Ranking Drop For 1 Keyword

by BMEssg
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I have a keyword that was ranking on page 5 quite well, and ranking on page 1 for some long tail variations of the keyword. Around April 11th, the core high competitive keyword dropped from page 5 to be completely out of the top 500 results.

Anyone have any ideas on how to get that keyword to come back? The long tail strings are still ranking well, just the competitive keyword is gone. Looking for some hard suggestions and not just speculation.
#drop #keyword #ranking
  • Profile picture of the author marcell12
    I think you should improve the quality of backlink, just learn from backlinksindexer and see the result.
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  • Profile picture of the author LaurentiuRo
    I have the same problem. Since around 10th this month my rankings for some keywords dropped signifficantly. Might this be because of the famous google updates? They seem to ruin everyone's business lately... including mine!
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  • Profile picture of the author eurekapsycrille
    Sometimes it seems that it was a big slapped. However, the fact that it was only a normal algo tweak has been forgotten by many SEOs whenever they see a big drop on their keyword ranking.

    Though I'm not saying it's just a normal dance, because that happened on the 11th of April. Quite a long time. If you think you did not violate any of Google's webmaster guidelines, it's highly possible that your competitors just beat you in the keyword competition.
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  • Profile picture of the author sovereignn
    Usually when you drop that much.... It's a penalty!

    These usually last for about six months so be prepared.

    If you think it's not a penalty just build more backlinks but if it doesn't move... Well then you know it is

    It sucks just try and learn from mistakes

    (It could be a dance though I did have a client disappear for about 48 hours and came back today. But usually when a drop is that drastic it's a penalty)
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  • Profile picture of the author offpageseo99
    Improve the quality of back links by using popular sites. Because quantity is not a matter. Use article sites to get the quality back links. Really it helps to improve your position.
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