Hi Guys,<br /><br />Happy new year to all!<br /><br />I have a problem with a car servicing site I have done for a client recently, which you can see here.<br /><br />It used to be target="_blank">actual domain name.<br /><br />Has anyone got any ideas what I can do to remedy this?<br /><br />Thanks in advance.<br /><br />Karlos<!--content-->
Did you change anything><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Did you change anything><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Sounds like the changes you made have effected rankings. Leeds is target="_blank">this domain name.<br /><br />Now I am even more confused as I am totally unaware of this web domain name!<br /><!--content-->
Well the><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well the><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The original site will not get penalised, the duplicated site may get filtered from results. The issue is which site search engines sees as the original.<br /><br />I havent looked into this in great detail, but a search for the paragraph:<br /><br />" Established in 2001 with factory trained technicians with over 50 years combined servicing and repair experience we are able to offer customers an alternative to main dealer service costs.<br /><br />With all the very latest BMW diagnostic and special tools you can be sure your car is in safe hands."<br /><br />does not rank either sites, i suggest you may have indexing problems because of this other domain.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />yes my thoughts exactly. this other domain must be an issue in this, as it was doing really well with the key words I had in place and now nothing, although this google search produces a 1st place result in google uk!!!<!--content-->
Hi Karlos<br /><br />Happy New Year...you've been very quiet....<br /><br />Not sure if I can resolve your problem but I have a couple of friends looking at it right now for you....<br /><br />Click to view attachment<br /><br />How far will you go to find out the truth and your Google position? <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
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<!--quoteo(post=20791:date=Jan 4 2008, 08:01:name=liquid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(liquid @ Jan 4 2008, 08:01) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hi Karlos<br /><br />Happy New Year...you've been very quiet....<br /><br />Not sure if I can resolve your problem but I have a couple of friends looking at it right now for you....<br /><br />Click to view attachment<br /><br />How far will you go to find out the truth and your Google position? <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Hi Liquid,<br /><br />Yeah I have been pretty quiet the last month or so! <br /><br />I've been busy finishing off sites just before xmas, and not had much time to dedicate to the forums! <br /><br />A major thanks in advance if you have some friends checking the site out for me! Thats a great help! <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br />Like I mentioned above the site was doing really well, and it is still listed with google (using the <i>site:domain name</i> string in google it displays the results for all the site pages).<br /><br />I will go all the way to find out! <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><!--content-->
Now I've finished TRYING to be funny....<br /><br />Could there be a problem with you using a brand name?<br /><br />I'm not really sure whether the ranking takes this into account but perhaps you may be being penalised because you appear to be using a massive brand name to promote an unrelated site (in the sense it is not owned by BM(W) or Mini.)<br /><br />Just a thought......<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=20830:date=Jan 4 2008, 20:17:name=liquid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(liquid @ Jan 4 2008, 20:17) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Could there be a problem with you using a brand name?<br /><br />I'm not really sure whether the ranking takes this into account but perhaps you may be being penalised because you appear to be using a massive brand name to promote an unrelated site (in the sense it is not owned by BM(W) or Mini.)<br /><br />Just a thought......<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />You could be right about the branding issue.<br /><br />But it does not appear to have effected a particular rival competitors site which has been online with a decent ranking for a long time. (This other site uses the same branded name and does not have a licence of any kind - as far as I am aware).<br /><br />I am wondering now if ampersands I have used in the web page URL's have some sort of indexing effect?<!--content-->
Did you change anything><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Did you change anything><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Sounds like the changes you made have effected rankings. Leeds is target="_blank">this domain name.<br /><br />Now I am even more confused as I am totally unaware of this web domain name!<br /><!--content-->
Well the><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well the><img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->The original site will not get penalised, the duplicated site may get filtered from results. The issue is which site search engines sees as the original.<br /><br />I havent looked into this in great detail, but a search for the paragraph:<br /><br />" Established in 2001 with factory trained technicians with over 50 years combined servicing and repair experience we are able to offer customers an alternative to main dealer service costs.<br /><br />With all the very latest BMW diagnostic and special tools you can be sure your car is in safe hands."<br /><br />does not rank either sites, i suggest you may have indexing problems because of this other domain.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />yes my thoughts exactly. this other domain must be an issue in this, as it was doing really well with the key words I had in place and now nothing, although this google search produces a 1st place result in google uk!!!<!--content-->
Hi Karlos<br /><br />Happy New Year...you've been very quiet....<br /><br />Not sure if I can resolve your problem but I have a couple of friends looking at it right now for you....<br /><br />Click to view attachment<br /><br />How far will you go to find out the truth and your Google position? <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /><!--content--><!--quoteo(post=20791:date=Jan 4 2008, 08:01:name=liquid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(liquid @ Jan 4 2008, 08:01) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Hi Karlos<br /><br />Happy New Year...you've been very quiet....<br /><br />Not sure if I can resolve your problem but I have a couple of friends looking at it right now for you....<br /><br />Click to view attachment<br /><br />How far will you go to find out the truth and your Google position? <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="
" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />Hi Liquid,<br /><br />Yeah I have been pretty quiet the last month or so! <br /><br />I've been busy finishing off sites just before xmas, and not had much time to dedicate to the forums! <br /><br />A major thanks in advance if you have some friends checking the site out for me! Thats a great help! <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br />Like I mentioned above the site was doing really well, and it is still listed with google (using the <i>site:domain name</i> string in google it displays the results for all the site pages).<br /><br />I will go all the way to find out! <img src="http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><!--content-->Now I've finished TRYING to be funny....<br /><br />Could there be a problem with you using a brand name?<br /><br />I'm not really sure whether the ranking takes this into account but perhaps you may be being penalised because you appear to be using a massive brand name to promote an unrelated site (in the sense it is not owned by BM(W) or Mini.)<br /><br />Just a thought......<!--content-->
<!--quoteo(post=20830:date=Jan 4 2008, 20:17:name=liquid)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(liquid @ Jan 4 2008, 20:17) <img src='http://www.webdesignerforum.co.uk/style_images/1/post_snapback.gif' alt='*' border='0' /></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Could there be a problem with you using a brand name?<br /><br />I'm not really sure whether the ranking takes this into account but perhaps you may be being penalised because you appear to be using a massive brand name to promote an unrelated site (in the sense it is not owned by BM(W) or Mini.)<br /><br />Just a thought......<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd--><br /><br />You could be right about the branding issue.<br /><br />But it does not appear to have effected a particular rival competitors site which has been online with a decent ranking for a long time. (This other site uses the same branded name and does not have a licence of any kind - as far as I am aware).<br /><br />I am wondering now if ampersands I have used in the web page URL's have some sort of indexing effect?<!--content-->