Google Exile - How long?

...and can someone get framed?

[Jane_O]

To make this short, my site was removed from the Google database (after holding top rankings). I have read all the literature and have made no SPAM infractions.

After deletion, how long before one can start over and acquire a foothold in the listings?

And can someone get "framed" by competitors?

Thanks - Jane-O

[TWhalen]

You may be seeing a "different" Google database, which may explain your disappearance.
Google switches from time to time from serving results from www.google.com to www2.google.com, or something to that effect.
It usually settles down, and your rankings should re-appear in a day or two.

Others in this forum could explain it better I'm sure.

As long as you are not using any blatant spam techniques, I wouldn't get too worried about being dropped from Google.

[Jane_O]

Thanks for the reply...

No, we have been hammered out - it's been two or three weeks now, and when I type in the URL there is no "recognition" that our site even exists...

This is where I get the paranoid "we have been framed" conspiracy theories rolling...

Worst-case scenario, how long does a Goolge exile/elision last?

Thanks again, Jane-O

[Marcia]

Welcome to the board, Jane.

How long has your site been gone from Google? It can happen that there's a problem on their end, or that your server was down and your site inaccessible and it can disappear for a month, but then re-appear.

Have you seen Googlebot in your logs or stats this month?

No, no one else could have done it unless they had access to your server to get it removed with Google's procedure for removing sites. As long as the site is clean you should get back in. You can also check to make sure your robots.txt is OK, an error there can cause a problem, easily fixed.

[pageoneresults]

> No, no one else could have done it unless they had access to your server to get it removed with Google's procedure for removing sites.

Well, if you think about this from the respectable side of SEO than the above statement is true. But, depending on who your competition is and who is behind their campaign, things can get somewhat tricky.

I won't expand on the technical aspects here, but I believe the term used is DNS Jacking and someone in the know could easily wreak havoc. From what I understand, its not something that is dicussed openly and its something that has concerned me since I learned of it. You'd be surprised at how advanced the competition can be... ;)

[ann]

It would be much more helpful when a question is asked about a website if the poster would add the url in his or her profile so we could look at it....every thing else is just guesswork.

Would like to try and help but........

Ann

[nutsandbolts]

Ann is right. Be brave and bold and display your site! Nothing to hide, nothing to fear ;)