Comments on: Webmaster console adds message center http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/ neat fun stuff Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kinderkledinghttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-453943 kinderkleding Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:59:29 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-453943 Hi Matt I wasn't sure where to ask this question so I decided to ask it to a matching blog post of you. Im a dutch webmaster and also have english (US) sites. Made a mistake on a site so got panalized for some prime keywords I used to have on google US. Fixed the site a long time ago, but when I file a reconsideration for it it goes to the country I am living in. So I'm getting people from Google Netherlands who look at the site, and in google.nl it has some of the penalized terms back in the SERPs, but still not in Google US. A couple of days ago I thought I'd change the url of webmaster tools from 'hl=nl' (Netherlands) to 'hl=en' en got the english menu etc. So I resend the reconsideration request, also written in english ofcourse. Will this reach Google US? Or do I have to go another route? Thanks in advance. Hi Matt I wasn’t sure where to ask this question so I decided to ask it to a matching blog post of you. Im a dutch webmaster and also have english (US) sites. Made a mistake on a site so got panalized for some prime keywords I used to have on google US. Fixed the site a long time ago, but when I file a reconsideration for it it goes to the country I am living in. So I’m getting people from Google Netherlands who look at the site, and in google.nl it has some of the penalized terms back in the SERPs, but still not in Google US. A couple of days ago I thought I’d change the url of webmaster tools from ‘hl=nl’ (Netherlands) to ‘hl=en’ en got the english menu etc. So I resend the reconsideration request, also written in english ofcourse. Will this reach Google US? Or do I have to go another route? Thanks in advance.

]]> By: azukahttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-114602 azuka Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:52:38 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-114602 I know someone who received an "email from google". Ha! Everybody says it was a joke, but he really believes that It's from G. Anyway, I'm waiting my message. It's frustrating when you don't know what happen with your site. I think that It's so unfair, there are a lot of sites copying the other's content and they are in first results... and sites with original contents are penalized without warning. I suppose that Google knows which is the original content and which the copies, right?Great post I know someone who received an “email from google”. Ha! Everybody says it was a joke, but he really believes that It’s from G. Anyway, I’m waiting my message. It’s frustrating when you don’t know what happen with your site. I think that It’s so unfair, there are a lot of sites copying the other’s content and they are in first results… and sites with original contents are penalized without warning. I suppose that Google knows which is the original content and which the copies, right?

Great post

]]> By: ronaldhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-112833 ronald Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:31:03 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-112833 really nice post... and this one is very interesting...more power really nice post… and this one is very interesting…

more power

]]> By: Will Spencerhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-110709 Will Spencer Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:06:56 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-110709 Now that they CAN message me, I wish they WOULD message me.I've sent dozens of "Reconsideration Requests" without hearing a response.Right now, it feels as if Google laid off everyone in that department. Now that they CAN message me, I wish they WOULD message me.

I’ve sent dozens of “Reconsideration Requests” without hearing a response.

Right now, it feels as if Google laid off everyone in that department.

]]> By: Rob Szarkahttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-110010 Rob Szarka Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:15:33 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-110010 Echoing what Jürgen said above, PGP/GPG signatures would be the sane answer to this problem. Granted, this solution isn't as immediate, given general ignorance of public-key cryptography; but, let's look at this as a "teachable moment" rather than an obstacle... Echoing what Jürgen said above, PGP/GPG signatures would be the sane answer to this problem. Granted, this solution isn’t as immediate, given general ignorance of public-key cryptography; but, let’s look at this as a “teachable moment” rather than an obstacle…

]]> By: Elixhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-109526 Elix Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:35:20 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-109526 I think this is a great idea.... I can't wait for my first message.Never thought I'd be replying to a Gadgets, Google and SEO blog....lol I think this is a great idea…. I can’t wait for my first message.

Never thought I’d be replying to a Gadgets, Google and SEO blog….lol

]]> By: robhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-109480 rob Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:19:46 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-109480 :) super that you added this option. Even better would be to have the possibility to communicate back. Anyway a good option, and good thing to focus on the best way of communicating together.Thanks Rob :) super that you added this option. Even better would be to have the possibility to communicate back. Anyway a good option, and good thing to focus on the best way of communicating together.

Thanks
Rob

]]> By: achimhttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-109464 achim Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:25:15 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-109464 I am impressed - ten videos later - u`re still introducing "for some dry stuff" quit interesting. And eventuallly I feel. I understand more and more from that SEO stuff. I am impressed – ten videos later – u`re still introducing “for some dry stuff” quit interesting. And eventuallly I feel. I understand more and more from that SEO stuff.

]]> By: Dave (original)http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-109239 Dave (original) Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:30:48 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-109239 Matt, you have the patience of a Saint IMO. Matt, you have the patience of a Saint IMO.

]]> By: Sarah Fieldshttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-109191 Sarah Fields Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:42:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/webmaster-console-adds-message-center/#comment-109191 Hi Matt - thank you for all your information, it's been extremely helpful.What I would like to ask is does the addition of the Message centre have any correlation to the latest update. I post on an SEO forum and there are several, including myself, who seemed have lost all our organic traffic from Google during the last update. Some are very large sites that have been online for several years and none of us using any Black Hat tactics.My site isn't perfect and I've since made some changes to the robots.txt which will get rid of any duplicate issues, so hopefully that will help (it's never been a problem before). But the pattern looks distinctly like we've been issued penalties although so far I have no message to tell me that I have. My site was steadily climbing in the weeks up to the update as was traffic, and now I don't appear even for my own domain, even though Google crawls regularly and my Webmaster console says everything is okay.Myself and the other site owners are at a loss as to why - just wondering if the inclusion of the Message centre was as a result of this to let those know when they have been penalised or if we don't get a message then we have been hit by a bug in an update.This isn't a case of our competitors taking over, we all still have pages listed but our rankings have plummented. Obviously we are very concerned as Google contributes significantly to our livelihoods.Many thanks for your time taken to read this.Sarah Hi Matt – thank you for all your information, it’s been extremely helpful.

What I would like to ask is does the addition of the Message centre have any correlation to the latest update. I post on an SEO forum and there are several, including myself, who seemed have lost all our organic traffic from Google during the last update. Some are very large sites that have been online for several years and none of us using any Black Hat tactics.

My site isn’t perfect and I’ve since made some changes to the robots.txt which will get rid of any duplicate issues, so hopefully that will help (it’s never been a problem before). But the pattern looks distinctly like we’ve been issued penalties although so far I have no message to tell me that I have. My site was steadily climbing in the weeks up to the update as was traffic, and now I don’t appear even for my own domain, even though Google crawls regularly and my Webmaster console says everything is okay.

Myself and the other site owners are at a loss as to why – just wondering if the inclusion of the Message centre was as a result of this to let those know when they have been penalised or if we don’t get a message then we have been hit by a bug in an update.

This isn’t a case of our competitors taking over, we all still have pages listed but our rankings have plummented. Obviously we are very concerned as Google contributes significantly to our livelihoods.

Many thanks for your time taken to read this.

Sarah

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