Blogger blog not appearing in Google search results

dudara

As the title says, my Blogger blog is not appearing in Google search results, however, it's appearing first in Yahoo/Bing searches.

Search for "Stitch and Bear" in Google and Yahoo/Bing, and you'll see what I mean. Searching for specific topics covered in my blog i.e. "Mulberry Garden" will produce the same type of results.

I have a Google Webmaster account where I have submitted my site map etc. I'm doing all the recommended things such as creating referral links etc with other blogs.

I have a custom domain (i.e. the original blog address was stitchandbear.blogspot.com but I now have www.stitchandbear.com redirecting). Could my robots.txt file somehow have gotten screwed up by this?

Any help appreciated

dudara

Just did a quick search on Google using site: www.stitchandbear.com

and I'm not seeing any results, so it appears that I'm not indexed at all. This is despite the fact that Google Webmaster is returning results and the Googlebot can see my page?

Anyway, I've resubmitted my site for indexing, though I don't know how long that will require to take effect.

I'm wondering if the recent Google Panda change could be causing my site to be ignored?

murf

Most strange, especially as Blogger is a Googley property. 'Stitch and Bear' brings up links that point to the blog, but not the blog itself.

Found this : http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=57feaaf01156832b&hl=en which mentions using labels as being bad, but not sure if that applies to you.

This is very strange, the results from 'stitch and bear blogger' bring up links about your blog, and about anything mentioning stiches and bears, but not your blog!!

murf

Hmm, googling via www.google.com in the USA for 'stitch and bear blog' or 'stitch and bear' brings up similar results to google.ie. However, going for site:www.stitchandbear.com brings up:

(excuse the formatting! I was using lynx in a shell)

[logo_sm.gif] site:www.stitchandbear.com_______________   Search                                
                                                                   Advanced Search                 
                                                                   Preferences                     
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                   
   Web Results 1 - 10 of about 818 for site:www.stitchandbear.com. (0.10 seconds)                  
                                                                                                   
   Stitch and Bear                                                                                 
                                                                                                   
   The recent good news for The Box Tree, which has been open for just under one                   
   year, did prompt me to pick up the phone and make a lunch reservation. ...                      
   www.stitchandbear.com/ - 145k - Cached - Similar pages                                          
                                                                                                   
   Stitch and Bear: June 2008                                                                      
                                                                                                   
   A trip to a major city is never complete without some culture - but I've learned over           
   the years to cherry-pcik the best collections. This means that you get to see ...               
   www.stitchandbear.com/2008_06_01_archive.html - 113k - Cached - Similar pages                   
                                                                                                   
   Stitch and Bear: February 2009                                                                  
                                                                                                   
   Feb 1, 2009 ... Amy Dickinson is an American agony aunt who writes the syndicated advice        
   column 'Ask Amy'. 'The Mighty Queens of Freeville' is her story ...                             
   www.stitchandbear.com/2009_02_01_archive.html - 201k - Cached - Similar pages 

dudara

I had a space in my original site: query - when I remove that space, I get the same results as you do.

OK - so that means my site is indexed, which is an answer to the most basic question.

murf

Ok, that's good. And it's the same in US/Irl, so it's not a localised problem. Pretty odd tho.

dudara

Aggregator sites like Blogger-index which take articles straight from my RSS feed are ranking with my material, which is annoying.

murf

Now *thats* annoying. :mad:

dudara

I resubmitted my site yesterday and it seems to have worked, as I'm now appearing in the results. My ranking on Google for certain things is a little lower than Yahoo/Bing, but at least it's working.

Thanks

murf

Ah cool! Good to hear.