Root pages are missing, but not sub directories or subdomains?

[james1940]

Since the new update (from christmas) my site has been disappeared from google. The only way i can find my site is by typing the domainname without '.com'.

I readed articles and they all say this is a sign that i've been blacklisted/banned/penalized. The strange thing is that my subdomains still can be found without any problem.

Even subdirectories located on the domain can still be found (http://www.mysite.com/dir/). It seems that pages located at the root of my domainname disappeared (http://www.mysite.com/*.html).

My PR is still 5 and is still saying 'Blacklist Status: Clear'.

I tryed multiple DC's. My server hasn't been down since a half year. Googlebot is spidering my subdomains every 5 minutes.

Could somebody please give me advice what i should do?

[edited by: tedster at 4:42 pm (utc) on Dec. 29, 2005]
[edit reason] domain name removed [/edit]

[james1940]

I have some extra information:
- i had a 1 pixel image in my homepage which i used to archive referrers. I've just removed this one.
- i removed about 100 subdomains at 5 december, cause of violations of TOC, i replaced it with a 404 error (also correct 404 http headers)

I checked my page ten times and i can't find anything spammy at it, the 1 pixel image was the only thing google possible does not like.

Should i file a 'include-again' request at google or should i wait a bit longer?

[tedster]

It sounds like you are reporting on the regular search results. What does the site: operator show you for results?

[james1940]

Thank you for you reply.
When i query google with 'site:mysite.com' it shows all my subdomains. When i query google with 'site:www.mysite.com' it shows every single file in my sub directories, but it doesn't show any file in my root (mysite.com/*.html).

[james1940]

I've waited a couple days and nothing seem to have changed, google does not to list files that are in my root directory (mysite.com/*.html). Google lists files that are on my subdomains (subdomain.mysite.com/*.html) and subdirectories (mysite.com/subdir/*.html).

I readed many articles since but have not find a answer nor did i find anyone which had a similair situation as i.

Does anybody have a explanation for my problem?

Thank you.

[tedster]

It sounds very odd. A few things I'd suggest checking:

Is Googlebot asking for those missing root-level pages and getting a 200 response?
If not, are there any errors in the links that point to these pages?
Are there html links (not javascript or cgi) to your root section
If you are using a <base href=""> tag, is it accurate?
Do these missing pages have any big validation errors - like an incomplete html tag - that might stump the spider?
Are there duplicates of this content anywhere else on the web -- on your domain or any other?