Hi, my website was showing up at #1 in most countries, but all of a sudden it drop off the list after I told a few friends about it - do you think they gave me the hood wink?
hi, it's not any major problem, that your website is on #1 for certain Keywords and then it goes down suddenly, actually this is known as Google dance, if you want to know about this matter you need read some articles on Google Dance which gives in-depth knowledge About this matter. For This Issue Try to generate more and more back links, you will again get the #1 for targeted keywords in sort period.
After you got into first page, did you continue building links? If not, continue doing it if you want to stay on top positions. You don't have stable rankings on SERP that's why you need to continue to build links in order to generate more back links. Back links is one of the important factors that helps you get into top positions.
How old is your site? All I can suggest as of now is to build quality link I need to know first your site age and niche.