My site has no duplicate content, no bad links (checked with Zenu), no
keyword stuffing, no cloaking, redirects most/all outbound links.
Can't seem to figure out why but on May 5, suddenly my PR was reduced
to zero and all external links on Webmaster Tools stopped showing up.
a link: www.sitename.com still shows 1,850 backlinks and a
site:www.sitename.com shows that the site is still technically in the
index, however it is no longer showing in search results at all for
anything other than its own name.
There is no notice in Webmaster Tools of a penalty or a violation of
webmaster guidelines, and I don't believe I have done anything shady.
Where should I do?
No, its not the site in my profile. The site was established about a
year ago, and started getting indexed and links around December. It
started to rank relatively well and earn some PR through the end of
April, until May 5 when it got hosed. It still ranks very well in
Yahoo! and MSN.
You have a canonical problem: www and non-www urls coexist. Urls in
both forms have been indexed. Decide which one you want to keep and
301 redirect the others to the preferred form. Also make sure
navigation sticks to the same form.
Only submit the preferred form in Webmaster Tools.
The bulk of your links according to yahoo are going to the url without
the www and you've got the same content for the url with and without
the www.
I think Google treats this as two separate sites, but in your case, it
would appear as two separate sites with exactly the same content which
IMO is not good.
> You have a canonical problem: www and non-www urls coexist. Urls in
> both forms have been indexed. Decide which one you want to keep and
> 301 redirect the others to the preferred form. Also make sure
> navigation sticks to the same form.
> Only submit the preferred form in Webmaster Tools.
Thanks!! I will do the 301 of non-www urls and cause the server to
produce a 404 for non-existant URL. Then what should I do? Resubmit
the www version to Google somehow?
> The bulk of your links according to yahoo are going to the url without
> the www and you've got the same content for the url with and without
> the www.
> I think Google treats this as two separate sites, but in your case, it
> would appear as two separate sites with exactly the same content which
> IMO is not good.
> On May 10, 11:01 am, webado wrote:
> > You have a canonical problem: www and non-www urls coexist. Urls in
> > both forms have been indexed. Decide which one you want to keep and
> > 301 redirect the others to the preferred form. Also make sure
> > navigation sticks to the same form.
> > Only submit the preferred form in Webmaster Tools.
> >http://oyoy.eu/page/headers/?full=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ratezip.com%...
> > Unfortunately your server is not prodcing a 404 for a non-existant
> > url. It responds with a 200. You should fix this asap.
> > I don't know what you've done there, since the default would be a 404.
> > On May 10, 1:37 pm, Pek wrote:
> > > www dot ratezip dot com
> > > On May 10, 10:57 am, Phil Payne wrote:
> > > > Well, forum rules require a URL.- Hide quoted text -
Fix the navigation to ONLY use the www version of the domain (or use
relative addresses).
If you have previously submitted the non www version to Webmaster
Tools, remove it.
Submit the www version. Get it verified.
Set the preferred domain in Webmaster Tools to the www version.
If you want to submit a sitemap for it, make sure all urls use the www
version.
Be patient for a while. Keep an eye on what the site: query shows. In
time all non-www urls will have switched over to www. Might take a
couple of weeks or longer, depends on how big the site is and how
often it gets crawled.
> Thanks!! I will do the 301 of non-www urls and cause the server to
> produce a 404 for non-existant URL. Then what should I do? Resubmit
> the www version to Google somehow?
> On May 10, 2:44 pm, AdnanFaridi wrote:
> > I second what webado just analyzed.
> > The bulk of your links according to yahoo are going to the url without
> > the www and you've got the same content for the url with and without
> > the www.
> > I think Google treats this as two separate sites, but in your case, it
> > would appear as two separate sites with exactly the same content which
> > IMO is not good.
> > On May 10, 11:01 am, webado wrote:
> > > You have a canonical problem: www and non-www urls coexist. Urls in
> > > both forms have been indexed. Decide which one you want to keep and
> > > 301 redirect the others to the preferred form. Also make sure
> > > navigation sticks to the same form.
> > > Only submit the preferred form in Webmaster Tools.
> > >http://oyoy.eu/page/headers/?full=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ratezip.com%...
> > > Unfortunately your server is not prodcing a 404 for a non-existant
> > > url. It responds with a 200. You should fix this asap.
> > > I don't know what you've done there, since the default would be a 404.
> > > On May 10, 1:37 pm, Pek wrote:
> > > > www dot ratezip dot com
> > > > On May 10, 10:57 am, Phil Payne wrote:
> > > > > Well, forum rules require a URL.- Hide quoted text -
> Fix the navigation to ONLY use the www version of the domain (or use
> relative addresses).
> If you have previously submitted the non www version to Webmaster
> Tools, remove it.
> Submit the www version. Get it verified.
> Set the preferred domain in Webmaster Tools to the www version.
> If you want to submit a sitemap for it, make sure all urls use the www
> version.
> Be patient for a while. Keep an eye on what the site: query shows. In
> time all non-www urls will have switched over to www. Might take a
> couple of weeks or longer, depends on how big the site is and how
> often it gets crawled.
> On May 10, 4:48 pm, Pek wrote:
> > Thanks!! I will do the 301 of non-www urls and cause the server to
> > produce a 404 for non-existant URL. Then what should I do? Resubmit
> > the www version to Google somehow?
> > On May 10, 2:44 pm, AdnanFaridi wrote:
> > > I second what webado just analyzed.
> > > The bulk of your links according to yahoo are going to the url without
> > > the www and you've got the same content for the url with and without
> > > the www.
> > > I think Google treats this as two separate sites, but in your case, it
> > > would appear as two separate sites with exactly the same content which
> > > IMO is not good.
> > > On May 10, 11:01 am, webado wrote:
> > > > You have a canonical problem: www and non-www urls coexist. Urls in
> > > > both forms have been indexed. Decide which one you want to keep and
> > > > 301 redirect the others to the preferred form. Also make sure
> > > > navigation sticks to the same form.
> > > > Only submit the preferred form in Webmaster Tools.
> > > >http://oyoy.eu/page/headers/?full=1&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ratezip.com%...
> > > > Unfortunately your server is not prodcing a 404 for a non-existant
> > > > url. It responds with a 200. You should fix this asap.
> > > > I don't know what you've done there, since the default would be a 404.
> > > > On May 10, 1:37 pm, Pek wrote:
> > > > > www dot ratezip dot com
> > > > > On May 10, 10:57 am, Phil Payne wrote:
> > > > > > Well, forum rules require a URL.- Hide quoted text -
> > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
