Author's Bear Blog De-Indexed by Google Without Explanation
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Summary
The author recounts their experience of having their entire Bear Blog website de-indexed by Google without explanation or warning. After starting a blog on blog.james-zhan.com, the site was completely removed from Google search results after about a month, despite following all best practices. The author details their investigation process, including checking for technical issues, security problems, and manual actions, but found no clear reason for the de-indexing. They eventually migrated to a new domain (journal.james-zhan.com) and implemented redirects, but remain frustrated by Google's lack of transparency and the significant impact on their site's visibility. The article serves as both a personal account and a critique of Google's opaque search algorithms and their power over website owners.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledA month after I started my first Bear blog at blog.james-zhan.com, my blog was entirely de-indexed by Google for no apparent reason
I have since migrated to journal.james-zhan.com (you are on it right now) and redirected all links from blog.james-zhan.com accordingly, but to this day, I don't understand what happened
The whole affair is Google's fault and not Bear Blog's. Huge thanks to Herman—Bear Blog's founder and dev—for his patience and help
Google's algorithms are a black box, and when they fail, there's often no recourse for the affected website owner
This experience has made me more cautious about relying too heavily on any single platform or service for my online presence
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