Is My site Banned?

[innominds]

Hello All!

From the last few days, I've been observing bad results for my site Online eBooks, Download free anti-spyware Software, ipod music, Games For PSP, registry cleaner, Dish network software & Information

Earlier I used to get good traffic from Yahoo, but it all vanished. Now I've observed that the pages got deindexed.

Yahoo! Site Explorer

This is for your reference.

Please do advise me how to get out of that.

Regards,

Cher

[incrediblehelp]

Nope it doesnt look like it is indexed in yahoo anymore. You do something wrong?

[cw1865]

I don't see it either, only references in other sites.

I had this happen to me on a site in msn, perhaps its just a glitch.

Naturally see if you can contact yahoo about it (that is going to get you nowhere)

eventually yahoo's spider will see you.....

I'm thinking perhaps its time to plunck down $299 to get into the yahoo directory?

[innominds]

How can I make my site get indexed again?
I've submitted sitemap for yahoo authenticated it also.
But it too didn't give me any result.
Please do help me in this regard.

Regards,
Cher

[incrediblehelp]

Cher try asking here:

Yahoo! Site Explorer Suggestion Board

[Skudrulacis]

Looks like you are banned...

[innominds]

Thank you incrediblehelp for suggesting me with the url.
I've written to YSE and got the reply as follows:

It has been determined that your site may not comply with Yahoo!'s
Content Quality Guidelines located at:

Yahoo! Search Content Quality Guidelines. - Yahoo! Search Help

Below are some answers to common questions regarding this issue:

Q: What are some of the common reasons that a site may violate Yahoo!'s
Content Policy Guidelines?

A: Yahoo!'s Content Quality Guidelines (link above) outline what we are
and are not looking for in pages that we index. Listed below are some of
the more common reasons that a site may violate these guidelines:

- Cloaking (showing crawlers deceptive content about a site)
- Massive domain interlinking- Use of affiliate programs without the
addition of substantial unique content
- Use of reciprocal link programs (aka "link farms")
- Hidden text
- Excessive keyword repetition

.........


From the beginning of the site....

...it had affiliate products.
....no hidden text
....cloaking is there but i think it is done through SE friendly method.
....no excessive keyword repetition.

The site has about 10 sub-domains. Is it a problem?
What does the massive domain interlinking mean?
how my site is against to the Yahoo guidelines...

Could anybody analyze it for me and suggest the best means to come out of the ban.
Will adding the content give the results....



I didn't have I've nothing done wrong

[enchantedneedle]

I think you are banned. I'm pretty sure I've been banned as well, although the last time I checked I was indexed, just not showing up in the results. It sucks, because I'm on the first page in Google for all my keywords and phrases. Part of me thinks Yahoo has Google envy and banned me for spite. :P
I've been looking over our sites to see if there is anything in common and a couple of things pop out at me. Maybe we can hep each other. We both have title tags in our hyperlinks that are exactly the same as the text of the hyperlink. I do not think it is your affiliates. I have none. One other thing is at the top of your code there is an H1 followed by an H2 and then the table is closed. I use divs, but mine is closed before any other content too. Maybe there should be content after those, before the tags are closed?

[enchantedneedle]

I should mention that I do have hidden text, but that was put in after I was banned. I figured, if I'm going to be out anyway, it might as well look good. My H1 and all but one H2 tags have been coded out of the margins of the page by CSS.

[sryk]

No, not really.

[killnhack]

just like someone report the site

[Webnauts]

The site doesn't seem to be banned: onlinedownloads.org - Yahoo! Search Results

But the semantical structure is horrible. Sorry if this is off-topic.

[chowell]

Originally Posted by innominds

From the beginning of the site....

...it had affiliate products.
....no hidden text
....cloaking is there but i think it is done through SE friendly method.
....no excessive keyword repetition.

If you're admitting to have cloaked the site/pages, I think you have your answer right there. Perhaps something changed in the configuration or settings that allowed Yahoo to more easily detect the cloaking.

Consider also, that a competitor could have reported the site.

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by chowell

If you're admitting to have cloaked the site/pages, I think you have your answer right there. Perhaps something changed in the configuration or settings that allowed Yahoo to more easily detect the cloaking.

Consider also, that a competitor could have reported the site.

Did you read my post above? The site is not banned...

[chowell]

The thread starter said it, not me

Sounds like this person is engaging in some risky SEO tactics though as well, which could lead to trouble in the future.

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by innominds

....cloaking is there but i think it is done through SE friendly method.

I do not disagree that search engine friendly cloaking exist and can work, normally without problems. But can you explain us here what do you do which you call search engine friendly cloaking? [/quote]

Originally Posted by innominds

The site has about 10 sub-domains. Is it a problem?

That should not be a problem. You can have more than 10 subdomains. It depends on what you do with them. Duplicated content? Doorway pages?

Originally Posted by innominds

how my site is against to the Yahoo guidelines...

Simply read their guidelines: Yahoo! Search Content Quality Guidelines. - Yahoo! Search Help

Originally Posted by innominds

Could anybody analyze it for me and suggest the best means to come out of the ban.
Will adding the content give the results....

I do not know any SEO who would analyze your site for free, here or elsewhere. Do you?