Unca_Tim - 6:02 pm on Oct 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

Well...We just joined the list of Inktomi's lost websites.
We did a paid submission with Position Tech several months ago and immediately were in the top 5 for scores of 2-3 keyword related searches on MSN. Solidly always in the top 10 for the single word search for our specific business. I could tweak a couple of my keywords for timely topics related to my topic and see the results up or down within a day or two, as the site would get re-spidered.

About a week ago our site just about completely disappeared from MSN. I think we're somewhere in high 100s for the single word search and in the 60-80s for just about all multiple keyword searches. We haven't touched the site in weeks and we've never implemented any spam techniques like several other related sites we've seen come and go.

How we can go from solidly in the top ten for dozens of multiple keyword searches, to "un-findable" (if that's a word), is beyond me.

Luckily MSN has always generated a minimal amount of our overall traffic, so it's not completely disasterous, but it makes a guy scratch his head.

We currently and always have had solid standings on Google, other than the odd spam site coming and going and minor shuffling.

I emailed PT 4-5 days ago, but haven't heard back from them. Has anyone had any luck on contacting anyone that can shed some light on what's going on and how to remedy things?

Unca