Thursday, August 23, 2012
Gee -- Thanks, Google!
I heard that www.google.com changed some of its rules about how websites are ranked following a search. It used to be that my website (http://www.SouthwestSpaces.com), if you Googled "desert paintings," would list as high as #1 or sometimes into the 20s or 30s. Now my site is hovering around #172!
And I don't know why! What did Google change? Is a certain group of us being "punished" for doing or not doing something?
I built my website myself, and I think I did an OK job, especially considering the high rankings I used to get. But web design is not my job. Making and selling paintings is. I just don't have time to try and figure out what Google wants from me so I can fix whatever the issue(s) is/are.
So all I can say at this point is: Gee -- thanks, Google! I hope you peeps understand that when you do stuff like this, you may be literally affecting someone's livelihood -- if not an individual's (like me), then even entire companies of people.
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Try adding the actual phrase 'desert paintings' to your keywords and description in your metatags, also to your page title text. :)
Thanks, Tina. Hmmm..."desert paintings" was used as a keyword for the entire site, but I can also have keyboards for each page. I went ahead and added it to most of the pages.
Also, "desert paintings" appears on the colored strip just below the logo ("The Finest in Desert Paintings") -- it actually is text, not an image.
So we'll see what happens... =)
Oh -- I meant "keywords," not "keyboards." Sleepy!
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