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My website disapeared from google?

         

rsps50

1:07 pm on Jun 17, 2015 (gmt 0)



My domain is 5 days old, But i redirected all of my older domains into this 1 domain, i was listed top of page 2 on google for my certain keyword / query.

Up until yesterday, my domain is no longer showing up within the query that i search.

i can still see my site has been index by typing site:Domainname.com

I havn't done anything wrong , so i am wonder whats happened?

[edited by: aakk9999 at 1:14 pm (utc) on Jun 17, 2015]
[edit reason] Removed domain name as per Forum Charter [/edit]

aakk9999

1:42 pm on Jun 17, 2015 (gmt 0)

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Are all old domains in the same space and had similar content? I mean, does it make sense to redirect all these domains to a new one?

Have you got Google Webmaster Tools account for old and new domains? If so, what does the Search query section say? Are old domains still getting impressions and clicks? Check your Google Analytics - are visitors arriving to your old domain and being redirected to the new domain?

With regards to redirects, check the following:

- you are using 301 permanent redirect
- you have redirected on a page to page basis from the old domains to the appropriate page on the new domain (i.e. you are not redirecting everything to the home page)

If technically is all fine then you need to be patient! Five days is a very very short time and I would not worry yet. If your old domains ranked for a number of queries then I would expect that your new domain will show for old domain(s) searches gradually after few weeks for a few pages/queries and then it may take some months for Google to completely process redirects.

rsps50

2:01 pm on Jun 17, 2015 (gmt 0)



I am using 301 redirect, i had also removed the sites from webmasters.

All of the domains point to the new domains index page yes, is that a bad thing?
My new domain was ranking in the old domains place, but now its not doing that.
All domains were on the same niche yes

[edited by: Ocean10000 at 3:40 pm (utc) on Jun 17, 2015]
[edit reason] Removed domain name as per Forum Charter [/edit]

aakk9999

5:18 pm on Jun 17, 2015 (gmt 0)

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Please do not post your domains in the thread, Forum Charter [webmasterworld.com] explains why

Here are my suggestions:
- Add sites back to Webmaster Tools, in the same account as the new site. This helps Google understand you own them all.
- Redirecting everything to the home page is a bad idea. You should analyse your old domains and find equivalent page on the new domain.
- If the old domain was not in the same space as the new domain, it should not be redirected
- if there is no equivalent page on the new domain for the old domain page, then you should return 404 or even better, 410 Gone. Create a good page displayed alongside this http response to prompt visitor to click through to your new domain
- If you manage to find a reasonable number of pages on the new domain where you can redirect pages on your old domain, you can execute "domain move" for this old domain in Google Webmaster tools. Before doing this, the redirects should be in place already.

rsps50

6:43 pm on Jun 17, 2015 (gmt 0)



Thanks i will have to start looking, if i were to contact google directly would they be able to assist me? Or will my emails go un-opened

Johan007

7:16 pm on Jun 17, 2015 (gmt 0)

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rsps50 you can not contact Google as you do not have a penalty that allows you to re-include. aakk9999 advice is spot on. So I would delete your domains eventually but better send them to a 410. You may then need to research Penguin.

I would think Google is also clever enough to prevent anyone with a bunch of URL's to one day 301 redirect them to gain the link value in them. I mean if it was that easy to game the system everyone would be buying links/domains! The content would need to be relevant as 301 means permanently "moved" and not "here is new alternative content".

mrengine

7:58 pm on Jun 17, 2015 (gmt 0)

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Thanks i will have to start looking, if i were to contact google directly would they be able to assist me? Or will my emails go un-opened

I'm sure Google gets many emails every day. I sent Google a certified and signed for letter about three years ago that still has not been responded to. Will Google ever respond? I doubt it - Google has no interest in servicing individual complaints. That would cost them money.

netmeg

10:57 am on Jun 18, 2015 (gmt 0)

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It also doesn't scale, considering how many unhappy webmasters and site owners there are (or even just the ones with questions). That's why Webmaster Tools (now Search Console) is there - it's pretty much the only way Google will communicate directly with you about your site(s), but they don't do it manually.