tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990548.post3738332436863356878..comments2009-11-01T18:49:01.304ZJoe Connorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00919781312706516815noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990548.post-18537771319505336762009-05-06T16:16:00.000Z2009-05-06T16:16:00.000ZGoogle sitemaps alerted me to a serious problem recently. I had a site drop from about 5k daily U/Vs to about 1k (direct), I only noticed it about 3 weeks too late - ooops! <br /><br />So I also started digging and noted that Google had rejected my sitemap as unreadable. Strange I thought. I checked permissions etc and there were no problems, I could see it fine. <br /><br />So then I asked my host, are they blocking any Google IPs, some nasty MOD_SECURITY rule, but they couldnt find anything. I was close to moving the site to a second host that I use but something one of the support guys said triggered the answer. He has asked for a login to my CMS so he chould check some things out. I refused as I couldnt see how it could help but I kept thinking about it, wondering if there was a legitimate reason. And then I noticed it. <br /><br />The site flood protection had been triggered and Google's IP(s) has been banned by the CMS. Webmaster tools also listed 10,000 URLs as unreachable! Thankfully my search traffic is now climbing back again as more pages are relisted. Kinda ruined the April numbers though for that site!<br /><br />Cheers.BLOGERCISEhttp://www.blogercise.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990548.post-68000227478561226112009-05-03T18:00:00.000Z2009-05-03T18:00:00.000Zjust seen this - scary sh*t - sending shivers down my spine - remembering the cruel Google dance ... going to have to lie down nowElainehttp://www.allkids.co.uknoreply@blogger.com