Aviva Directory banned from Google?

eXweso · 09-03-2007, 04:10 AM

Google is recently taking paid links too seriously.

Aviva Directory, one of the best directories is currently removed from Google because of the same reason.

Search for "Aviva Directories"

Almost all good directories have bought links from highly ranked websites. Does this mean that its the end of the Link Market?

John Scott · 09-03-2007, 05:14 AM

Huh, what seems like a glitch.

web-mastery · 09-03-2007, 05:41 AM

They certainly aren't banned. It's possible they're penalized because they don't rank for their own name, but that can't be construed as a ban.

Banning usually involves a complete de-indexing of the website.

linkstraffic · 09-03-2007, 06:21 AM

Woooh, actually I ve checked and I do not see this dir. in Google anymore and even no mote PR displayesd on the toolbar !

jg_v7n · 09-03-2007, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by linkstraffic

Woooh, actually I ve checked and I do not see this dir. in Google anymore and even no mote PR displayesd on the toolbar !

Toolbar PR hasn't been updated in a long while. It is currently no more accurate (in comparison to real PR) than Alexa Rank...

eXweso · 09-03-2007, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jg_v7n

Toolbar PR hasn't been updated in a long while. It is currently no more accurate (in comparison to real PR) than Alexa Rank...

I think google is loosing focus since it has too many things to concentrate on!

**Cricket** · 09-03-2007, 08:39 PM

Although there may be some sort of penalty in place, it is clearly not a ban, as the site is still indexed.

eXweso · 09-03-2007, 09:08 PM

yeah....some 15000 indexed pages....

linkstraffic · 09-04-2007, 01:48 AM

well, anyway it's worrying but... well we should wait some time before making any assumptions, and cross fingers! Either it's too late or well, may be nothing to worry about...

infogle · 09-04-2007, 02:27 AM

Correct... i first search for the keyword "aviva directory" it has info of the website but not the actual website location. When i tried with "Aviva Directory .com" is showed me a nice listing and about 15500 pages indexed so directory is still there but may be the keyword outbid them..

deluxdon · 09-04-2007, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by John Scott

Huh, what seems like a glitch.

Agree with you john on this.

DON.

tantantin · 09-04-2007, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by John Scott

Huh, what seems like a glitch.

I am not an SEO or knows too much and the owner is a great guy but I don't find this a Glitch.

Authority Site 1
Authority Site 2

Red_Virus · 09-04-2007, 03:44 AM

I think that this is a temporary penalty from Google. But I am still waiting for a reply for owner of Alive directory !

WhatiFind · 09-04-2007, 04:42 AM

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Originally Posted by John Scott

Huh, what seems like a glitch.

No Glitch..

It seems many web directories are devaluated in the google serp..

AvivaDirectory: http://www.google.com/search?q=avivadirectory
AliveDirectory: http://www.google.com/search?q=alivedirectory
Freewebindex: http://www.google.com/search?q=freewebindex
DirectoryDump: http://www.google.com/search?q=directorydump
dirspace: http://www.google.com/search?q=dirspace
mingleon: http://www.google.com/search?q=mingleon
elegantdirectory: http://www.google.com/search?q=elegantdirectory

and much more. Aaron wrote something here http://www.seobook.com/archives/002453.shtml and several huge threads at DP.

tantantin · 09-04-2007, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Red_Virus

I think that this is a temporary penalty from Google. But I am still waiting for a reply for owner of Alive directory !

It is not a penalty I guess. Its a temporary Glitch.

I am also waiting for Rand Fishkin and the group to say something since he and et al had this thing going.

Or was it part of an Ingenious Viral Marketing.

olddocks · 09-04-2007, 08:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eXweso

Google is recently taking paid links too seriously.

Aviva Directory, one of the best directories is currently removed from Google because of the same reason.

Search for "Aviva Directories"

Almost all good directories have bought links from highly ranked websites. Does this mean that its the end of the Link Market?

I wouldnt agree on this. Everything seems to be ok for me.

see: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=avivadirectory.com

Further i checked the PR is 6 (see: www.prchecker.info)

It could be a temporary glitch with G. I am not sure why there has been so much hype made about this.

Cornbread · 09-04-2007, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by olddocks

I am not sure why there has been so much hype made about this.

I just checked and the home page is not coming up in Google for Aviva Directory. There is a lot of hype because a lot of people paid good money to be listed in this directory and it's starting to look like money down the drain, if the site is indeed banned. I am still not sure they are banned though, they still have a page rank of six and have a recent index in Google. Normaly when a site is having problems they won't have a Google cache.

**Cricket** · 09-04-2007, 07:20 PM

Banned = The site is removed from the index.

Penalties = The site does not show in the results for phrases that it is expected to automatically, such as their own name.