly have clients that come to us having lost their positions because someone told them it was a good idea to go out and buy links and they go to a company such as Linkadage, buy 10,000 links from a site for $200 and their link appears on 10,000 of the website, only to find Google penalises them for obvious spam, (and obvious bought links!). It’s not always as easy or quick to remedy as it was with David, it can sometimes take months to get your positions back, so simply don’t risk it!

]]> By: John Reed http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-116 John Reed Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:22:54 +0000 http://www.thelucidblog.com/?p=34#comment-116 Thanks David, it needed a very good flow to keep me alert and reading after a full day in our Shop - but you succeeded so well! I found that a real insight into the mechanics - but I'm not au fait with Site-Wide Linking? Yours John O'York Thanks David, it needed a very good flow to keep me alert and reading after a full day in our Shop – but you succeeded so well!
I found that a real insight into the mechanics – but I’m not au fait with Site-Wide Linking?
Yours
John O’York

]]> By: John Austwick http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-115 John Austwick Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:11:57 +0000 http://www.thelucidblog.com/?p=34#comment-115 Great Information David I will watch for that too John Great Information David I will watch for that too
John

]]> By: Nats http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Nats Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:57:27 +0000 http://www.thelucidblog.com/?p=34#comment-114 A very interesting article, something I have been hit by as I am sure many others have. I would laos like to know more about “site-wide link” . Keep up the good work. A very interesting article, something I have been hit by as I am sure many others have. I would laos like to know more about “site-wide link” . Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Zo Nicholas http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Zo Nicholas Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:55:05 +0000 http://www.thelucidblog.com/?p=34#comment-113 Thats what I call a whole load of information! Great stuff, thanks for sharing. Thats what I call a whole load of information! Great stuff, thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Tidders http://www.thelucidblog.com/kicked-out-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Tidders Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:45:07 +0000 http://www.thelucidblog.com/?p=34#comment-112 Very interesting and possibly gives me an idea as to an ongoing problem I have on my lingerie site with one particular page. Possibly same kind of scenario, but could this possibly apply to an individual page of a site? Very interesting and possibly gives me an idea as to an ongoing problem I have on my lingerie site with one particular page. Possibly same kind of scenario, but could this possibly apply to an individual page of a site?

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