I was ranked very well for more than 10-12 keywords on 1st or 2nd page for my movie site as seen in my signature << download free movies >>. Now I do not find my site on all those keywords except a couple For the couple keywords where it is still visible the SERPs have gone down considerably. I have been ranking for <<movie download sites>> keyword on #1 position for a long time even above about dot com, but now there also I have seen a marginal drop. I used to get well over 1500 visitors that dropped to less than 200 now, thats where all this started. Recent activities are as follows: 1. My PR went down from 3 to 2 I am well aware that PR downfall should not take that big a toll on SERP's. Or is it a possible reason for such a big change in SERP 2. Without researching much I started promoting 4 new sites 5 days back 3 of those 4 websites were banned by google which I found out only couple of hours back and I removed all links to those vendors from my site. Now my site looks like as it used to be 1 week ago. What I am seeking help is for as follows: 1. Is it PR downfall that has resulted in SERPs 2. Is it most likely that linking to bad neighbourhood caused this. Most importantly how long will it be before I start seeing my site back up on the SERPs or is this going to cost me for a long time. Any help will be highly appreciated.
#2. Linking to a bad neighborhood. No idea how long it will take to fix itself, but Matt Cutts actually answers questions about that sort of thing in his comments.
Sounds like you may have lost some links lately from good site(s)? Have you checked that. The way one of my sites is interlinked, if I lost one link I have from authority site, I'm sure my rankings would drop back down to or past where they were before I got the authority link. Just something to think about.
You are not alone....See many of the reputable sites have lost PageRank ( including one of the my present client who approaches me for the same reason. )..... See PR hasn't updated for over 6 months and in that time Google has been hard at work devaluing paid links, directory links and other "low" quality links.... If you lost PR droped then you should better check your backlinks to find out:- How many links did you have from directories, blogrolls and from the sites that sold links plus the quality of pages you are linking to ...from your site..and how many of them are low quality directories!!!!!! These certainly have the negative impact on one's sites with the recent update...Personally sorry for you but on technical grounds I really appreciate Google...for their efforts....to minimize such practices... If you are linked to some for SEO then they must be rational ..... Narender Pal Singh
what kind of linking methods had you been using for your blog. Were you getting paid links for it? Also, had you been regularly collecting links for it in the last few months before the update or had you stop getting more links for your site? These could be the reasons for the drop in PR which has resulted in the drop in rankings.
Its not about my incoming links. My site is an affiliate site and I have to link out to different vendors. 4/5 days back I started promoting a new vendor for his 4 websites without researching about his website. Unfortunately 3 of his 4 websites seem to be banned by google. So I might be penalised for linking to those sites. So question is if that were the case then how long will it be before I get my SERPs back. Thanks
lost rankings usually normal.. and how old is your site/page... new site/page usually rank faster and then gone after a few days... regular updates and link building can help to maintain rankings...
How many pages did you have indexed in Google before this problem? I'm currently seeing 29. If you lost web pages from the index, you've obviously lost links from those pages, according to the great google. You haven't been banned, but maybe penalized according to your description. Its just a matter of time regarding when those pages will be re-indexed. I just got over a 6 month wait for one of my push sites before google picked back up the pages after a similar situation to yours. No one can say for certain, I believe.