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I have setup a domain and a site 1 1/2 months ago. My site was showing on almost all search engines in the first few pages when I enter some specific keywords that I have on my index page. My site has a lot of links from other sites and I have very few links to other sites from mine. Three weeks ago, I made a silly action (without knowing the consequences) and put some hidden text (keywords) and large ALT text (about 300 keywords or so) in 2 images in two of the pages which I include in the index page. Since yesterday, I noticed the following:
1. On Google, when I search for the keywords I get my site in the results (even on the first results page). Today, I have installed the Google toolbar and noticed that it is white and shows 0/10 PR! for my index page!. Is this normal for such a site that has hundreds links from other sites and shows in the first results page for some very common keywords on Google?
I don't know if I had PR0 before because I didn't have the toolbar before today.
Also, when I search for my site in Google (www.mysite.com), I get only one result!. Is this normal? or should it show all site that link to me?
2. My site has disappeared completely from Yahoo, AllTheWeb, Inktomi and some other engines when I search for the keywords! Am I blacklisted or what?
3. If I am blacklisted, can I contact Yahoo to fix the problem?. Does anybody know the specific Yahoo email for such issues?
Finally, I use an application to submit my site to all search engines, FFAs, and I have done this once before 1 1/2 month and did it yesterday for the second time. Does such submission hurt?
BTW, yesterday I have removed the hidden text and reduced the size of the ALT text.
Thank you in advance.
However, I think the problem was caused because of the hidden text.
Do you know how one can contact Yahoo *and beg them* :-( to fix the problem? Do they have any email for this purpose?
...or must I get a new domain and startover again? :-((
Thank you.
