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burchman519  
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 More options Sep 13 2007, 1:57 pm
From: burchman519
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:57:52 -0000
Local: Thurs, Sep 13 2007 1:57 pm
Subject: Could this mean my site is penalized
When I type "digital movers llc" (including the quotes) in Yahoo, MSN
and ASK.com, my site comes up 1st in the search.

When searching on "digital movers llc" in Google, my site comes up
56&57 out of 58.  I find that odd.

Do you think the site could be penalized?  There are no messages in
the Webmaster Tools.

We are doing 301 redirects, we are not in a bad neighborhood, and our
DNS Report is fine.

We are in DMOZ, Google and Yahoo Business directory as "Digital
Movers, LLC".

FYI:  "digital movers llc" is the official name of the company.


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JLH  
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 More options Sep 13 2007, 2:09 pm
From: JLH
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:09:20 -0000
Local: Thurs, Sep 13 2007 2:09 pm
Subject: Re: Could this mean my site is penalized
That's a bit of a stretch, but some may see it that way.  The one
thing I notice when doing the search myself and looking at the sites
that rank above you is the location of the content.  Skipping the
worthless metatags that have it in there, on page it's shown in the
footer, and also the title of the home page.

Footers (and sidebars for that matter) are generally figured out by
Google, they compare the pages and identify text and links that are
common to all pages.  This is a good thing, it helps your main content
have more promenence in the search results.  The title is a very
important aspect of what the page is about, but since the actual
search term here isn't used in the BODY ( not <body></body> )  the
meat of the page, the title may not carry much weight.

I'd try adding it to the page, maybe bold or slap an H2 around it to
see if that improves.

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roysnj  
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(1 user)  More options Sep 13 2007, 2:22 pm
From: roysnj
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:22:06 -0700
Local: Thurs, Sep 13 2007 2:22 pm
Subject: Re: Could this mean my site is penalized
Although it isnt always indicitive.
1) In google. search for your entire title tag . If you are not in the
top 20 .. something is wrong.
2) also . in your case search for edi outsourcing . then advanced --
www.dmovers.com
so the search is edi outsourcing "www.dmovers.com"
Again, where do you place? Hmmmm...35th .
Perhaps you have a -30 penalty ???
Roysnj

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