> Something else I discovered, I use google search feature for my site
> and those last 3 posts don't even show up when google is searching my
> OWN site, from my site...
> I have it set to search only my site for results and I get other posts
> but not the last 3...
> On Dec 3, 10:04 pm, webado wrote:
> > You rsite is indexed. It may simply nto be ranking as well as you'd
> > like.
> > As for sorting out the canonical domain issue in .htaccess see here:http://groups.google.com/group/only-validation/web/fix-canonical-issu...
> > You need to adapt to your case. Where it says index.html use
> > index.php if needed, for instance.
> > On Dec 4, 12:47 am, ThecounT wrote:> Hey man, well it looks like 2 of the latest post on my site have not
> > > showed up at all today.
> > > I followed the advise as closely as I could. Is there anyway you
> > > could check to see what
> > > is really going on? If google is put off by something or pulled the
> > > plug, how do I find out
> > > that has happened? Is it possiable that I am in transistion from all
> > > the changes I made and
> > > stuff will come back.
> > > Do they tell you if they have eliminated a site? How do I find out
> > > please. Anything else,
> > > any observation please.
> > > Thanks
> > > On Dec 3, 12:52 pm, BBdeath wrote:
> > > > > I over reacted to the plagiarism comment when it came with no with
> > > > > added technical
> > > > > advice
> > > > NP- happens. Beside this don't expect anybody to point out one special
> > > > reason- except trivial cases (site hacked, noindex meta found, etc)
> > > > noone can tell for sure what happened: Google algo changes ~10 times
> > > > weekly. Any of them can find you if have some problematic issue.
> > > > > I removed all the links I had to other gossip sites to avoid looking
> > > > > bad.
> > > > This has too sides: the 100 links/page is rather a usability
> > > > suggestion then a strict rule- if your sites prove to be very useful,
> > > > popular, it will not cause technical problems to Google to crawl even
> > > > thousands of links. Though definitely have to be very resonable to
> > > > have more links on a page- it's quite tough for users to chose from so
> > > > many option...
> > > > The other side what I mentioned the link exchange what is against
> > > > Google guidelines: it has at least 2 sides- should try to contact the
> > > > other parties to remove those links.
> > > > Look at the archives even here 2-3 weeks ago (20nov?-around) how many
> > > > sites had problems because of link exchange.
> > > > > I asked my provider about the speed of my site and they indicated is
> > > > > was fine.
> > > > What should he say? For me it still looks bad. What you see in your
> > > > webmaster tools/statistics/crawl stats (at the bottom)? Average time
> > > > requered to download a page?
> > > > > i have links to "Free Traffic" and other pages you spoke of on my
> > > > > sidebar, is that not good?
> > > > The "free traffic" page on your site contains explicit link exchnage
> > > > offer what would even enough for a penalty- though I don't think that
> > > > your site is under any kind of penalty.
> > > > The links I mentioned are copied from the top of the text only cached
> > > > version your home page (guess that they are present on all pages).
> > > > I've seen that those links beside many other are also present elswhere
> > > > (for example in the sidebar) on the pages. But what can be seen on the
> > > > top of the text-only cached version- for me looks to be hidden links,
> > > > pretending some kind of navigation- also dangerous.
> > > > Really should decide to display them correctly in a head navigation
> > > > bar or get rid of them.
> > > > > Could you tell me what this means more explicitly and how to correct?
> > > > If you look at the source code of your pages you'll find multiple
> > > > <meta name="description" content=.... lines- and the same for meta
> > > > keywords. I don't know how and why (bug of all-in-one seo, or bad
> > > > installation of all-in-one seo) these are inserted 3-4 times on each
> > > > page, but it would be good to correct it.
> > > > > to point out ? to recap, none of my posts are showing up in google
> > > > > anymore (since Nov 20th),
> > > > > only my front page is associated with my post/ content/ google.
> > > > Just as pure guessing I have a theory for your scenario: Google
> > > > devaluated some/most of your backlinks (link exchange), so that now
> > > > the site is not considered important enough to be crawled deeply-
> > > > mainly as many of the content can be found elswhere- I've done some
> > > > quote search for your content- and even your mybloglog profiles
> > > > sometimes ranked higher then your posts.
> > > > What I'd do:
> > > > 1. Heavily focus on unique content- even your own content syndication
> > > > can cause problems. Ideally it should be restricted for the syndicated
> > > > content to be indexed by Google- the only sure way to ensure that your
> > > > original post will be indexed, ranked for that content.
> > > > 2. Remove even the traces of link exchange (both sides)- and mainly
> > > > not mix internal links with external ones in one block- typical sign
> > > > of trading (selling, exchanging in any way) links.
> > > > 3. Solve the speed-problem: if your webmaster tools verify at last
> > > > half of what I see it's enough also to cause problems. By the way have
> > > > anything happened with the crawl rate areound 20th of nov?
> > > > 4. As much as possible clean up the problems with your source code:http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fthecount.com%2F&charse...
> > > > plus the duplicate meta tags.
> > > > 5. Think about how you could ensure more visibility to to posts just
> > > > "fallen out" of the homepage for example direct link to them from a
> > > > frequent place of the home page.
> > > > On Dec 3, 7:33 pm,ThecounTwrote:> Hi, BBdeath, I think we are all over the idiot comment I hope, it is
> > > > > not my way,
> > > > > I over reacted to the plagiarism comment when it came with no with
> > > > > added technical
> > > > > advice, for instance the way your have helped me. anyways, you said:
> > > > > > Also would think about Google's suggestion: 100 links/page
> > > > > I removed all the links I had to other gossip sites to avoid looking
> > > > > bad.
> > > > > > 1. Speed of the site: I can get the 70-80k source of post pages
> > > > > > usually in 2-5sec, the whole page downloads usually in 12-20 secs.
> > > > > > Would worth to check in Google webmaster tools how much time does it
> > > > > > take for Google to get your pages- above 1 sec is very bad.
> > > > > I asked my provider about the speed of my site and they indicated is
> > > > > was fine.
> > > > > > I cannot find these links as a user on your homepage- though they are
> > > > > > present in the text-only cached version.
> > > > > i have links to "Free Traffic" and other pages you spoke of on my
> > > > > sidebar, is that not good?
> > > > > I did not want them across the top of my front pages the way the theme
> > > > > called for.
> > > > > # Art Sucks
> > > > > # Blast Magazine Blogs
> > > > > # Bricks and Stones
> > > > > # Celebrity Mug Shots <----
> > > > > # Celebrity News <---
> > > > > # Celebrity Photos <---
> > > > > # Celebrity Videos <---
> > > > > # Celebslam
> > > > > # Free Traffic <------
> > > > > # Gossip Girls
> > > > > # Hollywire
> > > > > # Kimbo Slice
> > > > > # Lisa Mason Lee!
> > > > > # MadCeleb
> > > > > # Mash-Back
> > > > > # Pinkisthenewblog
> > > > > # ThaHotSeat
> > > > > # The Bosh
> > > > > # thechimp.com
> > > > > # TheFirsky
> > > > > # UFO SPOTTED!
> > > > > I have picture linked to "MASH-BACK! Paris Hilton Arrested!" with
> > > > > alt="Mash Back">
> > > > > > 2. You have 2-4 meta keywords/descriptions on your pages.
> > > > > Could you tell me what this means more explicitly and how to correct?
> > > > > Lastly can you tell me if I did a good job cleaning up what you were
> > > > > kind enough
> > > > > to point out ? to recap, none of my posts are showing up in google
> > > > > anymore (since Nov 20th),
> > > > > only my front page is associated with my post/ content/ google.
> > > > > Countiot :)>
> > > > > On Dec 3, 6:31 am, BBdeath wrote:
> > > > > > Some more idiot advice- but any of them can cause ranking/indexing
> > > > > > problems, just like the duplicate content:
> > > > > > 1. Speed of the site: I can get the 70-80k source of post pages
> > > > > > usually in 2-5sec, the whole page downloads usually in 12-20 secs.
> > > > > > Would worth to check in Google webmaster tools how much time does it
> > > > > > take for Google to get your pages- above 1 sec is very bad.
> > > > > > 2. You have 2-4 meta keywords/descriptions on your pages.
> > > > > > 3.
> > > > > > * Home
> > > > > > * Celeb News
> > > > > > * Celeb Mug Shots
> > > > > > * Celeb Videos
> > > > > > * Free Traffic
> > > > > > * Celebrity Photos
> > > > > > * MASH-BACK! Paris Hilton Arrested!
> > > > > > * SEARCH RESULTS
> > > > > > *ThecounT.com Celebrity Video Mash-Up
> > > > > > * Front Page
> > > > > > 4.http://thecount.com/free-traffic/http://www.google.com/support/webmas......
> > > > > > - and your "other hot sites" also show heavy link exchnage.
> > > > > > Also would think about Google's suggestion: 100 links/page
> > > > > > On Dec 3, 2:59 am,ThecounTwrote:
> > > > > > > the site is a mash-up idiot.
> > > > > > > and further more we do have very original content as well.
> > > > > > > But thanks for being zero help. yahoo.
> > > > > > > On Dec 2, 5:53 pm, bluegill01 wrote:
> > > > > > > > That post is almost copied verbatim from TMZ. I used Copyscape and
> > > > > > > > found almost every line in the post you listed above to be copied.
> > > > > > > > Google does not like copied or highly similar material. To rank high
> > > > > > > > you must
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