| One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 8/20/12 6:53 AM | Hello. I have two sites at Google Sites. One is called Waldorf Watch; it is my central site. The other, a satellite of the central site, is called the Waldorf Watch Annex. Their addresses are https://sites.google.com/site/waldorfwatch/ and https://si |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | philridout | 8/20/12 1:13 PM | See if Steegle's FAQ number 2 answers your question:http://www.steegle.com/websites/google-sites-howtos/googlesites-frequentlyaskedquestionsfaq#TOC-I-cannot-find-my-site-when-I-search To understand better how Google Search works, try the Webmaster Ac |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 8/31/12 6:29 AM | Hello. Thanks for the links. Unfortunately, they do not resolve the matter. I should stress that until very recently my site showed up often and prominently in Google searches, but now it is not recognized. Using Google Advance Search, and entering t |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 8/31/12 6:31 AM | P.S. I might add that searches using Bing yield hits at the site. So the problem is a Google-specific issue, apparently. |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | Steegle | 8/31/12 4:09 PM | This could be perfectly normal and part of Google's normal indexing process. You will find that your site may drop in and out of search every once in a while, so check again in a couple of days t see if it's back. To get the best results in the sear |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 9/1/12 6:31 AM | Thanks. But the problem is, this condition has lasted for at least two weeks, maybe longer. (I may not have noticed it immediately — I don't often search for my own site.) Moreover, my site [https://sites.google.com/site/waldorfwatch/] used to show u |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | Steegle | 9/3/12 12:58 PM | That's why Google offers Google Webmaster Tools: it reports on how your site is doing in search. Have you checked Webmaster tools to see what it's saying? |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 9/4/12 10:42 AM | Thanks very much. I realize I'm being a pest, but as far as I can tell it is now at least three weeks since my site (https://sites.google.com/site/waldorfwatch/welcome) became invisible — that is, Google searches stopped yielding any hits. Allow me t |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 9/8/12 9:20 AM | I have been advised to buy a domain and/or create a site map. Before plunging into such projects, I have a question: Why? Why is one of my websites [https://sites.google.com/site/waldorfwatch/] treated differently from so many others? Why do I need t |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | Steegle | 9/8/12 12:01 PM | When you were in Google Webmaster Tools did you add a sitemap and do a Fetch as Google and then submit to the index? Also bear in mind Google do not guarantee to index all websites. |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 9/9/12 3:33 PM | Hi. Thanks. Let me apologize again. Please be patient. I'm 65, an old fogey, and I know next to nothing about high tech stuff. I have websites because I am devoted to certain subjects, not because I am qualified to be a webmaster. As far as I can tel |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 9/9/12 5:04 PM | P.S. I see that, at the Webmaster dashboard, all of my three sites are marked "No Sitemaps." So I suppose I can try to create map(s) for the site that has disappeared from Google Search, if necessary. (Although I'm still mystified why one of the sit |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 9/10/12 8:36 AM | My problem is now being discussed at the Webmaster General forum. One of the participants there asked me to convey the following to you here. If anyone can help, please do! Here is what squibble wrote to me: "Do you have the site verified in webmaste |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 9/10/12 11:57 AM | Hi. Here is another question from squibble: "I think that this url should be the url of your sitemap > https://sites.google.com/site/waldorfwatch/system/feeds/sitemap Please ask in google sites forum whether that is true and if so, why it doesnt wor |
| Re: One of my sites is no longer recognized in Google searches. Why? | iankilburn | 9/12/12 7:35 AM | Hi. Any word yet? (This is really painful for me. My site, which had been attracting pretty good traffic, has not yet been restored to Search. Among other things, I suppose this means the site will have a lower ranking after it is restored, having lo |