now you see me - now you don't

my site appears at top of rankings for part of the day

[doire]

Hello

I have a travel related website which appears and then disappears, seemingly at random, from from the #1 position on google. This has been happening every day for the last 2 week or so.

When it disappears i can't find it on the first 10 pages of google.

The site, pre florida, ranked highly for my particular 2 word search phrase.

I wonder does anyone know why i am being switched on and off like this?

Doire

[steveb]

Google has different datacenters. You are ranking well in one or more, and poorly in one or more.

[SirFroggZ]

Give it some time to settle down.

[doire]

Thanks guys

I'll take your advice and wait for things to settle down

Doire

[I_am_back]

Doire, I too am having the same issue for one of my preferred keyphrases. I keep going from #4 & 5 to # 1 and 2

It's a bit like a chocolate wheel, Where she stops is anyone guess :o) Murthy's law makes me think I won't win the prize though :o(

[Bobby]

Hi Doire,

Sounds ominous.
Keep an eye on it and let us know if it disappears for good.

This is the exact same behavior I noticed before the Florida update, after which my travel related site disappeared for certain key phrases.

It may be the integration of extra filters...oops, I mean the new algorithim...oh dang, what I really meant was the New and improved FRrrrrrr - Google!

DISCLAIMER

Please accept my sincere apologies if my wry sense of humor offends anyone on this board, especially if they happen to be a high ranking officer pulling the switches in the PLEX.

[heini]

>When it disappears i can't find it on the first 10 pages of google

Sounds like a very typical scenario in travel and lots of other areas, according to Google's algo your site appears at #1, when the filter gets applied you're out.

[Tropical Island]

At the moment all the data centers are the same except for -in. What is probably happenning is that in your area -in is being used part of the time. You are either in -in or the rest.

Use one of the tools to check all the data centers to see what is happening. Can't list the tool here however a search in Google will bring one up. If you can't find it just sticky me.