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Reporting bugs to Google

is it worth it? what's the best way?

         

sullen

9:44 am on Jun 20, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



With update Esmerelda, I have 2 major bugs affecting one of my site's listings in Google. It's not a penalty.

In case they're relevant, the bugs are:

1. Since moving from a .co.uk to a .com we no longer show up in UK only searches, despite being hosted in the UK

2. The site has not been fully crawled since that domain change (a 301 redirect). It is as if Google cannot see the links any more. Subsequently all my pages except the index page have dropped out of the index.

Now, I don't expect Google to pull out the stops to relist one site in millions, but it seems to me that the 2nd bug in particular could be affecting other sites. What would be the best way to report it do you think?

ScottM

9:47 pm on Jun 20, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I'm not sure it's worth a report/request for another month. I had a website drop out for a month and then it came right back.

It may be just 'one of those things that happen'.

A reinclusion request may or may not be helpful. Personally, I would wait a month and see how things shake out. I'm sure glad I did that.

shaadi

5:36 am on Jun 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



is it worth it?

It is! Do it right away.