My home page I have been targeting for primary keyword: inner pages are still related however just for "show". I have been optimizing for my home page haven't done any seo/link building to inner pages. My home page was ranked at number 1 briefly but was unstable and took a hit which I thought was a penalty. Today I found every single one of my inner pages together in google 100 places ahead of my main targeting page for my primary keyword why is that? Should I start building backlinks to my inner pages now?
Don't do any thing be patient till it regains its position..if not check your backlinks profile for lost backlinks.
Cool...buddy, i am also suffering from the same problem. not you and me but same thing i talk with others and also some of them face the similar issue. They all are suggested me to wait for some time to get stable and relevant pagewise ranking.