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nfhiggs

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I've read threads about sites getting 'indexed' and 'de-indexed' by google - my question is this:
How do you know if your site has been indexed (or de-indexed)?

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type in google site:yoursite.com
if there arent resoults you are deindexed
 
your site is indexed if you can find it in google
de-indexed is when your site has been removed (for whatever reason)

search in google for your site - put in the full URL (www.yoursitehere.com)
if google finds it, its been indexed

It can take up to a few weeks for a new site to be indexed, so if it's not there, be patient!
 
nf- another way of gauging this is by tracking googlebot. since it takes a few weeks for your index to be included in google, you can predict to some extent by tracking googlebot's movement through your site. (you can also use google webmaster tools for this purpose).
 
I checked google a few days ago for "site:forbiddenpc.com" and I got no results. Then I checked last night and All my pages came up!

Woo Hoo! I've been Indexed!

BTW - I've had my site up for over two years now! But I never did any onpage optimizations until last month when I redesigned the pages. And I've been working on getting backlinks for the last couple of weeks.
 
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Some traffic counting scripts tell you which s3arch engin3s sent traffic and the search term the surfer used to find your page. As a rough guide: an index may result in more stats in your counter (more traffic). A deindex may result in a drop in traffic. Not always the case but this a way to tell.
 
if you have your site indexed, I've heard that you can be deindexed.
You know why?
It's for havving banner farms or something like that?
 
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