japanese - 3:45 am on Jun 4, 2005 (gmt 0)

Janiss,

I fotgot to mention to you to ignor a couple of individuals here that may retort to your post indicating that your loss of rank is entirely your fault and that you only have yourself to blame. I am not of that school and am in suport of your quest for an answer from google.

It would be acceptable to lose rank but common sense indicates something is terribly wrong when a site capitulates into total oblivion. Making minor adjustments to your site without knowing what to adjust could spell yet more disaster. Don't fall for any suggestions that your html needs validation. Only google can tell you why your site tanked. Indeed I think you will find that your site was within bourbon's radar. A simple parameter that tanked websites into oblivion with google expecting a good number to increase or get on the pay per click.

Ask yourself this question. 80% of all searches are conducted by google. All of these surfers must be happy with google to be using google. Why would google want to improve search quality? Webmasters here are indicating that the search quality is at an all time low. I would believe webmasters than Joe Surfer as to the quality of search.

Unless I am mistaken, google not long ago suggested or patented a gigantic 500 part doctrine with an unimaginable set of outlandish guidelines that may even dictate how a website ranks according to seasonal trends and more amazingly google will estimate how many inbound links a new site should have, and if the link numbers do not match an automatic period in the sandox for an undetermined period of time the site will go. Upon reading it becomes very clear that google cannot be trusted to represent your site on the internet because it is humanly impossible to conform to a secret doctrine of hundreds of parameters in which violation of any one will result in a penalty. All a competitor has to do is link to you and you are history is just one example.