Removed from Google when added to dmoz

[zoobie]

This is quite amazing.
I was able to get my site on the front page (#6) of google. Then, after 20 months, I was finally added to dmoz. Expecting to go even higher, I just checked google and find I've been removed from the first 11 pages altogether! Some minor page of mine is on page 12 of google with my index now nowhere to be found.
Just what happened?
Did someone or some group get jealous and resubmit my site several times?
Would this do it?
Perhaps this is just a glitch and I'll be readded tomorrow? Anyone ever hear of this happening?
All I've done recently is add a video to metacafe with a link to my site. Perhaps G doesn't like metacafe?
At a loss here...

[edited by: zoobie at 2:52 am (utc) on Sep. 7, 2006]

[kevinpate]

Not sure why you think one has anything to do with the other, but if it helps calm the nevers any, G's been odd for me the last 3 days. It seemed to settle back today a bit though, but I've not peeked in for a bit either so I dunno for sure.

[Liane]

kevinpate is correct. One thing has nothing to do with the other.

Give it a few days to see if its a glitch. If it doesn't rebound, start examing your site for possible infractions. See: [google.com...]

[zoobie]

well, it's a non-profit site so I'm not worried...just curious about why this would happen

thx

[zoobie]

hey - I just came back to page 1 again...too weird. This thread got moved here and now I see I'm not alone...but google goofing hourly? jeez...

[cyclinder]

maybe it is the sign of future move up

[zoobie]

ha ha
I don't have much to move up

[photopassjapan]

I've heard that IF such a thing happened, it might be because of Google considering the dmoz description as a general description to be used throughout your site. Which equals to having the same meta description for all of your pages.

And then the pages could disappear.
There's some way around this... the idea was to set the pages not to be described by its dmoz description... i guess if you have your own meta description tags, those will override the dmoz one.

I'm not sure though if this is even possible without Google having to adapt the dmoz info into its own directory first. Neither heard of any other possible causes when someone stumbles just because addition into the proper category on their directory. Having a meta description tag of your own on every single page rules this one out as far as i know.

But if you're back to number one after a day... the whole thing is out of the question.