My keywords have disappeared from Google - Site Owners Forums

markstyne · 02-07-2013, 11:29 PM

Hi everyone,

I have a problem with a lot of my keywords which were previously on pages 1-3 on Google but then just disappeared from Google completely a few months ago.After doing some research myself I discovered that we had duplicate pages relating to each keyword which had disappeared from Google after my coder wrongly gave new urls to the pages after we updated their designs. I realised that having duplicate pages on a website is a big no-no as far as Google is concerned and I was then advised as a result to re-direct the first urls to the more current ones so just one active url remains on the website for each page and therefore each keyword we are optimizing for.

Since that point we have submitted a list of these re-directed urls and current urls to Google but the keywords have not since appeared back in their old positions on Google. And these re-directed urls and current urls were submitted about four months ago.Is there anything else I can do to try and get my previously highly ranked keywords back to their original positions? I have fixed all the issues on the website with regards to duplicate content and so i see no reason why they should not be re-installed to their original high positions on pages 1-3 on Google.I would also like to point out that some of the keywords we are optimizing for have stayed on Google`s number one page and have not been affected at all. But as far as I am aware these keywords did not have pages which were duplicated.

Any advice would be gratefully received.

Many Thanks.

australianseo · 02-08-2013, 08:26 PM

hey i encountered the same issue

Mihai203 · 03-10-2013, 02:04 AM

That's called blackhat, what you did with that duplicate pages. You've been penalised.

sam davis · 03-10-2013, 11:16 PM

Before doing anything, you need to diagnose the reason for your site’s ranking and traffic drop.*

02-07-2013, 11:29 PM	#1
markstyne Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 210	My keywords have disappeared from Google Hi everyone, I have a problem with a lot of my keywords which were previously on pages 1-3 on Google but then just disappeared from Google completely a few months ago.After doing some research myself I discovered that we had duplicate pages relating to each keyword which had disappeared from Google after my coder wrongly gave new urls to the pages after we updated their designs. I realised that having duplicate pages on a website is a big no-no as far as Google is concerned and I was then advised as a result to re-direct the first urls to the more current ones so just one active url remains on the website for each page and therefore each keyword we are optimizing for. Since that point we have submitted a list of these re-directed urls and current urls to Google but the keywords have not since appeared back in their old positions on Google. And these re-directed urls and current urls were submitted about four months ago.Is there anything else I can do to try and get my previously highly ranked keywords back to their original positions? I have fixed all the issues on the website with regards to duplicate content and so i see no reason why they should not be re-installed to their original high positions on pages 1-3 on Google.I would also like to point out that some of the keywords we are optimizing for have stayed on Google`s number one page and have not been affected at all. But as far as I am aware these keywords did not have pages which were duplicated. Any advice would be gratefully received. Many Thanks. Last edited by markstyne; 10-14-2014 at 04:18 AM..

03-10-2013, 02:04 AM	#3
Mihai203 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 63	That's called blackhat, what you did with that duplicate pages. You've been penalised. __________________ Fan To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. & To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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sam davis Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 696	Before doing anything, you need to diagnose the reason for your site’s ranking and traffic drop.* __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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