Any ideas why Google has done this?

[mcderd]

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I have two sites, both on sub domains under the same domain and while one is getting lots of traffic Google has completely dropped the other one from its listings.

Do any of you experts have any idea why this might be?

pharmacyonline.buyithere.org.uk (This one is getting a lot of traffic) :tup
chemistonline.buyithere.org.uk (This one has been completely dropped by Google)

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[thebusiness]

I have two sites, both on sub domains under the same domain and while one is getting lots of traffic Google has completely dropped the other one from its listings.

Do any of you experts have any idea why this might be?

pharmacyonline.buyithere.org.uk (This one is getting a lot of traffic) :tup
chemistonline.buyithere.org.uk (This one has been completely dropped by Google)

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

it's quite common for a new site to drop out of results now and again - it can happen anytime but they usually come back after a week or so.
It's not a good idea to meddle too much as you can make it happen more often.

[mcderd]

Thanks for the feedback.

These sites are a few months old, I must admit I put them live and did not check on them for a while, but looking back at the stats, one has been getting visitors and is increasing, while the other has not had many visitors at all (just a few from Yahoo).

I wonder if Google never indexed one of them at all?

[thebusiness]

I wonder if Google never indexed one of them at all?

Have you got links to both. It could be a good use of energy to get some to the other site?

[Brendon]

Both are orphans, so I can only assume that the one that is getting some traffic has a few links from somewhere (looked liked an article syndication / link buy to me).

[mcderd]

Both are orphans, so I can only assume that the one that is getting some traffic has a few links from somewhere (looked liked an article syndication / link buy to me).

Thanks Brendon, I am sorry but I do not know what you mean by 'article syndication / link buy'

[Brendon]

I mean I can actually find a reference to that URL in Google, and it looks like you've bought a link or syndicated an article.

Actually, I looked at it again, you're getting picked up via G image search, but everything else sucks a bit. Fix the root domain

[mcderd]

Hi, I own the root domain, what do you mean by 'fix the root domain'?

I have not syndicated an article.

You say everything else sucks a bit, could you expand on that so I know what you mean, thanks.

[Brendon]

Root domain is a single page with no outbounds links, the online equivalent of a downed bridge, with no diversion signs.

>> I have not syndicated an article

Yeah, I know, on a superficial pass I'd thought you were, but as I said you are getting an image picked up via G image search, which is why that one subdomain is working.

>> could you expand on that so I know what you mean

Where to begin? You're using vanilla data feeds, to populate subdomains on a blind root domain, and are exposing a load of URLs that 302 to noindex/nofollow pages that use document.location to bring in merchant data but deliver a 200 code. It's not the most value-added site on the web. If it's working for you, more power to you, but it's a classic thin affiliate site, and it is forever one bad sigal from a total ban