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It's been a wee while since I posted this thread.
Thanks to everyone who helped out and made suggestions. I'm still none the better though and the only solution it seems is to buy another site template :shrug:
So far I've:
Registered and verified my site with google web master tools.
Added a sitemap.
Added a robots .txt.
Added much more key words.
Added a larger description to the .php index page.
Most folk blame my sites disappearance in google searches on my site being a flash site, even though it has a .php index and more to the point, we have at least two members here with the same designers and mechanics (bludomain) that do not have the same problem. I've also spoken with folk in the US who have the identical template and they are doing just fine. No-one can suggest why theirs works and mine doesn't though.
I've also been told that as the background is black and the text is white, google treats this as 'cheating' in some way and will penalize you for it.
Surely if this were true then everyone with the same configuration would disappear?
Also, in theory, if the flash site was to blame then these other members or users with the same design would also have disappeared? :shrug:
Do a search on: Luke Woodford or Colin Greenlees and you'll see what I mean. They have the same designer with the same flash foundations.
Now, I admit, I'm a dunce when it comes to this but it seems that the more I try to find out the more confusing and contradictory the answers get
There also seems to be some battles being raged on SEO, one side fights it being useless/dead and the other fights it being the most effective tactic available :shrug:
Beats the hell outta me either way!
All I know is that I had a flash based site with a HTML index page up until December 2008 and then switched to a flash based site with a php index page.
Around two months ago I was first in the search, now I'm not.
Here are the things that I have options with (other than editing the php index):
My fasthosts control panel
my site control panel
Since the last time I posted, I had filled in both panels with the same data, google re-cached my site on the 27th so I then scrubbed all the data from the fasthosts panel to see if this will make a difference after being advised not to use the same keywords twice.
Now, this is a little paranoid, but would it be possible for anyone and of course myself, to cause some kind of block? Can anyone cause problems or is this kinda thing impossible?
I used to have a facebook photography page that I deleted as I thought that my have effected the results as the titles were the same, but still no change.
As before, if you type in 'tomas whitehouse' or 'tomas whitehouse photography' my site isn't at a low ranking, it simply does not exist but if you type in 'www.tomaswhitehouse.com' then my site is found.
I did post a thread on the google help forum but my site template seemed to cause serious offense to the 'contributors' there, who could only make aggressive/rude responses and continuously blame the flash element despite other users not having the same problems.
Is there anyone out there who isn't offended or likely to respond aggressively with my questions, who can maybe help out or make suggestions?
Thanks to everyone who helped out and made suggestions. I'm still none the better though and the only solution it seems is to buy another site template :shrug:
So far I've:
Registered and verified my site with google web master tools.
Added a sitemap.
Added a robots .txt.
Added much more key words.
Added a larger description to the .php index page.
Most folk blame my sites disappearance in google searches on my site being a flash site, even though it has a .php index and more to the point, we have at least two members here with the same designers and mechanics (bludomain) that do not have the same problem. I've also spoken with folk in the US who have the identical template and they are doing just fine. No-one can suggest why theirs works and mine doesn't though.
I've also been told that as the background is black and the text is white, google treats this as 'cheating' in some way and will penalize you for it.
Surely if this were true then everyone with the same configuration would disappear?
Also, in theory, if the flash site was to blame then these other members or users with the same design would also have disappeared? :shrug:
Do a search on: Luke Woodford or Colin Greenlees and you'll see what I mean. They have the same designer with the same flash foundations.
Now, I admit, I'm a dunce when it comes to this but it seems that the more I try to find out the more confusing and contradictory the answers get
There also seems to be some battles being raged on SEO, one side fights it being useless/dead and the other fights it being the most effective tactic available :shrug:
Beats the hell outta me either way!
All I know is that I had a flash based site with a HTML index page up until December 2008 and then switched to a flash based site with a php index page.
Around two months ago I was first in the search, now I'm not.
Here are the things that I have options with (other than editing the php index):
My fasthosts control panel
my site control panel
Since the last time I posted, I had filled in both panels with the same data, google re-cached my site on the 27th so I then scrubbed all the data from the fasthosts panel to see if this will make a difference after being advised not to use the same keywords twice.
Now, this is a little paranoid, but would it be possible for anyone and of course myself, to cause some kind of block? Can anyone cause problems or is this kinda thing impossible?
I used to have a facebook photography page that I deleted as I thought that my have effected the results as the titles were the same, but still no change.
As before, if you type in 'tomas whitehouse' or 'tomas whitehouse photography' my site isn't at a low ranking, it simply does not exist but if you type in 'www.tomaswhitehouse.com' then my site is found.
I did post a thread on the google help forum but my site template seemed to cause serious offense to the 'contributors' there, who could only make aggressive/rude responses and continuously blame the flash element despite other users not having the same problems.
Is there anyone out there who isn't offended or likely to respond aggressively with my questions, who can maybe help out or make suggestions?