Delisted by Search Engines

Why did the Search Engine delisted my website?

As far as Google is concerned, links from rule-bending and pseudo-directory sites may be the cause. Your incoming links may have negative effect on your website if they belong to the category mentioned above. Sites that are short on content but have too many outbound links covering a multitude of topics might be deemed untrusted. Sites where it appears anyone and everyone can get a link are not good candidates for link exchange anymore.

The best links come from so-called trusted sites and on-topic sites. Bear in mind that a link from, say, CNN.com isn't so dependent upon topic. That particular site is so trusted that being on-topic is not as important. However, a link from some less-trusted unknown-site.com better be at least somewhat related to your topic if you expect it to play a role in increasing your link popularity.

Google is aggressively looking to de-spam their search index. Many sites that easily acquired links from low-quality, rule-bending and pseudo-directory sites suffer negative impact over the past few updates.

Unfortunately, whenever Google tries to clear some of the spam out of their index, they end up also whacking sites that probably don't deserve to be penalized. If you feel you've been unfairly handicapped in the rankings - or even if you were fairly penalized but you've cleaned up your act - you can contact Google through their webmaster help pages. Of course, make sure your site conforms with their webmaster guidelines before contacting them.

Side note: If your site has been unfairly banned from Yahoo, you can contact them at the ystfeedback@yahoo.com email address, or use their feedback form. Make sure your site follows their webmaster guidelines first.

The following document where Google spells out the guidelines that its human reviewers use to distinguish quality sites from spam sites: www.searchbistro.com/spamguide.doc.