I have been reading with concern around the net of the possibility that Google is cracking down on eBay listings sites such as those produced with my plugin, WordBay, as well as BANS, phpBay etc.
The main reason is that I have seen my best performing site drop right out of the Google SERPS a couple of weeks ago, despite previously having good organic Google search traffic. It’s on an established domain, there is plenty of original content, it’s a .com, so I have a horrible suspicion it’s Google having a problem with eBay. Anybody else seen their eBay sites slapped? Or is this just some temporary glitch?
Posted on July 11th, 2008 by admin
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Maybe something to do with .info domains?
I heard that .info domains had taken a knock but no, the specific site I am talking about is a .com one, while my .info sites are still getting traffic. I fear the worst for them, too, though…
P.S. I forgot to mention that this is the second time this has happened to the same site, just dropped out for no reason. Some have speculated that the site I am talking about is, to quote, “s**t”. All I can say is that I have sites where I have put in far less work and have not got deindexed. I am also all in favour of Google cracking down on “thin affiliate sites”, I just don’t think my site is the worst example of these by a long way - at least I TRIED to get some original content in there!
Anyway, I have noticed a few others lately claiming that they have experienced something similar, so I am just wondering if this is a trend, or my sites are just… poo! (quite possible!)
google does this every so often. i would be surprised if sites didnt go back to normal. annoying, but it happens.
Sure, something is a bit suspicious about this though - it’s already happened once, and I had to do a major shake-up to get reindexed. Also, if you look around the net, seems quite a few people are complaining about the same thing. Well, I won’t whinge too much, but it’s kind of annoying when the goalposts get moved so I hope you are right and it’s just a blip.
back in the day, about a year and a half ago, before BANS really became super popular….this happened every other week. they hate thin affiliates so make sure you are not one.
i know for a fact my site is not a thin affiliate and has been around for almost 2 years now….so hopefully it will come back soon.
Thanks for sharing this.
I’m always late for everything. When I start to do it, they get banned… sigh… BIGH SIGH…
I do appreciate it if you could share the actual URL of that .com site so we don’t have to argue about the quality of their content and their performance.
Thanks again for the wonderful plugin.