Tech & VC 06 Feb 2008 10:24 am
Ran Out of Google Juice…
Update: Turns out I’m no longer listed in any Google SERPs, not just ‘Andrew Parker.’ My site was hacked (yet again) and contained a TON of links to porn sites which were made invisible with a CSS trick. I upgraded my WordPress install to the latest version and removed all the offensive crap, but I’m sure it will be a long time because I get back into Google’s SERPs. If anyone has any advice for expediting this process, let me know.
Original Post: For some reason Google removed this blog from the SERP for “Andrew Parker”. I used to rank #1 on the SERP when people searched my name. Now, I’m nowhere to be found.
I’m not sure what happened… anyone know of any changes to The_Algorithm(TM) that would cause me to get dropped? I still get plenty of traffic from Google on other search terms, and I’m definitely indexed. There doesn’t appear to be anything fishy (no warnings) according to Google’s webmaster tools.
I’m stumped.
6 Responses to “Ran Out of Google Juice…”
on 07 Feb 2008 at 7:44 pm 1.Charlie said …
Typepad: No fun plugins, but never been hacked either.
on 07 Feb 2008 at 9:18 pm 2.Brendan said …
I get you as the 3rd result on Google right now. Am I missing something?
on 08 Feb 2008 at 7:48 am 3.Andrew Parker said …
That 3rd result is my root domain: http://www.andrewparker.net. My blog domain: blog.andrewparker.net used to be #1. Now none of my blog posts are anywhere to be found (unless you do a site:blog.andrewparker.net search).
on 11 Feb 2008 at 12:17 pm 4.Shurtleff said …
Andrew,
Hope all is well. Which upgrade did you have to do. I am about to start the process on my three sites… you motivated me to become less lazy… thx
on 15 Feb 2008 at 8:38 am 5.Pete said …
Looks like you’re listed again…
on 15 Feb 2008 at 9:30 am 6.Andrew Parker said …
Yup, I got my mojo back :)