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cakegreetings · 04-09-2006, 01:47 PM

I started up a home business in January this year and got my domain. I knew it might take a little while for Google to index my site. It's been almost 3 months now and I'm still not indexed. I've read oooodles and oooodles of posts and based on what I've read about how Google responds to a search for my site, I'm banned. I've submitted my URL to google multiple times, and 1 night I finally saw my site listed. And then it was gone the next day. I've submitted a sitemap, which was approved. The only thing I could think of is my site is basically a copy of others since the host set it up. I've tried to individualize the site as much as I know how to--changed text, images, options. I do have some linkbacks, not many but some. My other personal websites I've had (hosted on my ISP webspace) have had no problem getting indexed with hardly any links. I've emailed Google help, got a canned response which said to reply if their answer didn't help (which of course it didn't, I've read those help pages a million times I think). I've yet to hear back from them. If anyone is willing to give me any suggestions that might help, please do so. If I'm doomed, just say so lol.

Oh, one more question--if I were to just get a new domain name, would that end up being banned too since it would be the same ip addresses?

Thanks!

04-09-2006, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
cakegreetings Inactive Join Date: 04-09-06 Location: ND Posts: 10 iTrader: 0 / 0% Latest Blog: None	Think I'm banned I started up a home business in January this year and got my domain. I knew it might take a little while for Google to index my site. It's been almost 3 months now and I'm still not indexed. I've read oooodles and oooodles of posts and based on what I've read about how Google responds to a search for my site, I'm banned. I've submitted my URL to google multiple times, and 1 night I finally saw my site listed. And then it was gone the next day. I've submitted a sitemap, which was approved. The only thing I could think of is my site is basically a copy of others since the host set it up. I've tried to individualize the site as much as I know how to--changed text, images, options. I do have some linkbacks, not many but some. My other personal websites I've had (hosted on my ISP webspace) have had no problem getting indexed with hardly any links. I've emailed Google help, got a canned response which said to reply if their answer didn't help (which of course it didn't, I've read those help pages a million times I think). I've yet to hear back from them. If anyone is willing to give me any suggestions that might help, please do so. If I'm doomed, just say so lol. Oh, one more question--if I were to just get a new domain name, would that end up being banned too since it would be the same ip addresses? Thanks!