I ranked #6 for the keyword convert youtube to mp3 and #10 for youtube mp3 converter and on page 3 for youtube converter. Everything was fine yesterday but woke up this morning I'm no longer ranked for any of those keywords. They are completely gone from google. I check my site on google and it's not banned. Anyone experienced the same. Can anyone share some light as to what may have happened? Thanks, Very Worried Guy
Your competitiors probably did more link building than you. Using backlinkwatch.com I see only about 1000 inbound links to your site, chances are your competitors have more and/or high quality inbound links than your site. Link building needs to happen all the time to stay on the top of the SERPs. Also, the results you are seeing aren't the actual google results. Chances are you are logged into your google account and that is skewing the results. Use a tool like seoserp.com to see your actual position. For example, your first keyword phrase you are trying to rank for 'convert youtube to mp3' is actually not 6th but 293rd rank. (http://seoserp.com/google_page_rank...utube-to-mp3.com/&serp=SERP&submited=submited) Several factors go into the ranking but quality inbound links are way up there. The better (and more quantity) of links will get your site ranked higher. Pretty simple.
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No it couldn't have been because of a penalty. Why don't you think along the lines that while you were sleeping your competitors were out working and they have done something to outrank you. Don't worry with the proper effort you can bounce right back.