One of my hubs has disappeared from Google!

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   Polly Cposted 14 years ago

   I wrote a hub called Mint Tea in Marrakech, which was really just a travel article about a trip I made there a few years ago.  It wasn't really getting much traffic but when typing 'mint tea marrakech' into Google search engine it was on page 1 or sometimes page 2. Now it has disappeared altogether, I have checked the first 50 pages. What can have happened? I would appreciate any opinions.

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   Maddie Ruudposted 14 years ago

   There's no knowing.  This just happens sometimes.  Try getting a few backlinks to the hub, and maybe adding a highly-relevant news feed or RSS so that Google sees it as "fresh" content.

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      Polly Cposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ok, thanks.  I just thought it was a bit weird, one day it was there, the next completely gone.  I would have thought it would have dropped more gradually.

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   thisisoliposted 14 years ago

   Check www.scroogle.org whenever you are checking your search ranking positions.

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      blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Wow I just tried that link out. It is awesome. I never heard of it before.

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         wavegirl22posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         blonde
         scroogle is the best . . sunforged turned me onto it last week .. the name itself just reeks of greatness

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         thisisoliposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         yeah scroogle is really useful for taking an unbiased look at your SERP's, Google tries to be helpful sometimes, as do some other addons and proframs (Even Stumbleupon), which is helpful, but can distort how well you think you are doing!

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   CMHypnoposted 14 years ago

   I just got your hub on Google Page 1 by typing in Mint Tea in Marrakech, if that makes you feel any better! Third one down.

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      blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Didn't show up in my google search.

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   thisisoliposted 14 years ago

   Weird, I can't see it!

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      Polly Cposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      No, it isn't there, though there is one called Mint Tea in Morocco, which I didn't know about when I published it otherwise I would probably have called it something else. What do you have to do on Scroogle? I clicked on the link but it looked a bit complicated!

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   skyfireposted 14 years ago

   Hmm not in a first page. looks like that was temporary boost for your page from google.

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      Polly Cposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Not only no longer on page 1, but doesn't seem to be there at all. I have now checked about 600 web pages and no sign of it yet.

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   thisisoliposted 14 years ago

   I can't find it indexed at all, this is pretty strange.
   
   I cannot see any reason why Google would have de indexed it, but it doesn't seem to be there, anyone else see it?

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   its de-indexed
   
   Mint Tea in Marrakech site:hubpages.com
   
   its new enough not to worry, build a few backlinks it should jump back

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   if you want a real easy way to use scroogle,
   
   use this:
   
   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682
   
   its an add-on that lets you add any search engines to your built in firefox search
   
   I have :
   scroogle
   ebay item id search
   hubpages
   site explorer
   google images
   youtube search
   etc.
   
   built in to my browser one click away

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      thisisoliposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Nice, I might have to install that!

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         Polly Cposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks for all the replies, I was thinking I might just give it a new title, do you think that will help?

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            thisisoliposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Hi Polly, I sent you an email!
            
            I don't the the title is the problem here, rather the lack of visability Google has of it, my first bit of advice would eb to create a back link or two.
            
            It might also help to include your key phrase another couple of times in the text!
            
            Cheers
            
            Oli

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    CMHypnoposted 14 years ago

    I've just checked again and putting Mint Tea in Marrakech in Google search is still bringing up your hub on page 1, third one down.  Maybe I have magic Google!
    
    Just had a thought - could it be because I am in the UK and you are in the UK?  Is Google returning a different search to me than they would to US hubbers?

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       thisisoliposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I'm in the UK and I can't see it.
       
       CMHypno, when you are on the search results page do me a favour and press CTRL + F5 three tiems, when the page reloads does it still show her ranking?

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