Google link penalty or google dance?

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Hello!

On 06 October 2012 I've registered a new domain (keyword targeted). I've written 5 original articles and posted on it. Another thing that I did was to update my signature on a forum with 100+ posts and the tings where going well and my traffic was growing day by day and I even got on the 7'th position on google for my targeted keyword.
The problem is that after 10 days of steady growing traffic my site disappeared from google results (this happen on 23/10/2012) and until now it hadn't appeared. If I write site:www.mysite.com all my pages apear to be indexed by google but the site doesn't appears anywhere for the main keyword.

Do you think is google dance or I was sandboxed for a google link penalty???
#dance #google #link #penalty
  • Profile picture of the author jfambrini
    Type your exact title in Google and see if you are number 1 on that search. If you still are number 1 then you have not been penalized. It is either Google Dance.
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    • Profile picture of the author musicsongs
      Originally Posted by jfambrini View Post

      Type your exact title in Google and see if you are number 1 on that search. If you still are number 1 then you have not been penalized. It is either Google Dance.
      If I type mysite on google I'm nowhere to be found, but if I type mysite.com I'm number one!
      That this mean that I haven't suffer any penalty and the bad rankings are because my site is new?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jesse L
    This happens to a lot of new websites. I have noticed some balancing out and a lot less jumping around after a year. BUT of recent, things have gotten a bit tighter.
    The problem with links in your footer and only posting on one forum is that you do not have diversity in anchor text. I think that is one of the things Google has been addressing while looking for SERP manipulation.
    Don't sweat it and DO NOT depend on Google. If you are out actively networking in your niche, the SERPs will come.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarkBrook
    It usually happens with new domains. Do not take tension, you will come back to search results in few weeks.
    It is Google dance which usually happens with new domains.

    Thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author ronnieavelino
    Originally Posted by musicsongs View Post

    Hello!

    On 06 October 2012 I've registered a new domain (keyword targeted). I've written 5 original articles and posted on it. Another thing that I did was to update my signature on a forum with 100+ posts and the tings where going well and my traffic was growing day by day and I even got on the 7'th position on google for my targeted keyword.
    The problem is that after 10 days of steady growing traffic my site disappeared from google results (this happen on 23/10/2012) and until now it hadn't appeared. If I write site:www.mysite.com all my pages apear to be indexed by google but the site doesn't appears anywhere for the main keyword.

    Do you think is google dance or I was sandboxed for a google link penalty???

    Another thing that I did was to update my signature on a forum with 100+ posts and the tings where going well and my traffic was growing day by day and I even got on the 7'th position on google for my targeted keyword.


    Make sure not to focus only on FORUM marketing. Apply other link building methods that are quality and also update your site. 5 articles is a small amount which can be one of the reason that it trigger google to slap your site.

    Regards,

    Ronnie
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    • Profile picture of the author musicsongs
      @ronnieavelino

      Do you suggest that I should remove my forum signature links or reduce them ?
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      • Profile picture of the author musicsongs
        I forgot to mention that after I lose my rankings I used senuke to create some link pyramids pointing to my site, but only one time.
        If I verify my senuke links in google webmaster account I can see that they don't appear (only the older forum ones), but when I check for them on google I can see that they got indexed.

        Should I expect better rankings after I can see then in my google webmaster account and after I build additional content on my site?
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  • Profile picture of the author seobuzz
    From the ranking volatility it seems like a Google dance. As you have not used any s/w to blast massive backlinks there is very little chance of getting sandboxed.

    Just continue your natural link building campaigns and hope for the ranking revival.
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