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Does This Ever Happen To Your Sites?

by mmsearch
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I have a site that has been ranking in the top 3 spots of G on a consistent basis for around 2-3 months.

A couple of times in that time frame it will drop down to somewhere on page 2 for a few days - then after the G bot comes around again it will go back to the spot it was before.

Does anyone have similar occurences?

Any input/advice?

Thanks
#happen #sites
  • Profile picture of the author nicktyler
    Sounds like a mild case of the notorious "Google Dance" How old is your website
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  • Profile picture of the author mmsearch
    It is about 5 mos old- i thought this might be the case- how long to really cement your rankings?
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  • Profile picture of the author nicktyler
    New sites get a boost to begin with so they can have a chance to get popular. Apparently (and don't quote me on this) I have heard that this lasts about 3-6 months and then you get your real ranking and people reffer to a big drop as being "sandboxed" (use search on this forum). This could be happening in your case but the fact you are only dropping to page 2 is a good sign for now if that is an indication of the true position after 5 months.
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