Huge Google position change, why?

by lewiswharf

Posted: 15 years ago 6 replies

I've been working on a niche site which started ranking on the fifth page and steadily moved up to the third page where it has been bouncing around for the past one to two weeks. I checked the Google position today and it's on the 31st page! The only thing I did between yesterday and today was that I published an article. All the content is unique.

What might cause such a huge change in position? Here's the website (I'm not sure if it's a good idea to list it in the forums):

facewashformen[dot]com

There are no affiliate links or monetization of any kind yet. Really confused.

#change #google #huge #position

Doug Pretorius 15 years ago

Lots of posts today about big position changes. It looks like google just did another pagerank update. If you have a lot of unique content then you can expect things to settle down in a little while. But it looks like a lot of these micro niche sites got hit pretty hard.

I'm really glad I decided to start building my site out. I only lost a couple spots in position for my most-searched keyword, but all the extra content I've been adding lately more than made up for it, so my traffic is unaffected.
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yukon Banned 15 years ago

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- Adam Roy 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  It's a new blog, less than a month old:
  
  1) It's going to bounce around.
  
  2) Zero backlinks on Yahoo Explorer.
  
  3) Hasn't even been Cached yet.
  
  /\/\/\ What he said.
  
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- Dan B Rusu 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by yukon
  
  1) It's going to bounce around.
  
  2) Zero backlinks on Yahoo Explorer.
  
  3) Hasn't even been Cached yet.
  
  Yukon's right. It's doing the ole google dance. Its going to bounce around until it matures abit and google trusts it more. Keep building links consistantly, and try to get some good high pr backlinks
  
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miklanderson2 15 years ago

Most new sites bounce around in the rankings until Google decides where they fit in. Build some links and keep adding unique content.
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- lewiswharf 15 years ago
  
  I know, thanks guys. I guess I just needed to hear it.
  
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