Here's something for the new googlers to look at then:
My home page (which had a PR4) is http://www.tuscl.com. For the past 5 weeks, it has been dropped and added to the google index maybe 15 times. The page will disappear from the google index for a few days, then come back for a day or two, then disappear again. My other pages on my site are not dropped, just the home page. There has been no penalty indicated in my Webmaster tools. And my home page has been accessed every few days by googlebot.
My site does not spam the google index. My site is not new, it has been around longer than google. My site is considered one of the top two on the web for what it does (this is from google when it was listing it, and from yahoo).
I really don't know what is going on. If any googler (or anyone who has had similar issues) can shed light on this, please help.
> Some of you have noticed that a few of my colleagues and I have been > very quiet lately in the Google Webmaster Help Group. I can assure you > we haven't been hunting wabbits ... and though we've continued to spot > and escalate many situations in the background, that's not all we've > been doing, either.
> Aside from sharing information via interviews and chatting with > webmasters in person around the globe (Australia, China, Germany, the > U.K., the U.S.), we've been learning how to bring this Google Group to > the next level. This has involved online communications workshops, > training in spotting issues, and even (eeek!) a review of important > legal issues.
> The one thing we haven't had to gain, though, is an appreciation for > webmaster concerns and an eagerness to address them. Over the next > weeks, you'll start to slowly but surely see posts from Googlers who > are new to the Group. What's notable is that these aren't customer > service folks we've newly hired for this role; these are experienced > Google Search Quality team members who came up to me and Vanessa Fox > asking to spend part of their work time participating here.
> You'll be able to spot and verify these folks' status as a Googler by > the "G" badge you see next to their name on posts. And while they > clearly know their stuff, it may take them a short bit to get their > "Group legs," so welcome 'em and be nice, okay? :)
> I may have to start tracking googler's contributions again, now that > it's going to have a positive slope on the curve :)
> Anyway, looking forward to it, this should be the place for official > googler and webmaster communication, the other forums are fine, but I > hate having to refer to a 3rd party profiting off of your > contributions when I know there is a perfectly good group right here > with an official blue "G" by the name. If you polled the regulars, > I'd imagine the official status of this group is the main reason > people keep coming back, otherwise it's just another forum, where > people could debate the "Q" factor for hundreds of responses (then > again those forums have a pagenated list which makes it easier to have > many responses)
> On May 15, 7:40 am, Sebastian wrote:
> > Help is very welcome :) > > I'll be nice, promised. > > Thanks > > Sebastian
> > I may have to start tracking googler's contributions again, now that > > it's going to have a positive slope on the curve :)
> > Anyway, looking forward to it, this should be the place for official > > googler and webmaster communication, the other forums are fine, but I > > hate having to refer to a 3rd party profiting off of your > > contributions when I know there is a perfectly good group right here > > with an official blue "G" by the name. If you polled the regulars, > > I'd imagine the official status of this group is the main reason > > people keep coming back, otherwise it's just another forum, where > > people could debate the "Q" factor for hundreds of responses (then > > again those forums have a pagenated list which makes it easier to have > > many responses)
> > On May 15, 7:40 am, Sebastian wrote:
> > > Help is very welcome :) > > > I'll be nice, promised. > > > Thanks > > > Sebastian
A question to the new guys from big G. How is a webmaster mean't to ask a question or get some key feedback through, I've been through the mill in the last 2 months and need to get some help but I cannot see a way of doing so as a re inclusion request is not really needed and I can see no other way of asking for help.
> > Some of you have noticed that a few of my colleagues and I have been > > very quiet lately in the Google Webmaster Help Group. I can assure you > > we haven't been hunting wabbits ... and though we've continued to spot > > and escalate many situations in the background, that's not all we've > > been doing, either.
> > Aside from sharing information via interviews and chatting with > > webmasters in person around the globe (Australia, China, Germany, the > > U.K., the U.S.), we've been learning how to bring this Google Group to > > the next level. This has involved online communications workshops, > > training in spotting issues, and even (eeek!) a review of important > > legal issues.
> > The one thing we haven't had to gain, though, is an appreciation for > > webmaster concerns and an eagerness to address them. Over the next > > weeks, you'll start to slowly but surely see posts from Googlers who > > are new to the Group. What's notable is that these aren't customer > > service folks we've newly hired for this role; these are experienced > > Google Search Quality team members who came up to me and Vanessa Fox > > asking to spend part of their work time participating here.
> > You'll be able to spot and verify these folks' status as a Googler by > > the "G" badge you see next to their name on posts. And while they > > clearly know their stuff, it may take them a short bit to get their > > "Group legs," so welcome 'em and be nice, okay? :)- Hide quoted text -
> Is it me, or do I see fewer Googlebods than ever in this group > following this announcement?
There are two larger conferences coming up, I imagine they're all busy getting ready for direct connections. Would it make sense for them to mention that they're all going to be busy the next two weeks? (just wondering, I imagine it might calm those who are awaiting daily contributions and don't know about the conference schedule..)
> > Is it me, or do I see fewer Googlebods than ever in this group > > following this announcement?
> There are two larger conferences coming up, I imagine they're all busy > getting ready for direct connections. Would it make sense for them to > mention that they're all going to be busy the next two weeks? (just > wondering, I imagine it might calm those who are awaiting daily > contributions and don't know about the conference schedule..)
> There are two larger conferences coming up, I imagine they're all busy > getting ready for direct connections. Would it make sense for them to > mention that they're all going to be busy the next two weeks? (just > wondering, I imagine it might calm those who are awaiting daily > contributions and don't know about the conference schedule..)
Daily contributions? _THAT_ we never had. But Adam posted on May 15 or so - surely Google has a corporate diary system?
My website (gaso.com) has consistently been listed in the top 3 search results for "gaso pump parts" "gaso pumps" and "gaso parts". Last year sometime google started displaying my disclaimer in their returns instead of the title. So I changed my disclaimer the last time I modified the content. Since I did that, my index page is nowhere in the to 100 rankings. What has happened?
> The new Googlers are excited to be here and posting. We may take some > time to "ramp up" as we figure out how reading all these threads and > answering some questions will fit into a nine-to-six work day--but > that's because we're still working on Search Quality in the meantime, > not because we don't like you. :-P
