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LuckyDan
03-20-2008, 12:37 PM
My site dropped from a PR4 to a PR2 last weekend or thereabouts. I suspect I may have a backlink that Google doesn't like or perhaps something else. Is there a way to contact Google and figure out what the penalty is or perhaps there is a tool out there that I could use to figure out what Google didn't like?

I would be grateful for any advice.

Dan
Cosmetic Dentistry in Atlanta, GA - Accredited Cosmetic Dentists in Atlanta, Georgia specially trained in porcelain veneers, crowns, implants, bridge & dental bonding. (http://www.AtlantaCenterForCosmeticDentistry.com)
jambad
03-20-2008, 02:18 PM
Why do you care about dropping to a PR2 when you rank #1 for "atlanta cosmetic dentist"? Toolbar PR is unreliable. By the way, I would watch the overoptimizing. The meta tags are improperly formed and the html title tag is very bloated. That will get you into trouble before low PR. Competitors like to report that sort of thing.
Webnauts
03-20-2008, 02:48 PM
My site dropped from a PR4 to a PR2 last weekend or thereabouts. I suspect I may have a backlink that Google doesn't like or perhaps something else. Is there a way to contact Google and figure out what the penalty is or perhaps there is a tool out there that I could use to figure out what Google didn't like?

I would be grateful for any advice.

Dan
Cosmetic Dentistry in Atlanta, GA - Accredited Cosmetic Dentists in Atlanta, Georgia specially trained in porcelain veneers, crowns, implants, bridge & dental bonding. (http://www.AtlantaCenterForCosmeticDentistry.com)
Dan, you have serious on-page optimization issues. Thought of mentioning that.
incrediblehelp
03-20-2008, 05:14 PM
Dan are you signed in with Google Webmaster Tools (https://www.google.com/accounts/)?
LuckyDan
03-21-2008, 09:31 AM
Why do you care about dropping to a PR2 when you rank #1 for "atlanta cosmetic dentist"? Toolbar PR is unreliable. By the way, I would watch the overoptimizing. The meta tags are improperly formed and the html title tag is very bloated. That will get you into trouble before low PR. Competitors like to report that sort of thing.

I hear ya. good point. I am happy with organic results. But a pr penalty is something I am trying to avoid and I am not sure of all the ramifications.
LuckyDan
03-21-2008, 09:35 AM
Why do you care about dropping to a PR2 when you rank #1 for "atlanta cosmetic dentist"? Toolbar PR is unreliable. By the way, I would watch the overoptimizing. The meta tags are improperly formed and the html title tag is very bloated. That will get you into trouble before low PR. Competitors like to report that sort of thing.

thanks. I am trying to learn this stuff. do you know of a thread link that has the proper format for titles and tags?
LuckyDan
03-21-2008, 09:36 AM
Dan, you have serious on-page optimization issues. Thought of mentioning that.

thanks. trying to clean up the site now.
LuckyDan
03-21-2008, 09:38 AM
Dan are you signed in with Google Webmaster Tools (https://www.google.com/accounts/)?

I am having the developer put the code in the site to get verified with google. once I do that, should I resubmit the site for consideration?
tomcatuk
03-21-2008, 06:06 PM
If you're coming in first for a targeted phrase, you haven't been excluded, so re-inclusion requests will confuse Google more than likely!

incrediblehelp mentioned webmaster tools for different reasons I would imagine. At least one being that it will give you information an all the links Google has indexed for your site, as they don't show this publicly with the link: operator.