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Old 12-05-2007, 12:14 PM
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Default What is up with Yahoo now?

After many months of being #6 - #8 on Yahoo for "Sunnyvale Real Estate" My listing has vanished. Any Ideas why this may have happened?
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Old 12-05-2007, 02:15 PM
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Default Re: What is up with Yahoo now?

I rarely see any big changes on my sites from Yahoo. Have you made any changes or anything?
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Old 12-05-2007, 02:19 PM
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nope I have not changed anything.
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Old 12-05-2007, 03:55 PM
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It's quite possible you were hit for keyword spam Jim,
The only thing a search engine can really read on your main URL is the keyword spam posted in the noframes tag

This is from your homepage

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<h1>Sunnyvale Real Estate Services - Jim Houlihan</h1>
<p>Bay Area Realtor who specializes in the Silicon Valley residential real estate market focusing on neighborhoods in Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Mountain View, Los Altos, Campbell and Willow Glen. Search the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) for the current single family home, townhouse and condo listings in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.</p>
<p>Sunnyvale Real Estate, Sunnyvale Realtor, Sunnyvale CA Real Estate, Sunnyvale CA Realtor, Sunnyvale Homes, Sunnyvale Realty, Santa Clara County Real Estate, Silicon Valley Real Estate, Campbell Real Estate, Santa Clara Real Estate, Santa Clara County Realtor, Silicon Valley Realtor, Campbell Realtor, Cupertino Realtor, Santa Clara Realtor, Campbell Homes, Santa Clara Homes, Campbell Realty,</p>
<a href="http://jimhoulihanrealestate.com">Sunnyvale Real Estate Services - Jim Houlihan</a><a href="http://jimhoulihanrealestate.com"><img alt="Sunnyvale Real Estate Services - Jim Houlihan" height="1" width="1" src="http://isvr.net/pix-data.gif"></a>
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Old 12-05-2007, 04:02 PM
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Default Re: What is up with Yahoo now?

It has been the same for many months.
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Old 12-05-2007, 04:08 PM
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Default Re: What is up with Yahoo now?

I think webmaster is right.

This guy www dot realestate.bellingham.net/ got hit with the penatly with his spammy noframes hidden text. He doesn't rank for any thing that has to do with bellingham real estate in yahoo. His site has been like this for couple years now.

So good luck getting back in if this is the case.
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Old 12-06-2007, 12:27 PM
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Just because your website hasn't changed doesn't mean yahoo has not - also spam is only spam to search engines once it's detected, you could have been flying under the radar, and finally it got caught.

The fact of the matter is - you should remove it, not because it is a potential cause of an issue, but because every self respecting SEO will tell you, there are ways to organically generate rankings the "right" way, and stuffing keywords is not one of them.
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Old 12-06-2007, 12:50 PM
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Default Re: What is up with Yahoo now?

That very well could be true but for years I've seen what I call "the disappearing Yahoo trick" where sites vanish for a period of a month or so only to return a little stronger with no modifications. It's particularly prominent with newer sites.

Certainly it's a good idea to get rid of the spammy tags because they wouldn't be helping much anyway and will only cause problems but your site is still in their index if that helps.
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Old 03-20-2008, 12:42 PM
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Wow my site disappeared again from Yahoo. I had been #6 on the first page for Sunnyvale Real Estate for a couple months and now it is gone again. I hope it comes back soon it is almost Spring time
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Good luck Jim, Yahoo is important but google is what matters most.
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