301 has lost me my positions

[purpletentacle]

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2 months ago I 301'd from my one of my retail sites to my affiliate site.

I redirected a handful of product pages that weren't worth stocking anymore, so I thought I'd be an affiliate for other people silly enough to sell them.

I kept my rankings in google and it all looked good and the money rolled in.
This week all my rankings have vanished from the index, so I have no money.

Will they be back or is now the time to sit in a corner, hold my knees and gently rock back and forth while sobbing that 'all is lost' ? :cry

[aaclapham]

One of my sites just disappeared recently so I requested it resubmitted through google webmasters. Google returned it after 4 days however only on page 4 instead of 1 however its a start.

[Brendon]

You did cross domain 301s from one site you owned to one you didn't, is that it? The details aren't clear, but it sounds like a bad plan to me. Undo the 301s, I guess, see if that works, or supply more details

[thebusiness]

You did cross domain 301s from one site you owned to one you didn't, is that it? The details aren't clear, but it sounds like a bad plan to me. Undo the 301s, I guess, see if that works, or supply more details

Reads to me like the op has redirected part of an existing site to a new affiliate site, but has kept the main site active, less the url's now pointing to the new site?

That looks to me like an attempt to manipulate search results. If I can assume that then I guess google can also?

[purpletentacle]

Reads to me like the op has redirected part of an existing site to a new affiliate site, but has kept the main site active, less the url's now pointing to the new site?

That looks to me like an attempt to manipulate search results. If I can assume that then I guess google can also?

Yep, that's what I did.

I wouldn't call it 'manipulating' search results. I wanted to keep my search position while remaining profitable by redirecting from my retail site to my affiliate site.

[Brendon]

>> I wouldn't call it 'manipulating' search results

Unfortunately, Google do, and your opinion doesn't count. It's going to look like a pagejacking attmpt, and get a ban, I suspect. Can you get your existing site to show for a site: query? If not, its a definite ban

[purple]

What about 301 redirect of a site you own, to another site you own is this ok. i.e 301 the whole site, with blog posts 301 to the new site.

[purpletentacle]

>> I wouldn't call it 'manipulating' search results

Unfortunately, Google do, and your opinion doesn't count. It's going to look like a pagejacking attmpt, and get a ban, I suspect. Can you get your existing site to show for a site: query? If not, its a definite ban

Well, that throws a spanner in the works :td

[Brendon]

Remove the redirects, then make a reinclusion request. Pretty good chance of getting back in