I have had a #1 site on google for a VERY long time, years
neilslade.com/Papers/Painting.html
its been 1, 2, 3 in the rankings for "how to paint your car" "how to paint a car" "paint your car" "paint your car'
I make nearly my entire living on the page-- thank you Google, SORT OF
But THREE TIMES NOW, the page for no reason I can determine whatsoever, it just COMPLETELY VANISHES from this search and is replaced by big business corporate pages for car painting.
It takes a week to reappear-- this time, its been over 10 days, and still nothing.
Yahoo search? I remain #1 Ask.com search I remain #1
So why the google screw up, eh? What causes the #1 search engine to suddenly lose a very popular site, and yet the site remains in its place in other engines?
Here's another small business that has had exactly the same problem
elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/02/14/google-sucks-it-just-sucks/
So-- Does Google Suck? Well, you explain it. For small business people, and in my case my BREAD AND BUTTER and HEAT depend on the reliability of the Google search engine-- this month, I am out hundreds, if not thousands of dollars because of either a mechanical/digital screw up at Google, or a more sinister one.
You figure it out--my business is suffering in the meantime.
