> I cannot add anything useful about dealing with proxy hijacks, but I
> can see some issues on your site itself.

> In the main menu, you have mainly links like this:http://www.farawayfurniture.co.uk/shop/shop.php?c1=Benches

> Wouldn't it be better to use mod_rewrite in the .htaccess so that the
> published URL would be something like:http://www.farawayfurniture.co.uk/benches/

> Another issue is the absence of keywords from some URLs, eg: the page
> of detailed information on your "Bali Bench" is:http://www.farawayfurniture.co.uk/shop/shop.php?action=full&id=28

> Wouldn't it be better to have a URL something like:http://www.farawayfurniture.co.uk/bali-bench-details/

> Yet another issue is serving the SAME content in response to requests
> for different URLs, eghttp://www.farawayfurniture.co.uk/shop/shop.php?c1=Benches
> andhttp://www.farawayfurniture.co.uk/shop/shop.php?page=1&c1=Benches

> I also think that the details provided for some of the products are
> very inadequate from an SEO point of view.

> For example, have a look at the TEXT (ignoring the excellent photos)
> on this page:http://www.farawayfurniture.co.uk/shop/shop.php?action=full&id=28

> There is no mention of "wood", "wooden", "garden", "outdoor",
> "furniture".

> Phrases like "it is sure to become a topic of conversation amongst
> your friends and family" may read well as marketing blurb but they are
> irrelevant for search engine indexing of page content related to what
> people might actually be searching for.

> "benches" are used in all sorts of places indoors and outdoors;
> churches, homes, offices; public spaces (eg parks, shopping centres/
> malls, etc).  Benches can be upholstered or not.  Benches can be made
> of wood, cast/wrought iron, aluminium, plastic/PVS, etc. The word
> "bench" is used in other contexts too: work bench, tool bench, court/
> jury bench, etc.

> That "Bali bench" you are selling is, I think, specifically for
> domestic use, outside in the back garden. Take away the words "bench"
> and "teak" and the page leaves a great mystery: what are you selling!

> On a minor note, even the product dimensions are presented in a way
> that creates an obstacle: "Size: L150cm x W73cm x H86cm".  Are you
> sure that your product will be found if I search for [teak garden
> bench 150 cm] ?

> Finally, I see that you have a "Forum".  Do you moderate all posts?
> Are you confident that you have ways of preventing spam, obscenities,
> and substantially irrelevant material from getting published and
> indexed thus potentially damaging your site's profile?

> Robbo

> On Feb 22, 7:36 am, ShyBoy wrote:

> > We are a small family business and we have just been dropped from the
> > serps due to a proxy hijack (I think that's the term). We have blocked
> > the IP for now while I look at ways of preventing this happening again
> > in the future. (Not techy at all)

> > When you searched on Google for a bunch of text on our page, his site
> > appeared and upon clicking on the link, it forwarded us to our site,
> > through a proxy site.

> > This is the proxy site.http://www.tylerschnaidt.com/blocked/nph-index.pl

> > It seems to feast on sites as every day it grows by around 3000.

> >http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.tylerschnaidt.com&btn...

> > It seems that the proxy version of our page was re-crawled last night,
> > and, due to the IP ban, was de-indexed. Unfortunately, our ranking is
> > still stuck between the 40 - 60 mark for all keywords, phrases and
> > even our domain name. We used to rank really well and now we are at
> > the bottom of the pond. We have (what we think) is a good site which
> > we worked on for hours and hours every night to get just the way we
> > wanted it.

> >www.farawayfurniture.co.uk

> > I have filed a re-inclusion form and a spam report when it first
> > dropped us from serps.

> > We have had the penalty for over 11 days now and it is really
> > affecting our business. We just can't afford to miss out on the
> > beginning of the spring season here in the UK. This is our only source
> > of income and as such this is causing my wife and me great stress and
> > sleepless nights. This is extremely serious for us, but we feel as if
> > Google has let us down as we have not even had an automated response
> > to say they are looking into it. We feel helpless and distraught. Why
> > does it take so long for Google to act on these people who literally
> > ruin honest people's lives? Why is there no-one to talk to even via
> > email?

> > Does anyone have any advice on this? The SEO guy we used for advice
> > ran out of ideas.

> > Sorry for the rant,
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