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AOL has dropped all my positions...

         

modoc

8:17 am on Jul 29, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Hello everyone,
since last week, AOL has dropped all my positions, I used to rank on 1-4 places for all my main keywords and now it's all 0.
AOL doesn't seem to be taking any results from Google either since I rank in Google as well.
Does anyone else have the same experience?
What are your thoughts on that?
thanks :-)

chiyo

9:40 am on Jul 29, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



that's interesting. I'm interested in what filtering AOL is doing with Google results. Our keywords at AOL seem plain google, but I know (from here) that sometimes "AOL Keyterm" sites are placed in postion one for some very popular seaches. This sounds different though and your domain is not in your profile. Any reason why AOL would filter your sites (not family friendly? competing with AOL/Time Warner publishing interest results?)

modoc

9:46 am on Jul 29, 2002 (gmt 0)

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I have edited my profile, so you can see my domain there now. I really appreciate your help!

chiyo

10:01 am on Jul 29, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



That's a very nice straight to the point and fast loading site by the way!

Im afraid i cant be mich help. Are there any other .cz domains listed in AOL? Also maybe AOL has a travel partner and wants to keep the travel biz laregly to them?

chiyo

10:04 am on Jul 29, 2002 (gmt 0)

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Just had another look and AOL does list some cz domains, even though searching for "Czechslovakia" returns only one ca domain at the top on the first page.

I guess we will have to wait for others who are more savvy to comment!

modoc

10:09 am on Jul 29, 2002 (gmt 0)

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It looks like they have a deal with Travelocity.com on AOL, in Travel channel under lodging.
I just did search on AOL for 'czech hotel' and my website is first again....
Very strange indeed, I wonder what is happening over there, I hope it will stay that way, we'll see. It's a new surprise everyday in the SE world ;-)
Thanks for your time chiyo!

chiyo

10:12 am on Jul 29, 2002 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



It's amazing how quickly those AOL guys fix a problem when we report it in WebmasterWorld :)