11 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}
11 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}

Site disappeared after getting a high PR link

by chrisChandra
11 replies
  • SEO
    • |
I've never really posted on the SEO section as it's not my area of specialty but recently I came across something that I thought is interesting. I have been ranked on page 4 of google for a certain keyword and recently got an editorial link from psychcentral.com a few days after that I completely disappeared from google for that search term. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this normal behavior before it comes back again?

Just additional information I have an authority /blog? site with over 120 articles and still growing.
#disappeared #high #link #site
  • Profile picture of the author TotalWebsiteControl
    The google dance! cha cha cha
    Signature
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10499040].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author chrisChandra
      Originally Posted by TotalWebsiteControl View Post

      The google dance! cha cha cha
      Thanks I hope that's the case. Hasn't come back for a few days. I guess I'll wait a full 30days before I conclude anything
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10499056].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author paladinseo
    actually if it dropps out for a few days, it might be a good sign as google tries to reevaluate ur serp
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10499474].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author tekruiter
    It may be a google dance. For this you need to wait & see.
    Signature
    Kloakarbejde
    Kloakservice Døgnservice
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10499482].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author DABK
      Did you lose that link?
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10499506].message }}
      • Profile picture of the author chrisChandra
        Originally Posted by DABK View Post

        Did you lose that link?
        Nope. Last I checked the link is still on psychcentral
        {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10499610].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
    Banned
    You was never ranked sitting on page #4 of Google SERPs.

    Public PR was last updated in 2013. Check the exact backlink URL link profile. Is the backlink page actually an authority page?
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10499715].message }}
    • Profile picture of the author chrisChandra
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      You was never ranked sitting on page #4 of Google SERPs.
      I was already on page 4. After this link it disappeared...for now

      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Public PR was last updated in 2013. Check the exact backlink URL link profile. Is the backlink page actually an authority page?
      I used PR to keep it simple. DA 87 if that helps

      *Edit*
      I checked the exact link of article that points to my site on majestic SEO: Trust flow 17 Citation flow 27
      {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10499762].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
    Correlation does not equal causation
    Signature
    LookAfterWP - Protection, Maintenance and Performance
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10499780].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    It's just impossible to say how one links affects the SERP rankings for some particular keyword. Google may not even have crawled the linking page after you got the link.

    You didn't say anything about the keyword, but if it's not that popular the #4 page is so far and the pages so weak that a small breeze or a hiccup could mess the rankings. If you'd follow that SERP #4 for all the links you'd probably see sites popping up and disappearing all the time.

    Assuming it's not nofollow the link seems to be on a decent page. So no need to panic, just wait a bit more.
    Signature
    Links in signature will not help your SEO. Not on this site, and not on any other forum.
    Who told me this? An ex Google web spam engineer.

    What's your excuse?
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10500480].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author danparks
    Originally Posted by yukon View Post

    You was never ranked sitting on page #4 of Google SERPs.
    Originally Posted by chrisChandra View Post

    I was already on page 4. After this link it disappeared...for now
    I believe yukon wasn't saying you were never on page 4, but rather he probably meant that being on page 4 isn't really considered "ranking." As far as traffic and sales resulting from serps, being on page 4 might not be much different than being on page 400 for a lot of sites.


    Originally Posted by yukon View Post

    Public PR was last updated in 2013. Check the exact backlink URL link profile. Is the backlink page actually an authority page?
    Originally Posted by chrisChandra View Post

    I used PR to keep it simple. DA 87 if that helps
    I checked the exact link of article that points to my site on majestic SEO: Trust flow 17 Citation flow 27
    Check how many links are on the psychcentral.com page that links to your site. If it has a huge number of links then the backlink you're getting is only getting a small share of the page's PR and might not be quite as powerful as you think.

    Originally Posted by cbpayne View Post

    Correlation does not equal causation
    And that line from cbpayne is probably all that really needs to be said. Being on page 4 is a fairly unstable place to be and rankings can jump around there for a lot of reasons (many other sites below moving up from SEO, an algorithm change by Google, your site picked up some really spammy links you aren't aware of, your site lost some really good links you had, your site got a manual or algorithmic penalty, etc.).

    There's also common sense involved here. psychcentral.com is unquestionably a legitimate, authoritative site. It's possible that a backlink from the site might not help your site a whole lot (if the backlink was on a page many layers deep on the site, and had hundreds of other links on it), but it seems impossible that a backlink from the site could *harm* your site.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[10500524].message }}

Trending Topics