Absolutely. New sites shoot up and down the rankings like a yo-yo. Then for a few months to a year they're often in a "sandbox": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_Effect
If your site has a large % of content that's appeared previously on other sites, then you might be stuck in that sandbox for longer. On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Steven Wang <sqwan...@yahoo.com> wrote: > it is a new site. it is up for less than 6wks. Again I added the contents > from my other site to the new site. Does this have anything to do with it? > > --- On Thu, 8/20/09, Joomla Training <i...@joomlatraining.com> wrote: > > > From: Joomla Training <i...@joomlatraining.com> > > Subject: Re: [joomla] google listing question > > To: "NYPHP SIG: Joomla" <joomla@lists.nyphp.org> > > Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 8:34 PM > > Changed the site on Monday and dropped like > > a rock on Tuesday? > > > > That's likely to just be co-incidence. Not even Google > > moves that fast 98% of the time. > > > > That kind of movement sounds like you have a relatively new > > site ... is that true? > > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:03 AM, > > Mitch Pirtle <mitch.pir...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > > > > > I'm not an SEO expert but have learned over the years > > that content > > > > that is presented in identical fashion on two sites is a > > bad thing, > > > > and that the second website indexed will be punished for > > it. > > > > > > > > The thinking is that some folks tried to game the system by > > making > > > > thousands of identical websites with identical content, in > > order to > > > > overload the top of the list for their chosen keywords. > > Their plan was > > > > to make sure ALL links on the first page went to one of > > their > > > > websites, even if all of them were the same. > > > > > > > > I'd reconsider republishing content from one site to > > another - or move > > > > the content from one to the other before the next index > > from > > > > googlebot. > > > > > > > > Maybe another Steve from Atlanta would like to weigh in? > > > > > > > > -- Mitch > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Steven Wang<sqwan...@yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > I have a site melanomapictures.org > > that was listed as #8 on google search. On monday, I added > > 30 articles to the melanomapictures.org > > from my other site. Now, I discover google droped my listing > > to #300 in just 2 days. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How did this happen? Does google think I > > "stole" the contents from someone else? If so, how > > can I fix this? > > > > > > > > > > many thanks > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > > > > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > > > > > > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > > > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > > > > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > > > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > > > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > > > > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > > > > > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php >
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