Can a rivel get your site delisted for a keyword in google?
 

Can a rivel get your site delisted for a certain keyword in google?
Is this possible?

Not with you??? How do you mean?


Contacting google & getting you banned? Is this what you mean?

Not banned as such but delisted for certain search words. One of my sites has suddenly dissapeared for certain keywords but remain for other (lesser) search terms and i'm trying to work out why.

Yes, very easy to do actually.

Yes it can,it takes 24 hour to make it.

Maybe Google changed their algorithm, or perhaps someone who previously linked to you removed the link, thus giving you less PR juice..

Very improbable. Everyone says they can and its easy but it's just not that easy.

Do you really think it would be as easy as reporting a competitor to get their spot, or to move up a spot? Imagine how fucked the results would look if you could.

The only way you can be sure they will delist an opponent by reporting them is if they are actually doing something wrong enough to warrant delisting. Which isn't always as easy as it sounds either.

if it has happened to me, how can i reverse it?

google doesnt exactly have a 1800# for that. if it did people would be crying about others all day long simply because they want a better position.

possible, not unlikely someone would go through the trouble...:2 cents:

It recently happened to a GFY member. I dont see their site listed on free porn or porno anymore

http://www.seobook.com/why-spam-ever...-means-nothing

Thus the role of SEO today is not to remain "spam free" (whatever that is) but to create enough signals of quality that you earn the benefit of the doubt. This protects you from the whims of search engineers, algorithmic updates, and attempts at competitive sabotage.

I'm pretty sure the answer is absolutely yes. But nobody seems to be offering the info on how to combat this -- not for love or money -- other than just having a good site, which is clearly not sufficient.

Shhhhhhh! We dont need people to wise up to this stuff.

????????

You can fight back if you have the money, knowledge and resources. Otherwise just start targeting a different word because odds are you will never get it back. :2 cents:

It is possible that a hacker can hack your site.

Let's get you a few hundred backlinks for that keyword and a hundred or so for a few similar ones.

That should help.

~Ray

the easiest way is to file a false dmca takedown request

that being said if that was what they did you have a right to file a counter notice to get it back.

if someone did that to you make sure to counter sue for the lost income and your time and effort under the counter notice rulings

Its much easier then most people think.
Seriously..

DING DING! WE HAVE A WINNER! :1orglaugh

yes........ there can be lots of stuff that a person can do to your site without you knowing that would cause you to get penalized.

Happened to one of our sites as a matter of fact

Any of my competitors reading this should definitely buy me some links from Ray.

Thanks!

And guys, you doing sketchy shit and having your domain reported and removed from the serps isn't the same as just "reporting someone and having their shit removed"

It can be done.... There are many different scenarios...

If you were hosted on a free host or a non-dedicated box I could get 30 sites on the same box and presumably the same IP address. I could list my whois data to match yours exactly. Then I can link into you and to Google it'd look like a link farm...

Alternatively I could spam your site and the term all over forums, blog comments and referrer logs... Google would have no choice but to think you did it. Don't worry, this sandbox usually wears off in 6 months to a few years ;)

So can it be done? Yes... So do a site explorer check and see if your site was spammed to other sites for shit backlinks.... Do a reverse IP check and see if someone is doing the first attack I mentioned...

Otherwise you might just suck ;)

funny how that's only happened once though.. the counter-sue.. but pirates are sued 24/7 :1orglaugh Judges are not dumb you fucking asshole

20% discount!!! Act fast!!!

~Ray

Bad ass!

Feel free to hit me up for keywords! :thumbsup