Could auto-posting RSS feeds to twitter + identi.ca be causing
indexing problems?
I autopost new local business listings to [1]identi.ca, which
autoposts to twitter about every two hours. I have a large
following on twitter from the local business community who are
thrilled at the service I provide, as it helps get new
businesses "out there". *(my site is of local scope - the
Collier County, Florida area). Everything was dandy 'til a few
weeks ago when the business pages started disappearing. *My
people are saying, "Hey, how come my page from your site doesn't
show up in Google anymore?" And I can't answer them. *Many of
the pages are simple -- name of business, business address,
owner name, owner address, sometimes with a rating and/or a
review. It used to do quite well, but lately there's been a
continual dropping. Is the autoposting to [2]identi.ca + twitter
the problem, or is it thin content for those pages or perhaps
something else? My site is <a rel-"me"
href="[3]
http://free.naplesplus.us">[4]
http://free.naplesplus.us</a>
A sample of the business listings; <a
href="[5]
http://free.naplesplus.us/articles/view.php/49847/southernyield">[6]
http://free.naplesplus.us/articles/view.php/49847/southernyield</a>
another sample with a slightly different format is: <a
href="[7]
http://free.naplesplus.us/articles/view.php/50821/towerservice">[8]
http://free.naplesplus.us/articles/view.php/50821/towerservice</a>
But the most important part of the content is the Title and
Introduction fields, which also appear in the RSS feeds as title
/ description. I categorize the businesses when I am able and I
have hReview setup in microformats to assist google when they
are rated. Please give advice. *I know I can't rank for EVERY
local business, but many local folks are counting on me to help
-- and I don't charge a penny for my service. (and I direct
them, on EVERY business listing page to ALSO be sure to include
their business listings on Yelp + on Google Local Business
Center) So, to reiterate -- does Google frown upon posting the
titles of rss feed entries to [9]identi.ca and /or Twitter?
Thanks! Kenneth Udut Naples, Florida === Well, I can certainly
turn off the feeding of [10]identi.ca + twitter. *People who are
interested are already members of my community anyhow. Business
directory pages are tricky, even with a business description.
I've fed Google maps with geocoded business addresses, which it
seems to like and has helped the findability of the local
businesses (and I'm hoping that Google will decide to create
business pages for these folks so as to improved their
visibility on the internet). I just haven't quite figured out
the best way to go about it. I'll turn off the feeding of
[11]identi.ca + twitter for a few days and see if it brings
improvement or not. Thanks! == I just noticed that last month, I
entered the foray into the CommonTag and modified ALL of the
category tags on my site to reflect it. *Perhaps the "markup to
content" ratio is off (since that requires a LOT of markup to
work. I'll take that new stuff out for a week or so to see if it
just made things too messy. Supporting the future semantic web
*is* important to me, but not at the possible expense of Google
"liking" my site the way it used to.
References
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http://free.naplesplus.us/
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http://free.naplesplus.us/
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http://free.naplesplus.us/articles/view.php/49847/southernyield
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http://free.naplesplus.us/articles/view.php/49847/southernyield
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http://free.naplesplus.us/articles/view.php/50821/towerservice
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http://free.naplesplus.us/articles/view.php/50821/towerservice
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http://identi.ca/
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