Help Decipher Drop In Rankings

Discussion in 'Google' started by Oly, Dec 6, 2012.

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    Hi

    Please take a look at the graph below, It is a graph of my site andthe significant drop that the site took about 4 weeks after launch.

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    I have contacted Google and they have told me that the site did not receive a manual penalty. Does this look correct to those in the know, the site started off well for a number of long tail keywords but I have found that since the drop my site is not appearing in the rankings for any of the keywords.

    I don't know what has caused the problem, some mention the honeymoon period, some the Penguin and Panda updates. I was hoping that with the graph someone might better point me in the right direction.

    The ranking increase after the drop has mainly come via direct traffic and not search engine referral.

    Thanks
    Oliver
     
    Oly, Dec 6, 2012 IP
  2. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    if ranking increase after the drop has mainly come via direct traffic, then your ranking is pretty stable form the beginning. i dont see any reason for being worries. not sure how you are promoting the site. i would just suggest to your keep building quality links. 4 weeks is not enough time for a site to rank. if your search terms are somewhat competitive, then it will take lot longer, in some cases several months to rank the site and to start seeing some increase in organic traffic.
     
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  3. Oly

    Oly Greenhorn

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    Thanks for the reply. Although the graph does show a consistent ish level it doesn't show the whole senario. I noticed for example that according to WMT that instead of getting a regular 1000 plus search impressions over a daily period I now only get on average less than 50 a day and that includes long tail search terms.
     
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  4. dumindushalika

    dumindushalika Notable Member

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    If your site is not a aged site (let's say less than 6 months old), then this kind of variations are not a strange thing.

    Th main thing is sign in to the Google webmaster tools and check for the errors and if there are errors shown in it correct them soon.
     
    dumindushalika, Dec 6, 2012 IP
  5. Nuno Brito

    Nuno Brito Active Member

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    Try to add new content and keep the site as active as possible, at least on daily basis.

    This matters when you have competitors, I've seen Google decrease the ranking of sites when others provide similar information but get refreshed more often.

    Just one of the few google wonders to expect.
     
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    eugenefarber Greenhorn

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    Nuno is right in terms of publishing consistent content. It signals to Google that you are keeping your site fresh and up to date.

    So it sounds like you have actually tracked keywords and noticed that you have fallen off the rankings for some of them, correct?

    Google's response merely suggests that an actual person didn't go through and give you a penalty for your site. That doesn't meant that it wasn't affected by an algorithm change - that would mean that you did get, in essence, get "penalized" - it just wasn't done by a human.

    There can be countless reasons for that. But Google has a funny way of wording what they actually do. :)
     
    eugenefarber, Dec 9, 2012 IP