What is it called when your site gets a good ranking for the first time on Google then drops a few spots the next time its crawled? My site http://www.chicagolandcadillacdealers.co... got indexed and ranked on the 1st page for a few keywords....now it has dropped a bit. I read somewhere about google giving new sites a boost. Does this procedure have a name?
That's just called life I don't think there's a special name for it, but I could be wrong. Oh wait.... are you talking about the "Sandbox"... that could be what you are looking for?
I prefer the term 'getting your Google cherry popped'. Rankings are always jumping around though. An established website can experience the same thing. People often refer to this as the 'Google dance'.
Don't know whether there might be a direct term, but I always call it a "temporary boost in search engine ranking"
I know what you mean. Several times, I've seen new websites for my industry appear on the first page, and they did not inch their way up there - virtually no backlinks and minimal content. Then they slide down out of view over the next weeks. And I rarely see the reverse. It's not the sandbox, and it can't be by accident that they appear on the first page with no content worth bringing them there that quick.