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This post is in response to a post on Digital Point Forums.  http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=9431765#post9431765

Somebody had complained that Google was unfair to them just because the site had changed.  Google is not a person; it’s a bunch of computers programmed by a lot of people.  Google does not hate you and is not sitting on a throne holding a scepter in one hand and a keyboard in the other.

Google does not care.

However, if Google was a person, you just pissed him or her off.

Here’s how you did it…

1. You took all the pages that Google painstakingly cataloged for you over the last 8 years and deleted them or moved them someplace without telling Google where they are.

2.  To add to that, Google doesn’t understand why you have a bunch of brand new pages all of a sudden; especially since it’s duplicate content to what’s already in the Google index, (but no longer on the site).

3. You Gave Google more work.  You have 95 links on your home page as opposed to the 49 you had before.  So…in essence, you’re telling Google, I hate you so much that your page rank means nothing to me…spread it out wherever you want.

4.  Your site structure looks more organized to humans but to Google it looks like a bigger mess than it was before.  Google doesn’t understand how your site is relevant for the letter “G” or “H”…or any of the other letters in the alphabet.

5.  Lastly, Google doesn’t like spider traps.  If you’re going to link to a page, make sure the spider can get out by following another link.  Blank pages are bad for spiders.

Hope it helps.

David