Ouch! All my sites suffered severe search engine rankings on the same day??

[dwzemens]

I put together seven websites within the past week that are largely designed as Adsense landing sites. There is good content on each site.

Just today *every* site lost standing in Google searches - significant standing. One site went from #10 to #17, one from #17 to #30, #40 to #87 ... you get the picture.

And these all happened on the same day. They had been relatively consistent for the past two weeks.

So --- what the heck is going on? Why all the sites on the same day? Any ideas?

Note: This drop in indexing placement seems to be related to keyword searches that are contained in my domain names. Most are EMD. Secondary search keywords don't seem to have been adversely affected.

[Mikedb]

where did you host them?
Did you interlink?

regards,

Mike

[arttse]

That is normal for new sites. They usually can take up to several months to establish themselves in the rankings.

Originally Posted by dwzemens

I put together seven websites within the past week that are largely designed as Adsense landing sites. There is good content on each site.

Just today *every* site lost standing in Google searches - significant standing. One site went from #10 to #17, one from #17 to #30, #40 to #87 ... you get the picture.

And these all happened on the same day. They had been relatively consistent for the past two weeks.

So --- what the heck is going on? Why all the sites on the same day? Any ideas?

[Mikedb]

euh no.
I never had the "Google Dance" for more than one day ;0

regards,

Mike

[dwzemens]

They are all hosted at HostGator and I did link between the sites.

[arttse]

If that's the case, surprised your sites arent de-indexed yet.

Originally Posted by dwzemens

They are all hosted at HostGator and I did link between the sites.

[dwzemens]

OK, don't leave me hanging here. What would cause them to get de-listed? And by "interlink" what do you mean? I simply meant that I have text links in the content of site A linking to site B, etc.

[arttse]

...but, does site B link back to site A?

Originally Posted by dwzemens

OK, don't leave me hanging here. What would cause them to get de-listed? And by "interlink" what do you mean? I simply meant that I have text links in the content of site A linking to site B, etc.

[yukon]

From what I've read so far the sites havn't been de-listed, they have only lost SERP rank.

Build a few high PR (page) backlinks with keyword anchor-text.

[dwzemens]

Yes, site A links to site B and site B links back to site A.

[richinca]

Originally Posted by dwzemens

Yes, site A links to site B and site B links back to site A.

You don't want to do this.

[dwzemens]

I just deleted all links from all the Site A's to the SIte B's and vice versa, too. I also deleted all the trackbacks that WordPress created as comments, and also removed the BlogRoll links I had at each site linking back to the others.

I guess I will just wait now and see what happens. Any other suggestions? Thanks for the help so far.

NOTE
Actually, the site that fell over 40 index spots was NOT linked to any of the other sites, or vice versa.Should this site have been smacked for the interlinks on the six other sites?

[Azlan]

from what i understand, it is called google dance. just keep on adding unique content and backlinks to your site and they should be fine.

- azlan

[dwzemens]

I understand what the Google dance is, I think, but I was not clear that interlinking my sites would be cause for penalty.

Hopefully removing all the interlinking will solve the problem, and it won't take forever to get those old ranks back.

[scott g]

Originally Posted by Mikedb

euh no.
I never had the "Google Dance" for more than one day ;0

regards,

Mike

One day my A$$!

CHEERS to Dancing!

[dwzemens]

I don't know if it was the result of removing all the interlinks or if it's just the Google Dance, but all my sites are back to the SERP they were before the big fall yesterday. In fact, a couple of them are now in better spots than before. That's a good thing.

In any event, I should leave the interlinking alone between sites, especially those on the same server, correct?

[mayorlan]

Hope you are relived now that they are all back.

[Mikedb]

Originally Posted by scott g

One day my A$$!

CHEERS to Dancing!

LOL,

then it is your ass

Whatever you might think..... it is true.

regards,

Mike

[scott g]

Originally Posted by Mikedb

LOL,

then it is your ass

Whatever you might think..... it is true.

regards,

Mike

DAMMIT! Then will you teach me your ways please

[Kay King]

In the original post you say you put together the sites in the last week - and then say they've been consistent for two weeks? How can that be?

When sites are first indexed they are tossed in the mix at google and may land near the top. That does not mean they are ranked near the top. A few days to a week or so after google indexes them they begin to move to where google believes they "rank".

There is a common complaint in threads of new sites being "at the top" and then "punished" when in fact they were indexed following by being placing in the ranking afterward.

If the sites have been up for a while - it's one thing. If they are new, it's something altogether different.

kay

[yukon]

Anytime, you build links on a new site, the site will bounce around until you stop building links.

If you build links on Mon. they may not get picked up by G until a few days later, unless they are high PR backlinks.

It really doesn't do you any good to panic.

From my own personal experience, it's all the low PR backlinks that make sites drop Google SERP rank, after the low PR backlinks are built.

Focus on higher PR backlinks.

[illank86]

oowwhhh, same problem.... so thats why my site lost in big G page one.... coz i interlinks my site in the same host....