webdev - 12:39 pm on Dec 2, 2003 (gmt 0)

One of my sites completed dissappeard from Google over this update, has been first page for 2 years and in the index for 6.

Some other sites in the same industry as myself also have the same problem.

What I would like to know is...

How do I know if this is a glitch or a forced penalty.

I have enough quality links to the site still that I am hoping will allow the site to be picked back up, however how can I tell if this is penalty related for some reason and will never be picked back up. Also what can I do to find out how long it will take to get back in the index....and no my hosts was not down at all.

I do not want to get rid of the domain because it is our companies main site and ranks extremely well in all other search engines

I wrote to G 2 weeks ago but no response....