Hi, i'm really confused with my site. i have a website which used to rank number 1 with my domain keyword for last 1 year. but all of sudden 2 days ago it went back to 5th page. Just to let you know , i also had sitelinks with this keyword. when i check with Webmaster tooks it still show sitelinks, even though when i search it does not. Also few other keyword which i used to rank 2nd page, now Google pushed me to 6th page. I can not find any reason to do that. i was trying to get some back links doing 500 directory submission and 100 blog post. is that the reason? if not then why would Google all of sudden kick me from number 1 to number 86? can anyone please advice me how do i get back to number 1 again. thanks
IM, It could be a bunch of different things but I doubt it's the directory submissions since these take quite awhile for approval. As for the blog comments, probably a similar situation there as well since a lot of comments need to be moderated and approved. How about your link profile? Have you recently lost any high powered links? Also, are your links evenly distributed amongst blog comments, website link blogrolls/sidebar, directory submissions, articles, etc? Is your content original on your homepage and was there any changes to it? It may also only be the Google Dance, but PM me your url and keywords and I'll take a look. You might try sending a PM to Sweetfunny,Snowbird or Dan Schultz as they help a lot of DPers, just give them the complete picture.