[Linda Buquet]

Hi Stephen,

So sorry you got dropped. 5 Star got dropped back in Sept for about 6 weeks and I was DEVASTATED. I think my problem may have been the canonical issue. I corrected and then asked Google to re-index using the format Matt Cutts suggested - then I got re-listed.

So the 1st thing I checked on your site was the canonical issue, which you've corrected, I see. You still have PR so that's good. You could possible have some duplicate penalty issues since all the program descriptions are probably the same and submitted to lots of other directories. But I doubt thats it or all directories would get de-listed.

Have you read the WebmasterWorld threads? Thats where people usually figure it out IF there is anything to figure out. Last week when I was reading WMW it seemed Google was just having an oops and dropping sites for no reason. Could be the hyphen URL deal. Not sure.

Fingers crossed you'll come back soon. In Alexa it looks like your traffic is staying fairly steady so that's good. When did you get dropped?