Google Dance - Frequently Asked Questions

[Hansikarakoti]

I'm facing same problems of Google Dancing.

[Hooker]

I just lauched my blog on December 1st so I'm not sure what's going on here...

I have written a series of articles that are numbered, "keyword phrase 1, keyword phrase 2, keyword phrase 3..." and so on.

One of my articles has made it to page 2 on Google, but it is a different article in the series every day, AND there are no other articles in the series in sight after checking back to page 20.

Does anyone know if I need to change anything to keep moving my articles up?

[eyefox]

I have one site 2 day ages, I build unique content and it got 200 visit/per day, after one week, it dancing ! I don't see my keyword on top 10, and all go to page 6 or 7.

I just bookmark to some site to get Google index after post. So, now I must waiting !

[ianvictorgabon]

I am also experiencing this. My sites rank from page 6 sometimes down to page 30 and now back to page 2. I always do backlinking in a daily basis. will now try to diversiy my links to move to page 1.

[sandersailare]

Guys, there is no need to worry about this thing called "Google Dance" for it already ceased to exist few years ago already. Right now, it was merely a term used by some so called SEOexperts so there can be something that they may blame when their or client's site fluctuate in its ranking.

As for explanation, few year ago, there was a time when rankings stay in its position for about 3 weeks wherein, wherever your page is place for a search term, it stays their for the next 3 weeks. Then after the 3 weeks period, Google updates it rankings and so "Google Dance" occurs. It is the time when all rankings were all over the place and it lasted for 3 days.

That is what "Google Dance" really is. But now, is it nothing but just a mere term used by some as an excuses for not knowing the reason of fluctuation.

[pankajrocks]

When a website's ranking is going up and down or getting disappear from keyword then it is called as Google Dance..

[ricky pounting]

Originally Posted by Adie

It's been a month that I am monitoring one of my sites ranking while continuously building links and I can't really figure out why this is happening..

My site's ranking are:

12th
92 after 3 days
back to 45 after 3 days
103 after 4 days
37 after 3 days
9 after 4 days
75 after 3 days
18 after 3 days
82 after 3 days

the highest is 6 and after 3 days it's back again to 46
so on and so forth...

any recommendation to make it steady at least to a higher position is highly appreciated...

Thanks,
adie

that is simple google dancing. It will be stable after some days. You should try to make more and more backlinks in these days.

[jastindpfoc]

Thanks kkchoon, i am getting more from your post, thanks for sharing.

[RaySaj]

just to add my own 2 cents...Google seems to change their data a lot in relation to the SERP's with the competition...i.e., search terms which are high search ones seem to be the ones which fluctuate the most...

[GrowTraffic]

In my experience things tend to jump around after links have been built to a page but if it is jumping around erratically that would suggest that the link building has been done in a dodgy way that Google doesn't like - it will calm down in time but it might not stick where you think or hope it will.

I have noticed in the past that sometimes if a website jumps around for a rank, the website will often sit one of two positions below the highest rank it gets to.

[Silverlight]

Have just seen this occur. Due to algo changes Google reflects all pages on a site when detemining strength of main page. This means a great article on an inner page will now boost the main page and cause the Google dance to occur as it determines the value of the added content.

[ramanpradhan42]

I have no idea about this question and please share some more information on this topic, as it is a very interesting topic to discuss.

[seonetsmartz]

Google Dance is used to describe the period that a major index update of the Google search engine are being implemented. But in case that may effect and may not.

[Dexter AJ]

I dont think Google Dance is much of an issue if you do it properly. If you are lazy with your work Dance or no Dance, you will face problems.

[aygabtu]

Well after about 3 weeks of dropping one of my sites bounced back to about the same SERP level it was before. Not sure if it was because of actions I took or just the google dance. It would have been nice if it was actually higher than before, but I will be repeating a lot of what I did the last three weeks to see if I can build on where it is at.

[RonaldReegan]

The name "Google Dance" was in the history used to describe the period that a major guide inform of the Google search engine are being implemented. These main Google index update occurred on average each 36 days or 10 times per year. It was easiest be recognized by significant changes in search results, and by an update of Google's cache of all indexed pages. These changes would be obvious from one minute to the next. But the update did not proceed as a switch from one index to another like the flip of a switch. In fact, it took numerous days to finish the complete update of the index

[adam886]

Originally Posted by down

Absolutely yes, and it could happen at any time.

Even I agree to him and finally got the result with google dance and now have a query in mind that what is DNS?

[jimmyn]

The Google dance is actually something the staff at Google perform when they successfully update the algorithm for their search engine.

[lindaschilberg]

Google dance is a term which refer update in algorithm of Google which implement on whole website instead of particular so you should implement all changes on your website which will help to improve your website ranking.

[John Moore]

To reduce the effects of the Google dance make sure you keep your link velocity constant and try adding more unique content to your site, then it's just a matter of waiting it out.

[eyefox]

My site have unique contents, I have check on copyscape before posted. But now, It's dancing on google a second time. The first time just 2 days and come with 200 uv, but now I don't now when My site will come back !

[optimizenewyork]

The name Google Dance is a term used to describe the index update of the Google search engine. By using the Google Dance Tool , you can easily determine if Google has started their monthly spidering of the internet. Type in a keyword you would like to search for and choose some of Google's data centers to perform the search query on. You will then see a page displaying the search results of all the Google data centers you have chosen. If any of the results between the different data centers contain discrepencies, then you know that Google has started to spider.

[kkchoon]

Originally Posted by optimizenewyork

The name Google Dance is a term used to describe the index update of the Google search engine. By using the Google Dance Tool , you can easily determine if Google has started their monthly spidering of the internet. Type in a keyword you would like to search for and choose some of Google's data centers to perform the search query on. You will then see a page displaying the search results of all the Google data centers you have chosen. If any of the results between the different data centers contain discrepencies, then you know that Google has started to spider.

I have heard something like that before, but that is not accurate. I say this because from my previous projects, each and every time we spike certain amount of links to a page, it triggers Google Dance, and this never happens if my site don't have spike of backlinks coming in! So I don't think the above theory is correct.

[kkchoon]

Originally Posted by eyefox

My site have unique contents, I have check on copyscape before posted. But now, It's dancing on google a second time. The first time just 2 days and come with 200 uv, but now I don't now when My site will come back !

Google Dance happens when your website / web page received too many backlinks in a short period, and it triggers the so called "Google Dance", where your site / page ranking is dancing up and down for a particular keyword. I guess Google might be trying to catch spammer, if you try to optimize your web page that targeting the keyword, you might trigger a temporary filter - sandbox!

So when your site is dancing around, just keep building more backlinks, and remember to mix your backlink type and anchor text (a bit of variation, 10% will do), this will help it stabilized in 1 week. During this period, DO NOT STOP the link building campaign, you want to continue building more backlinks to stabilize your keyword's ranking, stopping the campaign might result in lower ranking later.

[optimizenewyork]

The Google Dance goes back to the good old days of search engine optimization. Google used to update PageRank (PR) and the search engine rankings (SERPs) on a monthly basis. It was a big event as the updates would roll out. The SEO Forums would always be awash with long threads as webmasters announced their new PR and site rankings. Webmaster World would always name each update in the same way hurricanes were given names. In 2003, Google stopped the Google Dance and went to continuous updates. The SERPs and PR are updated continuously and there is no Google Dance anymore.

[jones1982]

Google dancing problem happen maximum time for new release site & if you continue update your site..

[seoasia]

Originally Posted by kkchoon

From my own experience, Google dance happens when you don't build your link consistently...

Is either Google see a spike of links in today, and the next day zero, it might trigger a dance! However, this doesn't mean it is a bad thing, because when your page is back, it will rank a lot higher than before - thanks to all kinds of authority backlinks!

I had a rule myself, I don't do any on page optimization when my site ranking drop, because I did it few times my sites were filtered for a whole month!

Hi

I believe Google Dance is certainly a change in Algorithm of Google. I think it doesn't depend on link consistently. Because I have my own experience, i worked for the keyword i.e is in page #2 and certainly i found my keyword not in 100. But the work on that keyword is same as i do it before.

[vitun]

The "Google Dance" is a term that refers to Google doing an algorithm update or a data refresh. It has nothing to do with what you are doing to your website, you have no control over it, there is nothing you can do to cause it or to prevent it. It's useful to be aware of it simply to prevent unnecessary worry or reaction.

[GigaL]

My site is 3 months old and still dancin'?! it loves to dance so much or what?

[lisadan1]

Originally Posted by Kappa

I have a question. If I write a new article for my blog, and decide that I want to use backlinking on the inner page, does that usually cause the top level website to go through the "google dance" phenomenon?

I think in one Google dance means if you will not build linking consistently, google do some Algonquin and data refreshment and on this basis make site up and down. You have to back link in consistent manner and for this backlinksindexer is good and will give you good result.

[Dumkist]

So what do you guys think about a site that shows on page one of bing...yahoo and Google..then it is gone from the top 1000 in all the search engines for the past 2 weeks..but is still indexed..I am lost on this one..never seen this before :-(

[gbreddiesel]

Google Dance usually happens. So, there are fluctuations in ranks. It will settle by the time soon. Just continue.

[xaby]

happened to me just this morning. to my own site. and my heart is dancing as well....

[usaimarketing]

Google dance occur when Google for uncertain changes in their algorithm, or make new updates that really affect the previous work. There is no control on Google dance.

[JoeyJoJo]

Build more sites!! and let that one settle for a bit but, still build links to it!!

[optimizenewyork]

The name "Google Dance" is often used to describe the index update of the Google search engine. Google's index update occurs on average once per month. It can be identified by significant movement in search results and especially by Google's cache of all indexed pages reflecting the status of Google's last spidering.

But the update does not proceed as a switch from one index to another at one point in time. In fact, it takes several days to complete the index update. During this period, the old and the new index alternate on Google. At an early stage, the results from the new index occur sporadically. But later on, they appear more frequently. Google dances.

[jeppa123]

Can't seem to find that META-description changes also might drop your site for a while?

[addisonben22]

Google dance is a process in which our sites ranking is updated by google. When our sites ranking is up - down then it is google dance. Google dance time limit is depend on our sites.

[puneetkgarg]

The "Google Dance" is a term that refers to Google doing an algorithm update or a data refresh. It has nothing to do with what you are doing to your website, you have no control over it, there is nothing you can do to cause it or to prevent it. It's useful to be aware of it simply to prevent unnecessary worry or reaction.
The ranks of the site can vary if you do not work properly on related keywords.

[awirku]

it might be worthwhile to get a backlink you need to set a schedule, you can use a scheduled weekly, monthly.

[srigrace]

yep, that's right whether google get's the page while it need some of the organic traffic, some cheap links & blogs for the page, it will be cached, may be the result is different but google filtering algorithm will occurs.

[vatsydick]

helpful sharing clear my many issues

[HorseStall]

A Google Dance is just a shakeup in the organic ranking for keywords, it often happens when Google is tweaking their algo, or when different data centers reflect different results.

[anku9696]

As per i know we generally see google dance on the pages of which backlinking has been done and there is no change in the root domain .

[BlackMetal]

I have found, almost every time my sites experience the Google dance, they usually end up higher than previously ranked, so the dance is usually a good thing

[Top1position]

Google dance is nothing only a data center so do work nothing will happen

[ty11gould]

Now Google dancing does not only occur with new sites. My site is 2 year old, It sometime still dance with Google.^^. Google is increasingly unpredictable.

[Mike Linley]

I guess the google dance phenomenon is normal especially if your website is new. You just have to consistently build backlinks to your page/site and make sure you use white hat. It may take time to see the positive results but it's going to be worth it.

Don't worry about it that much. As long as you know you are doing the backlinks properly, you are rest assured to get better position in SERPs.

[Timby]

One of my sites is hopefully in the midst of this google dance. I was ranking in the top 20 for a very competitive term after just 8 months and now my site has disappeared for almost a month. I have continued adding content and building links so I'm hoping it will bounce back for this keyword soon.

Thanks for the info guys!

[irfanmeo]

and if we build links for the newer sites and we have only 2 to 3 months to rank our keywords(otherwise there will no benefit for that keywords) then google dance will ruin our efforts. isn't it????