Racketboy In Trouble: Google Search Traffic

[dsheinem]

So, Nick - if this doesn't get fixed relatively soon, how serious is it?

[BoringSupreez]

I did some searches on Google myself, and noticed that Racketboy doesn't seems to feature as highly as it did in the past. We're still first if you search for Saturn mod chips though.

[ExedExes]

Is there any way to contact Google and ask for help or understanding?

Are we going to need to sell candy bars door-to-door?

RacketBars! A little bit of your childhood in every bite!

(under formulation)

[BoringSupreez]

Maybe we could have ads in the forums, like Gamefaqs. One banner ad at the top of each board page, but not the annoying expanding kind.

[retrosportsgamer]

Maybe we could have ads in the forums, like Gamefaqs. One banner ad at the top of each board page, but not the annoying expanding kind.

I love this place and one of the reasons is we don't have that clutter.

[BoringSupreez]

Maybe we could have ads in the forums, like Gamefaqs. One banner ad at the top of each board page, but not the annoying expanding kind.

I love this place and one of the reasons is we don't have that clutter.

So do I, but if revenue drops then undesirable measures may be the way out.

[flex wood]

Hunks of racketboy calender?

[BoringSupreez]

Hunks of racketboy calender?

June page:

[racketboy]

Racket Boy could just be getting the short end of the stick on a new Google algorithm update. They happen from time to time, and can be absolutely brutal. Or they can be like winning the lottery as a site's traffic skyrockets. It depends, but it sounds like you got the bad side of the deal.

Check WebMasterWorld. They're usually good about researching these things, and it's spam free as they have a strict rule against users linking to their websites. Here's a couple of links that may be useful:

Google March 2012 Search Results Discussion:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/4423978.htm

General Google SEO Discussion:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/

I hope these are of some use to you guys.

But didn't that update go into effect a couple of months ago?

[racketboy]

I did some searches on Google myself, and noticed that Racketboy doesn't seems to feature as highly as it did in the past. We're still first if you search for Saturn mod chips though.

Like I said before a couple of times, the forum, front page, index pages, and the store seem unaffected.