change site layout causes google dance?

ogremagi · 03-19-2011, 11:06 AM

Hi, I started to hate one of my wp themes on a site. So I changed the theme. A few days later, I disappeared from the SERPs. I assume we are dancing because I'm still indexed. Anyway, is it coincidence or could there be a correlation between google crawling my site and noticing that a lot of the layout and code has changed so it wants to recalculate where to place me? thanks.

TCrosby · 03-19-2011, 11:48 AM

It is related.

Think about how google parses websites; all it sees is HTML code. While your content may be the same, the html formatting and where content falls within the page is different.

It will probably even out soon. But then again there are exceptions, because some themes are terribly optimized and some fantastically optimized.

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TCrosby HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 339 Thanks: 76 Thanked 59 Times in 34 Posts	Re: change site layout causes google dance? It is related. Think about how google parses websites; all it sees is HTML code. While your content may be the same, the html formatting and where content falls within the page is different. It will probably even out soon. But then again there are exceptions, because some themes are terribly optimized and some fantastically optimized.