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Website disappears from page #1 Google?!?

by iwdinfo
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Hello. I recently built a few blogs aiming to generate affiliate $$$.

After about 2-3 weeks, one of my wordpress sites was #7 on page 1 for its targeted phrase.

Then it fell off the face of the planet. Its been a week. When I search for the url, it shows in the results. But when I search for the targeted key phrase it is nowhere to be found(checked the first 10 pages).

Could this be the notorious "Google Dance" or have I been Banned or discounted?:confused:

Thanks for any advice
#disappears #google #page #website
  • Profile picture of the author aminwasu
    Same thing happened to one of my sites. I don't know what is going on. Some feedback will be much appreciated
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    • Profile picture of the author mkt
      Most likely its a google dance. It happens to everyone. The way you can tell if your site is sandboxed is if you type "site:mydomain.com" into the search box. If nothing is found, then you have been deindexed (sandboxed). If your pages show up, then its a google dance thing.

      Sometimes it takes a week or so.
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      • Profile picture of the author oneplusone
        You've posted this in the wrong section of the forum, it should be in the SEO section.

        If your site is still indexed there's nothing to worry about.

        Just carry on building content, links etc or whatever you were doing.

        Eventually it will return, and your position will solidify at some point.

        The worst thing to do is nothing.

        If you want to know what's really going on then buy Caliban Darklock's WSO here:

        http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...ally-want.html

        He's a former search engine developer and he explains what's really happening when your site is moving around a lot -- well worth the $37 investment.
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        'If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.' Vincent Van Gogh.
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        • Profile picture of the author Deltia
          I think it sounds like the google dance to me, sometimes it takes a while.
          Just keep adding content and good backlinks and the site should come back onto page #1 even stronger than before
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      • Profile picture of the author iwdinfo
        Originally Posted by mkt View Post

        Most likely its a google dance. It happens to everyone. The way you can tell if your site is sandboxed is if you type "site:mydomain.com" into the search box. If nothing is found, then you have been deindexed (sandboxed). If your pages show up, then its a google dance thing.

        Sometimes it takes a week or so.
        when I did the site:mydomain.com it returned all the proper pages of the website. It seems that it has not been banned, but yet it does not show up for the targeted key phrase anymore? so this mystical "google dance" thing can last several days even weeks?
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