This morning while performing my morning ritual "Googling" of "Miami Beach Real Estate", I noticed that Trulia, who has held the #1 spot for some time, was no where to be found.

A quick e-mail to my real estate web guy, Brad revealed that:

"It's not just Miami. Something has happened to Trulia. I was talking to another client about this on my morning call. Trulia has fallen out of tons of search results. 

 

It's something specific to Google

Raleigh real estate - Google rank (not in top 100) - Yahoo rank #4

Houston real estate - Google rank (not in top 100) - Yahoo rank #4

Dallas real estate - Google rank (not in top 100) - Yahoo rank #5

Ann Arbor Real Estate - Google rank 159 - Yahoo rank #2

 

This is only a small example"

I'd love to hear what SEO experts believe and or attribute this to!

 

 
Posted by Kevin Tomlinson - Miami Beach Real Estate on 02/04/2009 11:27 AM   Comments (12)   trulia, seo  
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12 Comments on Trulia Falls Out of SERPs in Google: What Happened?

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interesting... I have never paid much attention to where Truila ranks.
11:38am • #1
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Hi Maureen,

I only did because they were number one.  It will be very interesting to see where and how and if this gets fixed.
11:42am • #2
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How does Zillow do on a similar search?  Have you been paying attention to their SERP too?
11:53am • #3
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Maureen,

Zillow has never come up in any search result related to the formula of Miami/Miami Beach real estate.
11:55am • #4
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Ooopppsss!...did someone at Trulia forget to pay the SEO bill?....
12:14pm • #5
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Interesting they are #3 on Yahoo for Manhattan real estate. I never noticed where they were on google, but they are not there now. 
12:15pm • #6

Hey Kevin -

This might be the reason:

http://www.ericbramlett.com/blog/did-trulia-get-hacked/
Eric Bramlett
12:26pm • #7
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That is so interesting.  I thought of Eric's post about Trulia cloaking when I saw your post Kevin.
12:56pm • #8
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Trulia is still performing well in the Northern Nevada area and my posts there are showing up in the first 1-2 pages of results.
1:08pm • #9
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Fine with me they are down for Ann Arbor Real Estate, and thanks to Brad for checking. I'll go read Eric's post.
6:38pm • #10
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really interesting

good detective work kevin (and eric)
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good stuff to find out.

 
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