LandofOz asked 3 years agoHas anyone else had a site totally drop out of google’s serps very recently? This happened to one of my sites about one hour ago. It’s the strangest thing. Not sure if it’s to do with any current google updates that are taking place, or because I optimised all my meta tags a few days ago, or someone has done something, hmmm… The site is still in the directory and still has a high pr, but not in the serps since about an hour ago. Anyway, if anyone else is experiencing the same thing, please let me know. I wonder what is going on.
27 Answers
LandofOz answered 3 years ago
I deleted 2 links and added 1 new one. This has never affected me in the past.
eclipse answered 3 years ago
LandofOz wrote:
My site was re-gaining about 50 positions per day and almost halfway to where it was a month ago… Then 48 hours ago, I updated the site and removed some listings, added others, etc… and guess what happened? ….. I dropped in the serps exactly like last time. Conclusion: Google doesn’t like sites to be updated on any regular basis. What a load of crap.
I must disagree. It’s not about updates to your site, but about what you update. If You placed some new links, this might screw something.
LandofOz answered 3 years ago
My site was re-gaining about 50 positions per day and almost halfway to where it was a month ago… Then 48 hours ago, I updated the site and removed some listings, added others, etc… and guess what happened? ….. I dropped in the serps exactly like last time. Conclusion: Google doesn’t like sites to be updated on any regular basis. What a load of crap.
eclipse answered 3 years ago
I lost a lot of sites at Google and i can’t find a single clue. Some sites still ranks, other gone and banned.
rob3786 answered 3 years ago
Sounds scary but it will sort its self out I am sure! Google has a scary amount of power!
elgoog answered 3 years ago
Hang in there Landofoz
Hopefully your site will return i a week or two
Hopefully your site will return i a week or two
if not, this can have several reasons
feel free to contact me if you need in 2 weeks
it happens to me also all the time,
and i studied quite a bit to understand the causes
antoine answered 3 years ago
When I update a website it sometimes disappears from google for a week or so. Last time I added statcounter to 3 websites and they all disappeared, of course I was panicking.
This is why I try not to update my websites on a frequent basis.
webber286 answered 3 years ago
It seems unlikely that the Meta data would do this, unless you were keyword stuffing. Keeping your Meta keywords to a reasonable number 25 or so, should be absolutely fine. Google claims to not even look at the Meta data btw, or if they do it is a super minor part of their overall algorithm.
LandofOz answered 3 years ago
I’ve gone through a checklist of possibilities, and now I’m pretty sure it’s because I changed all the meta tags a few days ago. Another site that I modified the meta tags for has also taken a hit. If this is the case, then I should be back in there soon… i hope 
” title=”” class=”bbcode_smiley” /> It’s almost seems as if google will take a site out of the serps while it re-indexes and re-ranks it or something like that.
” title=”” class=”bbcode_smiley” /> It’s almost seems as if google will take a site out of the serps while it re-indexes and re-ranks it or something like that.Please login or Register to submit your answer