My blog site was listed as number one for several of my articles, and on page one in a google search for several others. All of a sudden it dropped to number who-knows-what for the most popular articles! NOW my site is no where to be seen, while all those who COPIED me-and that has been a huge problem-are listed above my site! All my other articles have also dropped, some markedly. Could this just be a glitch? I had always thought that google took into account the original author! I have several theories as to why this has happened...
What do others feel may be the possible causes?? The same is true of mine.... me too! How can I do? So it's not just me! lol I had wondered that as all the copy-cat sites were keeping the same title as I used, if google then saw it as 'spam'..but penalised ME!! Quote: Originally Posted by Jo W
So it's not just me! lol I had wondered that as all the copy-cat sites were keeping the same title as I used, if google then saw it as 'spam'..but penalised ME!! Ouch.. that's rough. There could be several reasons this is happening but I am curious are the copied articles 100% copied?
Google should cite the original source as the first site who published it.. not that hard, but they do muck that up a lot of times. Relevancy (time) is another factor here to consider. Hopefully you will be the one ranking #1 for this long-term and Google is adjusting to the new articles being published, and will set the others aside. The copied content issue I'm sorry to hear about. I do article rewrite for
What do others feel may be the possible causes?? The same is true of mine.... me too! How can I do? So it's not just me! lol I had wondered that as all the copy-cat sites were keeping the same title as I used, if google then saw it as 'spam'..but penalised ME!! Quote: Originally Posted by Jo W
So it's not just me! lol I had wondered that as all the copy-cat sites were keeping the same title as I used, if google then saw it as 'spam'..but penalised ME!! Ouch.. that's rough. There could be several reasons this is happening but I am curious are the copied articles 100% copied? Google should cite the original source as the first site who published it.. not that hard, but they do muck that up a lot of times. Relevancy (time) is another factor here to consider. Hopefully you will be the one ranking #1 for this long-term and Google is adjusting to the new articles being published, and will set the others aside. The copied content issue I'm sorry to hear about. I do article rewrite for