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Where Did My Site Go?

by rvrabel2002
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Hey Guys,
Just realized a site that had a steady 800 visitors a day is no longer showing up well in google. It is showing up, and in some cases in on the second page, but some of my more competitive terms have dropped off the map.

Whats worse, is the guys who are ranking in the top 10 often have absolutely nothing to do with the search query. So essentially, I have more information about the topic (including 500 word articles, title, page, h1 seo'd), and the guys that rank in top 10 have, in some cases, as little as a tag on their blog that fits the keyword.

What gives? Is this the so called google dance taking effect. My site is 8 months old and has 130 unique articles on it.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, but please don't ask to see the site, i dont need someone copying it. Thanks

Robert
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  • Profile picture of the author aldovacano
    If you are building backlinks , you should be experimenting the Google Dance, just keep building backlinks and it will come again to the top with more authority
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    It's the links. There's no dance - you just don't have enough links to keep your site up there.
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    nothing to see here.

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    • Profile picture of the author rvrabel2002
      Originally Posted by Andyhenry View Post

      It's the links. There's no dance - you just don't have enough links to keep your site up there.
      That might just be it. I have been creating good quality content, but neglecting the backlink part. But, the keywords Im targeting are VERY low competition keywords, like Im talking there is in some cases 8 websites that even mention the keyword.

      I guess its time to get serious about building backlinks.
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  • Profile picture of the author butch04
    If you have no back links then just build them up and your site should come back around. Take your articles (new ones) and submit them to directories to give your site some back links.
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    • Profile picture of the author rvrabel2002
      Originally Posted by butch04 View Post

      If you have no back links then just build them up and your site should come back around. Take your articles (new ones) and submit them to directories to give your site some back links.
      Well i started promoting via ezine articles for now, so hopefully that will help to work out over time. Thanks.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
    Originally Posted by rvrabel2002 View Post

    Whats worse, is the guys who are ranking in the top 10 often have absolutely nothing to do with the search query. So essentially, I have more information about the topic (including 500 word articles, title, page, h1 seo'd), and the guys that rank in top 10 have, in some cases, as little as a tag on their blog that fits the keyword.
    Robert

    You answered your question. Google is "machine". It has errors. Sometimes, like this seems to be, stupid and annoying errors.

    Open a thread over at Google Webmasters Forum and pray for a Google employee to see the mess they did and correct it next update.

    Sometimes it works.
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    • Profile picture of the author rvrabel2002
      Originally Posted by Fernando Veloso View Post

      Robert

      You answered your question. Google is "machine". It has errors. Sometimes, like this seems to be, stupid and annoying errors.

      Open a thread over at Google Webmasters Forum and pray for a Google employee to see the mess they did and correct it next update.

      Sometimes it works.
      Well, the site is involved in the male enhancement industry, so i doubt they will look at it seriously, even though it is a serious website devoted to real issues men face.

      As a matter of fact, it might even be detrimental to the site. Maybe.
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  • Profile picture of the author rvrabel2002
    Im basically going back through my site and getting rid of changes i made to it last week. I suspect that something triggered it for some reason. I removed an affiliate banner i had on every page, im making sure im not keyword stuffing, i am taking off a comment system i added to the bottom of every page, and i shrunk my images dramatically.

    FYI, webmaster tools says my site is slower than 83% of other sites....Eh Geez! Could that be it?
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  • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
    Doubtful. It's almost certainly the links.

    I have got lots of websites number 1 rankings for keywords that are not even on the site so links will definitely get you there. It's good to do the on-page stuff but the links will make or break your results.
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