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Recorded backward links are down from 536 last month (from many different sites) to 0 in WWW2&3. The Yahoo and ODP links are nowhere to be seen (it has 2 links in each of these directories).
Nor is the site appearing in the list of backward links for sites that it links to.
Interestingly, the number of indexed pages from the site is up slightly on WWW2&3, so this isn't because the server was down (no down time for the last 6 months).
The site hasn't had the content updated in around 5 months (no need for an update), so it isn't a site change that has caused this.
Has anyone else seen a new spam detection algorithm in place?
Once again, I am made aware of how dangerous Google is - it simply isn't reliable enough for businesses to depend on it, yet it is the only source of free mass traffic. :(
I think that Google could make some friends by announcing changes that are coming up in the algorithms. For example, if they are intending to penalise sites using a new linking tool (Zeus) for example, then they could place it into the "forthcoming changes" section to give webmasters the chance to remove the offending items.
If Google treated their algorithm updates like software updates and documented the changes that webmasters need to know, it would make our lives a lot easier. I would have thought that it is better to get compliance from webmasters than enforcing unannounced penalties with no explanation. Just a thought.
My experience indicates that once you've got the boot your site will never regain the traffic. The boot is often the kiss of death. If I were you I would probably start fresh with a new URL and new host after cleaning up your site.
Nor did I mention a PR0. The site in question is an old site unrelated to Abrexa. As I said, it went up to PR6 last month, but has dipped to PR2 this month.
The most obvious problem seems to be that Google has removed it from the link pool so to speak - hence it doesn't appear to have any incoming or outgoing links, despite the fact that they are all pages indexed by Google.
And this isn't the boot either, since all of the site pages are in there. This is partly why I am confused by it. It hasn't been dropped and it hasn't been PR0'd. I presume that you are right and that this is indeed a penalty for some spam or other. I will check it out and see if I can spot the problem.
Thanks
It certainly isn't a dead site by any means - just one that only needs updating every 6 months or so. I guess that now is a good time then...
I don't know if geographic locations has anything to do with it, but your home page shows as a PR5 over here in Thailand.
That may be a part of it.
