Sites dropped out of index

[Maria678]

Hello guys,

Few days ago a lot of me sites dropped out of index. After PR update, most of them had PR4 (PR2 previously). I don't know why this has happened.

Has anybody had this problem? What do you think?

P.S. Happy New Year everybody!

[-Shay-]

A spammy link network or two was knocked out.

[wettFORM.AT]

happy new year!
have you checked your google webmaster tools if there are any information about manual spam actions?
could you please let me know your domains so that I can have a look?

[LotusAffiliates]

Google kicked thousands of casino affiliates domains and some online casino sites in past few months. Its difficult to give you any information not knowing your circumstances. I would suggest you to check webmasters tools for any manual spam action taken by Google or even better if you provide us website URL.

[Sherlock]

Well your signature explains it all. You do shady business (Google thinks it and Google is both judge and executor). If anyone from the Google raters sees the gambling link exchange/sales, anything connected is deep in shithole.

[kristal_cm]

Hey Maria,

If you want to read more about link schemes check out Google's page here ...."Buying or selling links that pass PageRank. This includes exchanging money for links, or posts that contain links; exchanging goods or services for links; or sending someone a “free” product in exchange for them writing about it and including a link" can negatively impact a site's ranking in search results.

There is lots of information available online about best SEO practices but I think the most important thing is to understand your market inside out as a GAMING SEO Service Provider and use content marketing techniques to promote your business. Attend conferences, write white papers, ppc, advertorials and case studies in internet marketing magazines etc. I can understand it is a difficult market to penetrate but hey ho, its a long term strategy at the end of the day.

What not to do...
Do not spam webmasters and gaming operators with emails - bear in mind they receive lots of such emails a day and they usually get deleted IMMEDIATELY.
Do not use a gmail address - it simply looks unprofessional
Watch out for your email address being posted here.

Anyways, that's my bit for the day.

Good luck!

[Sherlock]

I tend to disagree. I would say "if you do blackhat, do not be idiot". What you do is something that
1. does not work for long time
2. if it works you must be well aware you will be caught and count with it

To ask on forum "oh geez what happened to me, I have 100% unlegit biz and now I was slashed down" is like to be surprised after being hit by car while crossing on red signal.

Btw. I think OP is only trying to make some linkbuilding with signature plus hopes someone would be interested in his crappy "SEO service".

[-Shay-]

I tend to disagree. I would say "if you do blackhat, do not be idiot". What you do is something that
1. does not work for long time
2. if it works you must be well aware you will be caught and count with it

To ask on forum "oh geez what happened to me, I have 100% unlegit biz and now I was slashed down" is like to be surprised after being hit by car while crossing on red signal.

Btw. I think OP is only trying to make some linkbuilding with signature plus hopes someone would be interested in his crappy "SEO service".

110% agree.

[grem]

link networks is so 2009