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Big G tells me I'm doing good then drops my rankings?

by jsmith2482
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I just checked my webmaster account and saw this message.

"Search results clicks for http://www.yoursite/yourpage have increased significantly. Yay! "

That was on March 10th when the page was #1 for a few competitive keywords. Since then the page has been dropped to the middle of page 1 after being a strong #1 for months?

Why?
#big #drops #good #rankings #tells
  • Profile picture of the author radivoj
    You already post same message on another thread, I already answer this so I will repeat it again:

    How old is your site ? it should be a least 1+ year old in order to establish trust with Google, the reason your site drop most likely Google dance or competition hitting that keyword with links trying to rank for, regarding Google new algorithm update it's very hard for new site which is month or a few month old less then a year to rank #1 for competitive term it may if site getting high PR link but very hard to maintain that #1 with the site less then a year old...to point out one more thing if you are planing to go after some kw to rank for, the best thing is to buy expired high PR domain that has targeting kw in it, even if site has PR 0 but is 2 + old it's very Good, you can find plenty of expired domain using register compass tool, also keep in mind there is no any problem buying expired domain and moving to your host with different IP, as long as domain is not penalized by Google, Matt Cutts has confirmed that on the video...
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    • Profile picture of the author jsmith2482
      My site is 6+ years old with 1000's of pages of unique content on it. Backlinks come from a whole mix of sources so it's not article marketing or blog networks. It's also not the competition, this specific URL was a very solid #1 for MONTHS. I find it hard to believe that the 5-6 sites ranking above it ALL started doing a ton of backlinking in 5-6 days to push me down .


      Originally Posted by radivoj View Post

      You already post same message on another thread, I already answer this so I will repeat it again:

      How old is your site ? it should be a least 1+ year old in order to establish trust with Google, the reason your site drop most likely Google dance or competition hitting that keyword with links trying to rank for, regarding Google new algorithm update it's very hard for new site which is month or a few month old less then a year to rank #1 for competitive term it may if site getting high PR link but very hard to maintain that #1 with the site less then a year old...to point out one more thing if you are planing to go after some kw to rank for, the best thing is to buy expired high PR domain that has targeting kw in it, even if site has PR 0 but is 2 + old it's very Good, you can find plenty of expired domain using register compass tool, also keep in mind there is no any problem buying expired domain and moving to your host with different IP, as long as domain is not penalized by Google, Matt Cutts has confirmed that on the video...
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      • Profile picture of the author paulgl
        So google should like your site forever?
        Even though the internet changes continuously?

        Has nothing to do with how long a site has been around.
        I have no idea why people add that to their voodoo
        SEO list.

        Backlinking is not the end all to end all. Thinking it
        was backlinks is just more nonsense.

        Nobody knows the answer to your question. I wish people
        would just be determined to write their own destiny.

        You liked google liking you more than others. Why can't
        the rest of the world get the same treatment?

        There is probably 1,000,000 reasons why a site drops from
        #1 to #5. Which, by the way, is ridiculous to even complain
        about.

        Paul
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        • Profile picture of the author King444
          It is time to have another strong competitor to Google in the search market
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  • Profile picture of the author rodanglee
    Yeah! 'give chance to others' is a big part of the new Google algo change.
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  • Profile picture of the author jsmith2482
    It makes no sense why they would send a positive message then drop me numerous spots. To be honest it is a big deal to go from #1-$5 because the traffic varies ALOT especially for this keyword in question especially considering it was so strong for so long.

    I also noticed an entire drop, based on sescout.com info, of HUGE drops from 48 spots to 400 sports over the past few days without any negative messages from google. I thought it was just the dance after doing some link building but now I have no idea what to think.
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  • Profile picture of the author PriceMaster
    **** happens...

    Google rankings usually go up and down all year long, till they build enough trust towards your website. Usually your traffic stabilizes then. Till then keep trying to aim higher and attract more users towards your website!
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  • Profile picture of the author rubch
    I've had something similar happen to me. One of my landing pages just made it to page 1 of Google for a competitive keyword, and I received the congratulatory email from Google. Then, the same day, ranking dropped to page 3, and impressions dropped dramatically. No idea what is going on.
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