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Google SERP issue - nonsense description and lost ranking

         

manca

1:57 pm on Jun 29, 2006 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hey guys,
I have one question to all seo gurus around. I have one blog that is 100% clear and white hat se optimized, with 20ish links in. I got spidered fast and had been ranked pretty good for one month or so, before I didn't see anything from my domain It is still spidered, and www.domain.com shows it in google index, but just not with the description it used to have, it's something meaningless written there now.

Do you have any idea what would be the problem, sandbox? I don't think so as it wasn't getting tons of links at once neighter was it been spammed with something. The thing I had been doing regulary was daily updates, nothing else.

Please help me.

Thank you,
Manca

tedster

3:01 pm on Jun 29, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



...not with the description it used to have, it's something meaningless written there now

Welcome to the forums, manca. Google is experimenting regularly with the descriptions an even titles -- and they have been known to put out some bad data. Sounds more like that, rather than anything you have done.

Also, you may get different descriptions on different search terms. I would say just make sure your own description meta tag is as it should be, validate your mark-up, and then just sit back and let Google fix itself. There's not much more you can do anyway,

manca

10:31 pm on Jun 29, 2006 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hello tedster,
Thanks for your help. I did put my own meta desc. tag now, and I am waiting for google to re-spider my site.
Do you think it'll restore my position, as it fast pretty good. Second place for 1.5M competitive keyword, with 3 months old wordpress blog updated regulary?

Thx again

tedster

10:58 pm on Jun 29, 2006 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Google's ranking seems to be in major flux right now -- so you may be in for a roller coaster ride, or you may reappear. It depends on a whole lot of things relating to your page, and Google's own struggles against search engine spam that sometimes hurt "innocent" sites, too. But I have found that getting a unique meta description for each page is a big help in many cases.

Having a good competitive ranking for a 3-month old site is a nice achievement. Good luck.

manca

12:20 am on Jun 30, 2006 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Thanks again for the answer man.
I think it's just temporarly google dance and I hope seeing my site back at the top 10 soon. I added some meta tags and updated site again today with some fresh and quality content.
Will see what response google will show me ;)