Google is not displaying my blog

[internet-marketing-cr]

Hi,

I don't know if I am doing anything wrong. About 3 months ago I created a blog for my site:

http://www.pokerallstar.com/poker-articles/index.html

A couple weeks after I created this blog, Google started displaying it in its serp for a few days, and then it disappeared not displaying the blog any more.

- I post regularly
- The content is optimized
- Has Titles and metas
- The content is relevant

When I do the site:www.. command, it does not displays the blog pages at all. Am I doing anything wrong?

I would appreciate any advice or comments regarding the subject.

[stymiee]

Something is going on with Google right now. The exact cause is up for debate but lots of sites are experiencing the same problem as you. Doesn't seem to be anything you can do about it but wait it out.

[incrediblehelp]

Actually even before this crazy big daddy crap started happening where websites were getting de-indexed, it was normal for websites to have new pages go live, get some decent rankings/traffic in Google and then disappear after two weeks. This happened more so with new domains in general, but I have seen it happen to interior pages as well on website that was around for a year.

Now if the website already was established and ranking well in Google for years usually new pages would stick around, but if I remember correct internet-marketing-cr your poker website is fairly new right?

Even if it was online for 2 years if it doesn't have the online "authority" Google is looking for now you can expect new pages not stick very well.

[Peter (IMC)]

I didn't search very well, but is there any other page besides the home page that links to it?

If not, that could be part of the problem.

Also,. Your URL poker-articles/index.html

I can't say I know this 100% to be correct, but in my experience, Google treats that as a subdomain. And won't index it unless it gets enough backlinks from outside. Change that index.html to somethinge else (poker-blog.html for example) and see what happens.

Also put it in the menu so you´re telling search engines (and visitors) that the blog is really important.

[internet-marketing-cr]

- incrediblehelp wrote:
"Now if the website already was established and ranking well in Google for years usually new pages would stick around, but if I remember correct internet-marketing-cr your poker website is fairly new right?"

"Even if it was online for 2 years if it doesn't have the online "authority" Google is looking for now you can expect new pages not stick very well."

Jaan the website is been up since 2003, Google picked up the blog two weeks after I created it, displayed it for a few days and then it dissapear.

Jaan what do you mean by online "authority"? Can you explanin that please?

- Peter(IMC)wrote:
"I didn't search very well, but is there any other page besides the home page that links to it?"

Peter the blog is linked from every where in the website.

I am going to try changing /poker-articles/index.html to poker-articles.html as you suggested also.

[incrediblehelp]

Well as most would say "authority" or "trusted" (TrustRank) websites are those with high quality IBL's from the SE point of view. As you have seen with websites like BMW, it usually take a hand job before they are removed from the index for doing something "wrong".

Personally I think I websites can be 1 of 5 things:

1. Brand New (Sandbox, Aging Delay). Sandboxed 9-12 months before you can expect to be just an average website online.
2. Average-Bad (Sandbox Crawling): It used to be every website was indexed fully as long as your provided a well written, optimized and easily crawlable website. If you have been online for over a couple of years you could expect some decent traffic if you were doing everything right. Now if your website doesn't have the "required" popularity or deep back links, Google is de-indexing some of your pages.
3. Average-Good: Your website is indexed fully, your getting fully crawled. Your doing everything right in the SE's mind. Basically it is up to you to get better rankings and sales by promoting your website more and to reach the Authority status. of course as we all are seeing these average websites are being over taken in many queries by below average content websites that have tricked the SE's into believing these have backlinks quality.
4. Authority/Trusted/White Listed. These are the top websites of the internet. These websites will hardly ever find themselves among those of use in the forums discussing de-indexing, ranking fluxuations and such. Of course I agree with the SE's of the world that if someone types in BMW or Walmart they better get that major companies website. The problem is with the algo current hardly optimized websites like these can appear in SERPS that either have no relationship to the BMW/Walmart page showing up or they rank above much better content/optimized pages for the same query.
5. Blacklisted/Banned. Very rare to not be in the Google index, but most of the time when you are banned or blacklisted you usually still show up indexed, you just don't rank. Usually done with a hand job.

My quick rant for the day.

[internet-marketing-cr]

Thank you, I appreciate your help.

Jaan I'll keep looking for those high quality IBL's from "authority" or "trusted" (TrustRank) websites as you mentioned.

Great info about types of websites, that give us ideas of where are we standing at.

[plaastik]

If your website is a blog try looking in:

http://blogsearch.google.com/

Cheers

[internet-marketing-cr]

Thank you plaastik, I'll check on that.

I am also thinking on submitting the blog to google and blog Search Engines, that may help.