Apparently Content Isn't King at least not anymore!

Wealthyclark · 10-28-2009, 12:50 AM

I know the statement in the title is pretty harsh and a lot of people may be upset with it but I have a story I would like to share and get some feed back on.

I have been working my butt off day and night since I've been laid off, researching topics to write on, writing 500 word article's and searching for keywords that are worth fighting for that think I might have a chance getting a good position in the serp's for.

I have one particular article that targets a keyword that get's a few hundred searches a day and the market is hungry to buy. When I seen this article was ranking well off the bat I decided to put a little more focus on it than usual. I worked on pushing the article to Google page1 for weeks and I finally made it. Yesterday my article reached the #10 spot for the keyword, I know that may not be the best but it shows progress.

When I woke up today my article was pushed back to the first spot on page two and a site that had zero PR, no content at all, zero back-links according to yahoo and google appeared out of nowhere and took my #10 spot.

Being bumped is no big deal because it happens but being bumped by a site that shouldn't even be indexed makes me think why am I working so hard to write unique content when site's that have no content at all can appear out of nowhere. What am I doing wrong, better yet what are they doing right? This is not the first time I've seen this happen.

What I want to know is how is this possible? I checked the on and off page optimization of this site and it is dirt, not optimized in the the least bit.

I don't expect anyone to have an answer to how these types of sites do that, I just wanted to vent because it seems unfair.

JeffLam · 10-28-2009, 12:57 AM

Well, Google Dance happened.

If the site that beat you was like what you said - totally dirt, no optimization - then you need not worry too much about it.

Give it a few days (or hours) and Google will knock it back down again.

HOWEVER, another reason may be that the owner of that blog built A LOT of backlinks to that site. In that case go to Yahoo Site Explorer, input the URL of that site, and check the no. of backlinks it has.

Wealthyclark · 10-28-2009, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by JeffLam

HOWEVER, another reason may be that the owner of that blog built A LOT of backlinks to that site. In that case go to Yahoo Site Explorer, input the URL of that site, and check the no. of backlinks it has.

As I stated there are no back-links for Yahoo or Google and yes the optimization is dirt I check the on and off page optimization using paid tools that have been very reliable for me in this area.

Rory Wilkinson · 10-28-2009, 02:08 AM

Are you talking about an article that you submitted to an article directory or an article that you have on your own site?

Okane · 10-28-2009, 02:25 AM

My guess is that it was a new article. New stuff always gets a bonus, even if there are no backlinks supporting that new article. So, don't worry, you'll be back on page one very soon...

However, if I had a choice between #10 on page 1 and #1 on page 2, I would go for the latter, anyway...

Marc

10-28-2009, 12:57 AM	#2
JeffLam Entrepreneur War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Singapore Posts: 573 Thanks: 128 Thanked 53 Times in 44 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Apparently Content Isn't King at least not anymore! Well, Google Dance happened. If the site that beat you was like what you said - totally dirt, no optimization - then you need not worry too much about it. Give it a few days (or hours) and Google will knock it back down again. HOWEVER, another reason may be that the owner of that blog built A LOT of backlinks to that site. In that case go to Yahoo Site Explorer, input the URL of that site, and check the no. of backlinks it has.
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Okane HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 147 Thanks: 36 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Re: Apparently Content Isn't King at least not anymore! My guess is that it was a new article. New stuff always gets a bonus, even if there are no backlinks supporting that new article. So, don't worry, you'll be back on page one very soon... However, if I had a choice between #10 on page 1 and #1 on page 2, I would go for the latter, anyway... Marc
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Wealthyclark Warrior C War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 433 Thanks: 42 Thanked 52 Times in 30 Posts	Apparently Content Isn't King at least not anymore! I know the statement in the title is pretty harsh and a lot of people may be upset with it but I have a story I would like to share and get some feed back on. I have been working my butt off day and night since I've been laid off, researching topics to write on, writing 500 word article's and searching for keywords that are worth fighting for that think I might have a chance getting a good position in the serp's for. I have one particular article that targets a keyword that get's a few hundred searches a day and the market is hungry to buy. When I seen this article was ranking well off the bat I decided to put a little more focus on it than usual. I worked on pushing the article to Google page1 for weeks and I finally made it. Yesterday my article reached the #10 spot for the keyword, I know that may not be the best but it shows progress. When I woke up today my article was pushed back to the first spot on page two and a site that had zero PR, no content at all, zero back-links according to yahoo and google appeared out of nowhere and took my #10 spot. Being bumped is no big deal because it happens but being bumped by a site that shouldn't even be indexed makes me think why am I working so hard to write unique content when site's that have no content at all can appear out of nowhere. What am I doing wrong, better yet what are they doing right? This is not the first time I've seen this happen. What I want to know is how is this possible? I checked the on and off page optimization of this site and it is dirt, not optimized in the the least bit. I don't expect anyone to have an answer to how these types of sites do that, I just wanted to vent because it seems unfair.