Hi, One of our clients recently left us because they dropped from Page 1 (organic) to Page 3 about 8 months ago and we couldn't get them back despite trying really hard. We did get them to #3 on the Local listing. The client had been with us for several years and although I only started SEO-ing them a year back, previous staff had created listings for them over several years. These listings were real for sure as I had checked/updated them myself, but they never showed up on Backlink Watch or Open Site Explorer; some of them showed up on Webmasters Tools. Two months after leaving us, they are still #3 on Local but have bounced back to Page 1 organically and all those listings (and more) are now showing on Backlink Watch and Open Site Explorer. Anyone know why the backlinks are only now showing up? Thanks
its look like strange thing happen with your backlink or site. recently panda update roll out but it is not likely related with this type of issue.
It could be because some links were dropped because of non-authority and later algorythm changed and search engine reviewed again its decision
You will get ranking fluctuations, we were on page 3 for about 4 weeks, then took a huge hit/dive and never recovered. its just Google's tricks to make you pay for adwords, nothing new about that.