Google Spaz

Google is spazzing. That's a technical term. It means that one day, you see your site just fine in the index -- ranking in the top 5 or 10 for your target terms, the next day -POOF!- gone completely. So, of course you panic. You start obsessing over your source code, you start yelling at your IT guys... you spend the remainder of your day poring over SEO forums and blogs - maybe you take up smoking. You don't find any good answers though, so you go home and check some more forums and blogs, yell at your dog and finally go to bed in a vain attempt to get some sleep. The next day, you go back to work and find that your site is back. Pfft... it's right where it's supposed to be. Everything is cool. 'Must've been some glitch or hiccup in the index' you tell the IT guys as you apologize for - you know... some of that stuff you said yesterday... Water under the bridge and all that, right right? At least your dog still loves you - probably. It's all cool though, cause you're back in the index, high in the SERPs and high on life. Except the day after that you're gone again. Just like before. Vanished, like you had never been. Sounds like bad Twilight Zone or some spooky campfire story SEOs tell their kids doesn't it? Let me tell you my friend: it's all too real. It is happening as we speak. To me and others like me. Google Spaz. Submitted for your approval; one German webmaster named Thomas. Thomas has a website plagued by the Spaz as well. I found Thomas posting a cry for help on