ranking in bing but still nowhere in google

by sydneycraig

Posted: 10 years ago 15 replies

hxxp://www.craiglongmuir.com

I used to rank top 3 for "freelance web designer Sydney" in google, but a year ago I went to nowhere

still ranking on bing but that doesn't get me any hits!!

I redesigned my website around 6 months ago and made it (I think) in line with google guidelines, but still 6 months on im not ranking at all.

I have sitemap, registered on webmaster tools, analytics etc. no warning in webmaster

so whats the problem!???? I can understand maby not being on the 1st page anymore, but im nowhere to be seen!!

any help appreciated before my web design work goes down the pan!

thanks all

#bing #google #ranking

patco 10 years ago

This is normal... Most people have a very good ranking (#1, #2 or #3!) in Bing and sometimes in Yahoo... But THEY have a different ranking algorithm. Concentrate on your Google ranking as you will still be on the TOP in other SE's. Be sure to get backlinks from AUTHORITY websites and an important thing to pay attention to is keyword density!
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sydneycraig 10 years ago

keyword density for google should be ? read lots of different numbers!
but surely just that cant be my issue?! im literally not showing in results at all....
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- AndromedaDev 10 years ago
  
  I'm curious of your Google+ power.
  
  Continue building good authority backlinks and build a Google+ empire connected to you site. Google love's it's own search engine, that will help quite a bit.
  
  You have a blog going, but you stopped in December it seems, keep going with the blog that will help too, fresh UNIQUE content is key.
  
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  jadog 10 years ago
  
  My first thought was bad back linking however at a quick glance you back link profile looks pretty good except you have had a huge drop in pages back linking to your site this year.
  Also when you redid your site did you change the Meta title and H1 tag?
  
  That will kill your ranking in Google.
  Also did you ensure your keyword density was close to the same when relaunching the site?
  
  hxxps://ahrefs.com/site-explorer/overview/subdomains/?target=www.craiglongmuir.com
  
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sydneycraig 10 years ago

google+ I have not really done anything with...perhaps I need to look at that

yes, I changed the h1 and meta (but kept very similar with keywords)

I think the drop was because I took links of clients websites (footer links "web design by craig Longmuir" type pf thing - read these links could have been bad...!)

blog - ok yes I need to keep posting

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- jadog 10 years ago
  
  Ok Ya changing the title a meta usually requires a re score and it can take a while to get your results back.
  
  Links are a scary thing now. I try to do no back linking at all now and I used to build back linking services. So removing your back links was probably Ok. One thing I have still been doing if leaving a footer image and linking from that
  
  Like a miniature logo I haven't see any evidence of penalties on Image links yet. If your clients will let you have them, Its a safer bet because they aren't really keyword anchors which is what Google is looking for.
  
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sydneycraig 10 years ago

ok, I did the full re design (basically whole new site) end of October, so its been a while!

my ranking was lost probably a year before that and I tweaked the previous site with no results....new site, still no results
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jadog 10 years ago

Is it the site in your signature? If so I see a glaring issue.
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- sydneycraig 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by jadog
  
  Is it the site in your signature? If so I see a glaring issue.
  
  tips welcome for coolkaboodle too
  
  not done anything with it since before xmas, but gets a steady 60 hits a day...makes <$50 a month tho
  
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jadog 10 years ago

Take a look at cloaking your affiliate links and also you need to do something to get your content more unique its the exact same thing as Amazon.
hxxps://yoast.com/cloak-affiliate-links/

Or Google Search
hxxps://www.google.com/search?q=hide+affiliate+links+from+google&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a&channel=sb
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sydneycraig 10 years ago

sorry, no its for my website hxxp://www.craiglongmuir.com which is the important one I get ranking for

coolkaboodle also needs attention but that's another issue!
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jadog

10 years ago

For this site I would 301 it to a .net version or another similar domain to test it for a month. This thing deffintly looks penilized and the only thing that stands out is the link profile.

If you don't trust a 301 I have some examples I could show you where it has worked great to get me out of penalties.

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sydneycraig

10 years ago

Originally Posted by jadog

301 redirect would just pass on the "bad link juice" no....

assume I would need to get a new domain, copy over the site as is (but using 100% new text content) and start fresh???

worth a try?

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sydneycraig 10 years ago

interesting 301 advise...not heard this anywhere else...

but would a bad link profile not show as a warning in my webmaster tools?!
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affilliate-script 10 years ago

Originally Posted by sydneycraig

hxxp://www.craiglongmuir.com

I used to rank top 3 for "freelance web designer Sydney" in google, but a year ago I went to nowhere

Your homepage is not SEO optimized for "Sydney"

I'd use keyword phrases such as:
Web Design Sydney
Sydney Web Design
Web Designer Sydney
Sydney Web Designer
etc.

The above phrases and other similar phrases placed in the content, description, etc. will surely help your google rankings
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ranking in bing but still nowhere in google

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