Morrinsville Newsletter No. 123 - Google Rankings Dropped?

Google rankings dropped? Reasons and Remedies ...

(This article is more relevant to clients who have their own "domain name" websites, but there is useful information that can help ensure your Morrinsville directory website is also ranking well in Google)

Has your website lost its rankings in Google? Did your rankings drop or did your website vanish completely from Google? Your website may have received a Google penalty and you may have to file a reinclusion request.

Reasons why your Google rankings might have dropped

There are several reasons that can cause a ranking drop:

You changed your website. After a website change, Google can temporarily downrank websites. This process has been described in a Google patent. In that case, you shouldn't have to worry about the ranking drop and you should get your old (or better) rankings back in time.

Other websites are better than yours. No website can keep its rankings forever. Your competitors might have built better webpages with better content and better inbound links. In that case, optimise your website content for your keywords and try to get better inbound links.

Google thinks that you use spam elements on your webpages and applied a penalty to your website. In that case, you have to file a reinclusion request.

How to find out if your website has been penalised

Carry out a search for your domain name on Google. If your website does not come as the first result, it's likely that it has been penalised.

If Google cannot find any page of your website if you search for "site:yourdomain.com" (replace yourdomain.com with your own domain name) then it is almost certain that your website has been penalised.

Remedies: what you can do to get your rankings back

Before you request that Google to reconsider your website, you should make sure that everything is OK with your site:

Fix all on-site issues that might have caused the problem.

If you use hidden text or nearly hidden text on your website then remove it.

If you use keyword lists or any other form of keyword stuffing on your webpages, then remove these elements.

Remove any unnecessary redirects, unrelated links and all duplicate pages.

Fix all off-site issues.

Off-site issues are often the reason for ranking penalties. If you participated in automated link exchange systems of if you paid a cheap overseas link building service to get links to your website then it's likely that these links have been flagged as spam links by Google.

Google does not like automated link systems at all. Try to make sure that these linking systems do not link anymore to your site.

If you purchased links to improve your rankings, try to get rid of these links. Google has officially stated that they consider paid links spam. Do not buy links.

How to file a reinclusion request

When you have removed all on-site and off-site elements that could have been flagged by Google, you can file a reinclusion request.

Keep your reinclusion request short and to the point. Be friendly and explain what exactly you have done to clean up your website.

Ranking drops can cost your business a lot of money. For that reason, you shouldn't use any search engine optimisation services that promise quick-fix solutions. If something looks too good, too inexpensive or too easy to be true then it probably isn't true.

If you use ethical search engine optimisation methods to optimise your website then you can be sure that your website gets high rankings without offending Google. It can take longer to get high rankings with ethical methods but you should also keep your high rankings much longer.

Some extra statistical info:
Here is a comprehensive list of referring sites to assist those of you who may be paying for links from outside sites. Alot of referring from within the site, so here you can also get an idea of how many visitors go to your site if it is not featured in the "most visited" above. (The links are live so you can click on them to see where they go):

Top 242 of 242 Total Referrers

# Hits Referrer

1 7509 50.04% - (Direct Request)

2 1074 7.16% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/

3 996 6.64% http://www.yukiba.com/

4 860 5.73% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/information.htm

5 708 4.72% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/CentralMotorLodge/

6 521 3.47% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/MorrinsvilleMotel/

7 381 2.54% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/accommodation.htm

8 362 2.41% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/education/

9 294 1.96% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/EWJkitchens/

10 280 1.87% http://www.google.co.nz/search

11 148 0.99% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/LalichBuilder/

12 120 0.80% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/market/

13 119 0.79% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/classifieds.html

14 88 0.59% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/businesses.htm

15 76 0.51% http://aimtrust.com/aim/r/60008

16 69 0.46% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/activities.html

17 68 0.45% http://www.google.com/search

18 49 0.33% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/enquiry.html

19 47 0.31% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/DBAppleyard/

20 47 0.31% http://www.tearoha-info.co.nz/classifieds.html

21 45 0.30% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/robots.txt

22 42 0.28% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/imagineif/

23 39 0.26% http://www.matamata-info.co.nz/classifieds.html

24 39 0.26% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newlistings.htm

25 39 0.26% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletters.html

26 36 0.24% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/oaklane/

27 35 0.23% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter115.htm

28 33 0.22% http://74.125.155.132/search

29 33 0.22% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/map.html

30 32 0.21% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/DBAppleyard/newsletter.html

31 32 0.21% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/floorman/

32 32 0.21% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/littletheatre/

33 29 0.19% http://www.netvibes.com/lexapro

34 27 0.18% http://nz.search.yahoo.com/search

35 22 0.15% http://www.bing.com/search

36 22 0.15% http://www.google.com.au/search

37 20 0.13% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/100/

38 20 0.13% http://www.thames-info.co.nz/classifieds.html

39 19 0.13% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/shopping.html

40 16 0.11% http://images.google.co.nz/imgres

41 15 0.10% http://www.google.co.nz/url

42 15 0.10% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/agriculture.html

43 15 0.10% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/memorial1-sm.jpg

44 15 0.10% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/scripts/ac_runactivecontent.js

45 12 0.08% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter112.htm

46 12 0.08% http://www.turnpike.net/directory.html

47 11 0.07% http://bankinfodata.net/

48 11 0.07% http://search.atomz.com/search/

49 11 0.07% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/floorman

50 10 0.07% http://morrinsville-info.co.nz/

51 10 0.07% http://theinvestblog.com/

52 10 0.07% http://www.google.co.uk/search

53 10 0.07% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz./

54 10 0.07% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/building.html

55 10 0.07% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter91.htm

56 9 0.06% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/august06.htm

57 9 0.06% http://www.tearoha-info.co.nz/activities.html

58 8 0.05% http://au.yhs.search.yahoo.com/avg/search

59 8 0.05% http://www.naturesmagick.co.nz/festival/the_site.asp

60 8 0.05% http://www.newzealand.com/travel/accommodation/accommodation-options/operator-details.cfm/businessactivityid/184347/activityite

61 8 0.05% http://www.tourism.net.nz/listings/frame/accommodation/28514

62 7 0.05% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/CentralMotorLodge/Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js

63 7 0.05% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter119.htm

64 6 0.04% http://www.finda.co.nz/business/listing/y9n9/eastern-waikato-joinery/

65 6 0.04% http://www.findamarket.co.nz/regions/waikato.aspx

66 6 0.04% http://www.tearoha-info.co.nz/shopping.html

67 5 0.03% http://aimtrust.com

68 5 0.03% http://majestic12.co.uk/bot.php

69 5 0.03% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/december06.htm

70 5 0.03% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/littletheatre/events.html

71 5 0.03% http://www.searchnz.co.nz/search.aspx

72 4 0.03% http://morrinsville-info.co.nz/Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js

73 4 0.03% http://theblogmoney.com

74 4 0.03% http://www.finda.co.nz/business/r/k/

75 4 0.03% http://www.google.de/search

76 4 0.03% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/CooperAitken/

77 4 0.03% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter107.htm

78 4 0.03% http://www.newzealand.com/travel/accommodation/accommodation-options/operator-details.cfm/businessactivityid/184347

79 4 0.03% http://www.newzealandwebsites.com/Home_and_Garden/Building/Sheds_and_Garages/

80 4 0.03% http://www.nzmotels.co.nz/Hamilton/MorrinsvilleMotel.aspx

81 4 0.03% http://www.nzpages.co.nz/search.html

82 4 0.03% http://www.nzs.com/region/waikato/morrinsville/travel/accommodation/motels-and-motor-lodges/

83 3 0.02% http://au.search.yahoo.com/search

84 3 0.02% http://images.google.co.in/imgres

85 3 0.02% http://morrinsville-info.co.nz/MorrinsvilleMotel/

86 3 0.02% http://morrinsville-info.co.nz/august06.htm

87 3 0.02% http://search.imesh.com/webResults.html

88 3 0.02% http://search.nzs.com/search

89 3 0.02% http://whois.domaintools.com/morrinsville-info.co.nz

90 3 0.02% http://www.destinationnz.co.nz/new-zealand-regions-waikato

91 3 0.02% http://www.google.ca/search

92 3 0.02% http://www.google.co.jp/search

93 3 0.02% http://www.google.co.nz/

94 3 0.02% http://www.google.co.za/search

95 3 0.02% http://www.google.nl/search

96 3 0.02% http://www.masterjoiners.co.nz/regions.php

97 3 0.02% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/LalichBuilder

98 3 0.02% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter103.htm

99 3 0.02% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter110.htm

100 3 0.02% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz:2082/tmp/morrins/webalizer//usage_200911.html

101 3 0.02% http://www.nzpropertyforsale.co.nz/resources/

102 3 0.02% http://www.nzs.com/travel/accommodation/motels-and-motor-lodges/

103 3 0.02% http://www.top10000.info/wwwtobikade

104 3 0.02% http://www.totaltravel.co.nz/link.asp

105 3 0.02% http://www.tourism.net.nz/listings/frame/unknown/28514

106 2 0.01% http://172.26.88.25:82/prc0/0/239/igtime54883.1999997608

107 2 0.01% http://findamarket.co.nz/regions/waikato.aspx

108 2 0.01% http://home.nzcity.co.nz/shopping/category.aspx

109 2 0.01% http://images.google.com/imgres

110 2 0.01% http://images.google.nl/imgres

111 2 0.01% http://morrinsville-info.co.nz/market/

112 2 0.01% http://search.mywebsearch.com/mywebsearch/AJmain.jhtml

113 2 0.01% http://startgoogle.startpagina.nl/

114 2 0.01% http://taqekiwi.co.cc/adult

115 2 0.01% http://www.finda.co.nz/business/ac/matamata-piako/kitchen-fittings-design/

116 2 0.01% http://www.finda.co.nz/business/ar/waikato/k/4/

117 2 0.01% http://www.finda.co.nz/business/cr/building-maintenance/k/10/

118 2 0.01% http://www.finda.co.nz/business/r/k/2/

119 2 0.01% http://www.finda.co.nz/business/r/k/24/

120 2 0.01% http://www.floralpopular.com/international-flower/new-zealand.html

121 2 0.01% http://www.google.ch/search

122 2 0.01% http://www.google.cn/search

123 2 0.01% http://www.google.co.th/search

124 2 0.01% http://www.google.com.au/imgres

125 2 0.01% http://www.google.com.fj/search

126 2 0.01% http://www.google.com/cse

127 2 0.01% http://www.google.com/custom

128 2 0.01% http://www.google.com/url

129 2 0.01% http://www.google.dk/search

130 2 0.01% http://www.google.ie/imgres

131 2 0.01% http://www.gopher.co.nz/listing/1ik7/morrinsville/builders/kelvin-lalich-builders-ltd.html

132 2 0.01% http://www.gopher.co.nz/listing/1ik7/new-zealand/builders/kelvin-lalich-builders-ltd.html

133 2 0.01% http://www.indexnz.com/Top/Reference/City-Portals

134 2 0.01% http://www.matamata-info.co.nz/

135 2 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/McLarensRuralServices/enquiry.html

136 2 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/MorrinsvilleMotel

137 2 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/education

138 2 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/favicon.ico

139 2 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/littletheatre

140 2 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/news.html

141 2 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter97.htm

142 2 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/september06.htm

143 2 0.01% http://www.newzealand.com/travel/ja/accommodation/accommodation-options/operator-details.cfm/businessactivityid/184347

144 2 0.01% http://www.nz.co.nz/nz/listings/popup.asp

145 2 0.01% http://www.nzs.com/business/trade/building-and-construction/supplies/carpet-and-flooring/

146 2 0.01% http://www.nzsbdirectory.co.nz/NZSB_Agriculture.html

147 2 0.01% http://www.nzsbdirectory.co.nz/NZSB_Directories_Regional_North_Island.html

148 2 0.01% http://www.ubd.co.nz/business/r/k/3/

149 2 0.01% http://yellow.co.nz/companies/Builders/Kelvin-Lalich-Builders-Ltd/100111071_396.html

150 2 0.01% http://yellow.co.nz/search.ds

151 1 0.01% http://172.26.88.17:82/prc0/0/143/igtime72677.5699998485

152 1 0.01% http://172.26.88.25:82/prc0/0/220/igtime54809.7469997127

153 1 0.01% http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrinsville

154 1 0.01% http://dilaq.justfree.com

155 1 0.01% http://doqivi.emenace.com

156 1 0.01% http://doxuha.rack111.com

157 1 0.01% http://faskomx.x10hosting.com

158 1 0.01% http://fastbrowsersearch.com/results/results.aspx

159 1 0.01% http://images.google.ca/imgres

160 1 0.01% http://jidodavo.freehostia.com

161 1 0.01% http://jigulunu.freehostia.com

162 1 0.01% http://jiverajo.freehostia.com

163 1 0.01% http://lalomopi.justfree.com

164 1 0.01% http://live.vodafone.com/

165 1 0.01% http://morrinsville-info.co.nz/MorrinsvilleMotel/slide2.jpg

166 1 0.01% http://morrinsville-info.co.nz/SportcraftBoats/

167 1 0.01% http://morrinsville-info.co.nz/floorservices/

168 1 0.01% http://newzealandwebsites.com/Home_and_Garden/Building/default.asp

169 1 0.01% http://nz.mc961.mail.yahoo.com/mc/welcome

170 1 0.01% http://puwara.yourfreehosting.net

171 1 0.01% http://rostovrielt.narod.ru/

172 1 0.01% http://search.imesh.com/web

173 1 0.01% http://search.incredimail.com/

174 1 0.01% http://search.yahoo.com/search

175 1 0.01% http://sogxedi.1gb.bg

176 1 0.01% http://tesaso.sqweebs.com

177 1 0.01% http://theinvestblog.com

178 1 0.01% http://thickmom.com

179 1 0.01% http://tobusaxu.sqweebs.com

180 1 0.01% http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c

181 1 0.01% http://unlockiphone22.com/

182 1 0.01% http://webmastercoffee.com/en/site/www.morrinsville-info.co.nz

183 1 0.01% http://wekuxo.emenace.com

184 1 0.01% http://www.accommodationnewzealand.co.nz/search.html

185 1 0.01% http://www.communities.co.nz/Home/Waikato.cfm

186 1 0.01% http://www.cybermall.co.nz/categories/Region-Wise-Websites/Waikato/Jump

187 1 0.01% http://www.destinationnz.co.nz/new-zealand-arts-and-crafts

188 1 0.01% http://www.e-sygoing.com/cgi-bin/go.cgi

189 1 0.01% http://www.equinedentalacademy.com/Dentist/dentist.html

190 1 0.01% http://www.facebook.com/group.php

191 1 0.01% http://www.facebook.com/home.php

192 1 0.01% http://www.finda.co.nz/business/ar/morrinsville/k/

193 1 0.01% http://www.finda.co.nz/business/c/chainsaws-brush-cutters/2/

194 1 0.01% http://www.finda.co.nz/business/listing/y9px/morrinsville-motel/

195 1 0.01% http://www.floorman.co.nz/links.html

196 1 0.01% http://www.go-2-school.com/users/view/7499

197 1 0.01% http://www.google.be/search

198 1 0.01% http://www.google.co.jp/hws/search

199 1 0.01% http://www.google.co.ke/search

200 1 0.01% http://www.google.co.nz/hws/search

201 1 0.01% http://www.google.com.au/

202 1 0.01% http://www.google.com.br/search

203 1 0.01% http://www.google.com.hk/search

204 1 0.01% http://www.google.com.ph/search

205 1 0.01% http://www.google.no/search

206 1 0.01% http://www.govouchergo.co.nz/listing_reports.php

207 1 0.01% http://www.ibanezwiki.com/display/~viagra20er

208 1 0.01% http://www.madefromnewzealand.com/businesses/eastern-waikato-joinery

209 1 0.01% http://www.matamata-info.co.nz/news.html

210 1 0.01% http://www.matamata-info.co.nz/newsletter93.htm

211 1 0.01% http://www.matamata-info.co.nz/november06.htm

212 1 0.01% http://www.matamata-info.co.nz/shopping.html

213 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/100

214 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/CentralMotorLodge

215 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/CooperAitken

216 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/DBAppleyard

217 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/DBAppleyard/appointment.html

218 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/McLarensRuralServices

219 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/MorrinsMap.jpg

220 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/MorrinsvilleMotel/policies.html

221 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js

222 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/WestpacTrustEventsCentre/

223 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/cgi-sys/formmail.pl

224 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/imagineif

225 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/january07.htm

226 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/map1.jpg

227 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/march07.htm

228 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/market

229 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter111.htm

230 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter117.htm

231 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter95.htm

232 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/newsletter99.htm

233 1 0.01% https://www.morrinsville-info.co.nz/november06.htm

234 1 0.01% http://www.newzealandwebsites.com/Home_and_Garden/Building/Sheds_and_Garages/default.asp

235 1 0.01% http://www.newzealandwebsites.info/information-on-morrinsville-business-farming-tourism-information-waikato-nz/

236 1 0.01% http://www.nzpages.co.nz/travel_and_tourism/events/4/a/

237 1 0.01% http://www.sitedossier.com/site/morrinsville-info.co.nz

238 1 0.01% http://www.tauhei.schoolzone.net.nz/Centenary.html

239 1 0.01% http://www.tearoha-info.co.nz/

240 1 0.01% http://www.testriffic.com/user/lumensex

241 1 0.01% http://www.tourism.gen.nz/listings/frame/accommodation/28514

242 1 0.01% http://www.tourism.net.nz/listings/frame/visitor-information/32219