hamster77 - 1:01 am on Apr 18, 2004 (gmt 0)

Having a similar disappointing time with new sites in Google - anything since Jan is really struggling to get noticed while older sites' referrals from Google are down but they still rank well.

It looks like what used to happen with Freshbot bringing in new sites quickly has gone and it's back to the bad old times when you had to wait several months before you really got anywhere. The same with Yahoo - just seems to take a while to get properly indexed and Yahoo! Slurp doesn't seem to be in any big hurry to get round to new sites.

I don't believe that any of my sites that aren't doing well have tripped a Google penalty. I think they're just sufferring from either Directory-itis in some cases (eg. travel) and not being well enough established yet in others. I'm sure if I wait it out things will get sorted. Eventually...

Unfortunately you tell that to a client and it just sounds like a feeble excuse.