Recent PR Caused Rank Drop?

Discussion in 'SEO' started by mwong, May 18, 2010.

  1. #1
    Hi, I just posted a press release purchased from a content writer in this forum. However after I posted his article, my ranking suddenly dropped 20 steps from Google. How do you verify article if they are good quality or not, SEO-wise?
     
    mwong, May 18, 2010 IP
  2. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    #2
    Just posted when?
    I doubt a press release would cause your rank to drop
    SERP's are always changing
     
    Brandon Sheley, May 18, 2010 IP
  3. mwong

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    Yesterday. This morning I saw the rank drop dramatically, so I took out the article. What do you think went wrong?
     
    mwong, May 18, 2010 IP
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    purpleorange Active Member

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    Iam not getting you correctly ..how do you measure that the ranking has gone down by 20 steps?

    after all there is no harm in a Press release !!!
     
    purpleorange, May 18, 2010 IP
  5. mwong

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    It's easy. You count it by the listing on Google page when you type certain keyword.

    Do you think even if the PR article contains a lot of keyword spamming, Google might penalize it?
     
    mwong, May 18, 2010 IP