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  • TheHecksler
    TheHecksler last edited by Nov 8, 2014, 1:35 PM

    Hi,

    I got a request from a potential client as he do not understand why his website cannot be found on Google. I've checked that and found out that the complete website is not listed (complete delist) at all - expect just one pdf file.
    I've checked his robots.txt - but this is ok. I've checked the META Robots - but they are on index,follow ... ok so far. I've checked his backlinks but could not found any massive linking from bad pages - just 6 backlinks and only four of them from designdomains.com which looks like a linklist or so.

    I've requested access to their GWT account if available in hope to find more infos, but does anyone of you may have a quick idea what els it could be? What could be the issue?

    I think that they got delisted due to any bad reason ...

    Let me know your Ideas ๐Ÿ™‚

    THANX ๐Ÿ™‚

    Sebi

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    • paints-n-design
      paints-n-design last edited by Nov 11, 2014, 10:32 AM Nov 11, 2014, 10:32 AM

      2 things nobody said:

      1st
      Robots.txt says disallow to image and Theme (where i guess css and js is included)

      2nd
      WebOfTrust warning to not enter the site because of not trustworthy

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      • TheHecksler
        TheHecksler @MickEdwards last edited by Nov 10, 2014, 11:05 AM Nov 10, 2014, 11:05 AM

        Thank you very much ๐Ÿ™‚ - meanwhile I found some spammy links too. Will tell him that. Looks like someone hacked his site before ๐Ÿ˜‰ I've just got the Administrator acces and loged in ... hell - will tell him to fire his webmaster as he probably didn't comply with the most basic rules of securing a Website -.-

        Thank you very much again for your help ๐Ÿ™‚

        Seb

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        • MickEdwards
          MickEdwards @TheHecksler last edited by Nov 10, 2014, 10:59 AM Nov 10, 2014, 10:49 AM

          Looks like you have been injected with spam links.  Used MajesticSEO to show the attached (sample).

          I'd be assertive in getting into GWT asap.  I guess those URLs don't exist but it is still a big no.

          http://i.imgur.com/XFNY1ZG.gif

          If you go with the client disavow that domain for sure.

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          • TheHecksler
            TheHecksler @EGOL last edited by Nov 10, 2014, 10:24 AM Nov 10, 2014, 10:24 AM

            Right, but before I tell a potential client, that he fucked up his own website, I need to have some evidence for that - I haven't found them yet.

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            • TheHecksler
              TheHecksler last edited by Nov 10, 2014, 10:22 AM Nov 10, 2014, 10:22 AM

              Ok,

              here's the URL: http://www.hvla.com Here's the indexed pages ๐Ÿ˜‰ https://www.google.de/#q=site:http:%2F%2Fwww.hvla.com and here's the robots.txt: http://www.hvla.com/robots.txt
              I haven't found anything suspiccious so far - even the small ammount of backlings from designdomain.com shouldn't kock him out. I will try to get ftp access to take a look at the .htaccess and to get GWT access - hope that helps.

              Moz found a handfull of backlinks zo hvla.com. would that mean, that some of these pages has been indexed before? I mean does Moz count inboundlinks to pages which are indexed by Google?

              Thanx.

              Sebi

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              • MickEdwards
                MickEdwards @EGOL last edited by Nov 9, 2014, 5:59 AM Nov 9, 2014, 5:59 AM

                True!  ๐Ÿ™‚

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                • EGOL
                  EGOL last edited by Nov 8, 2014, 11:21 PM Nov 8, 2014, 11:21 PM

                  I got a request from a potential client as he do not understand why his website cannot be found on Google.

                  Honestly....  I think most of the people who say this know what they did but they ain't sayin'.

                  MickEdwards TheHecksler 2 Replies Last reply Nov 10, 2014, 10:24 AM Reply Quote 2
                  • MickEdwards
                    MickEdwards last edited by Nov 8, 2014, 4:54 PM Nov 8, 2014, 4:54 PM

                    Without knowing the domain or any information in GWT nobody is going to be able to really help.

                    The only think I can think of is possibly .htaccess blocking Google.

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