My stefskidsart.com-site is penalizing

[steffrank]

Well, hi there!
Since a few weeks my www.stefskidsart.com –site dropped extremely in ranking by Google and Yahoo. About two years long, my kid’s art site was at the top of the Google and Yahoo ranking. Since I put a link on my website to the Christian Hour of Power-site, my stefskidsart.com-site is penalizing. Sure, I could be mistaken, but maybe such an Hour of Power-link does not fit in the way of thinking of the Google community. I have removed the Hour of Power-link at this moment. My question is…, is there a change that Google penalizing sites for getting links that not fit in their way of thinking? Well, I hope I am mistaking.
Stef Frank from The Netherlands.

[Brittany]

Hi steffrank,

Thanks for posting on WebProWorld!

I moved your post to the Search Engine Discussion forum because this is the forum to ask general questions and get information regarding search engines, whereas the Search Engine Insider Reports forum is meant for discussing the latest interviews, events/conferences, and live reports regarding search engines.

Hopefully, one of the experts or one of your peers here in the Search Engine Discussion forum can help you find a solution to your problem. And if you ever have any questions or need anything, don't hesitate to let me know!

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Brittany
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[Toolman]

Here is a quick analsize of your site:

You are using your Title ineffectively.
You are only using 29 characters when you can use up to 100. We suggest that you use a few more words in your TITLE Tag, and try to use your main keywords if possible.

You are using your Description ineffectively.
You are only using 100 characters when you can use up to 250. We suggest that you make your description longer and try to include as many of your main keywords as possible

You are spamming the keyword kids. You are using it 9 times when the maximum is 6 times. This keyword may be rejected by the search engines. You need to remove this keyword from you Meta-Tag Keywords list, so that you are not using it more than 6 times.

You are spamming the keyword art. You are using it 9 times when the maximum is 6 times. This keyword may be rejected by the search engines. You need to remove this keyword from you Meta-Tag Keywords list, so that you are not using it more than 6 times.

You are not using your primary keyword in your keyword meta tags. You need to add your primary keyword to your Meta-Tag Keywords list.


You are using your Description ineffectively.
You are only using 100 characters when you can use up to 250. We suggest that you make your description longer and try to include as many of your main keywords as possible.

You are not using your keywords within the body of your page effectively, you are using 2 of your keywords in the body of your page, when you should use at least 5. We suggest that you add some of your keywords into the body of your main page.

(MOD edit: long repetitive content deleted)

Your page size is very large, it is greater than 40Kb. It is recommended that your home page be no more than 40Kb and the other pages in your site be no more than 30Kb. You need to reduce your page size, or image sizes, or reduce the number of images used, in order to decrease the overall file size.

Basically your page is heavy into images with no keyword text - big NO NO your doorway front page should never be a image only page.

(MOD edit: offensive comments deleted.)

Regards
Frank(U1 Webmaster)

[minstrel]

You are spamming the keyword kids. You are using it 9 times when the maximum is 6 times. This keyword may be rejected by the search engines. You need to remove this keyword from you Meta-Tag Keywords list, so that you are not using it more than 6 times.

You are spamming the keyword art. You are using it 9 times when the maximum is 6 times. This keyword may be rejected by the search engines. You need to remove this keyword from you Meta-Tag Keywords list, so that you are not using it more than 6 times.

Where do I begin?

First, I'll ask you for the second time tonight to moderate your tone and monitor your words - Please read the WebProWorld Forum Rules and try to be respectful to other members when you post or all or part of your posts WILL be deleted.

Second, there is a lot of misinformation in your analysis of steffrank's site but let me just focus on the two paragraphs I quoted. The site is NOT spamming those keywords - there are a number of distinct keyphrases which may include the individual words that you highlight but that is not the same thing at all.

Third, there is limited evidence that the major search engines are currently paying much attention to the keywords metatag, so most of your post is really not addressing steffrank's question.

And fourth, to repeat "First", I can not emphasize strongly enough that if you cannot be courteous, respectful, and civil in your comments about the opinions and websites of other members, you will quickly find that you are not welcome in these forums. On the other hand, if you are prepared to read and follow the WPW rules, your opinions and comments will always be welcome.

[steffrank]

Hi David,

Herewith I offer the Google community my apologies for my on respectful comment about penalizing my website because of a link. Know that I read your comment and the quick analsize of the toolman; I understand why my site is penalizing by Google and Yahoo. It was not my intention to be on respectful, and impolite in my comments about the opinions and websites of other members. I respect the Google community. I hope you and the Google community will accept my apologies.

Thank you again for your help.

Stef Frank steffrank@hetnet.nl
Veldhoven / The Netherlands
www.stefskidsart.com

[minstrel]

Herewith I offer the Google community my apologies for my on respectful comment about penalizing my website because of a link. Know that I read your comment and the quick analsize of the toolman; I understand why my site is penalizing by Google and Yahoo. It was not my intention to be on respectful, and impolite in my comments about the opinions and websites of other members. I respect the Google community. I hope you and the Google community will accept my apologies.

steffran, there is no need for you to apologize - you have done nothing wrong at all. My comments were meant for toolman who had posted several messages in different topics that were insulting to other members.

[steffrank]

Hi,

Well, now I know now that the comment was meant for Toolman, I am relieved. It is stupid of me. It is the first time for me to enjoy an internet forum. I did not know how its works. Now it is clear to me. We have a Kid’s Art School in the Netherlands with 3124 students in the age of 4 – 19 years old. Stefs Kids Art is a non-profit site run by children's art enthusiasts in the Netherlands. Almost every kid in our Kid’s Art School uses the Google search engine. In my opinion, it is the best and fastest search engine there is. In November of this year, I received many e-mails from my students, telling me that Google penalizes our website www.stefskidsart.com. All the kids were very disappointed. A day before our site was penalizes, one of the older kids had put an Hour of Power-link on the index of our website. So, everybody thought, this could be one of the possible reasons, that the site is penalizes. Remember this, since two years and three months the stefskidsart.com site was always at the top of the Google and Yahoo search engines (kids art), suddenly, it has disappeared. That’s why, I put my question on the WebProWorld forum. I also have mailed to Sergey Brin at the Stanford University, I receive no answer yet from him. Well…, I am always positive, so, maybe Google will put our Kid’s art site back at the top of the search engine.

Many thanks to David J.Baxter and Janeth Duque for there pleasant e-mails.
Stef Frank.

[minstrel]

I will try to get back and have a closer look at your site when I can - this is always a busy time of year for me in my "real" job...

Bear in mind, though, that Google has been making some changes which may not yet be finished, and that these changes have affected how many websites are listed in the search results. It may be that there is nothing you have changed on your website to cause the change...

[janeth]

Hi steffrank

Can you give me the key word that you lost your ranking for?

[ronniethedodger]

Hi steffrank

Can you give me the key word that you lost your ranking for?

Janeth, it was kids art. Also, he said that the penalization occured suddenly in November.

Two-word phrases disappearing in November...hmmm. Where have I heard that one before?

Steffrank, just to let you know, you are not alone with this dilemma. A lot of websites who enjoyed number one rankings at Google prior to November (and who have been number one for eons it seems) suddenly disappeared off the face of the earth.

This is a new algorithm (a filter) that Google has recently enacted. Your students who reported this to you are probably aware of this new filter, for they used the word "penalize" in their reports. They can probably explain it to you better than us (and in your own language) than most of us could.

There is also a lot of reports and postings to this forum in regards to this new filter. You can browse back through some of the Google postings and articles here at Web World to get a better understanding of what is going on.

Finally -- has this penalization really hurt your traffic to the website at all? Or is it just a general question in regards to what is going on at Google?