Right now it is back to ranking for all its terms, but just a few days ago it was in another little SERP disappearing act. For about 6 days it was nowhere to be found for the terms that had been getting it the most traffic and then all of a sudden it appeared popped back up. This is probably the 5th time something like this has happened since June.
The site is well over a year old and has around 1500 links according to yahoo (though a lot of these are probably from crappy articles directories).
My guestimate is that I don’t have enough authority links for the site to solidify its rankings or I don’t have enough content. I have trying to get both recently for the site since it has potential to be a good money maker and it is pretty fun to write for. Well see what ends up happening.
Steward
]]>Since commenting last time, my site did exactly the same thing - first time I’ve ever experienced this. I was still getting some long-tail traffic from Google, but lost my main keyword rankings. Thankfully a few weeks later they reappeared and are almost back to where they were. I’m hoping that’s it now, but reading Lissie’s comment above makes me wonder a bit…!
The same thing has also happened to another of my sites, and I’m still waiting for it to bounce back.
Personally, I think it’s because both these sites are still fairly new - that’s my theory and I’m sticking to it anyway! I don’t know if the same thing goes for yours or not, but I can’t imagine any of the factors you mentioned above having much of an impact, certainly not 10 links in 10 days anyway!
Rod
]]>It doesn’t seem like the sandbox to me. Looking back on it a little over two months later this has been happening to my site every so often. It keeps ranking better and better the more content I put up on it but then all of a sudden it drops from the SERPs to appear just a few days later. It is really bizarre, but there isn’t much I seem to be able to do about it other than just write more content and get more links.
Steward
]]>For the encouragement to keep on keeping on!
Steward
]]>I have taken a look at the websiteoutlook.com report for one of my sites and have to say that it is fairly inaccurate estimate of a sites earnings. It is off by around 80% of the actual value. Just an fyi.
Thanks for stopping by.
Steward
]]>When it comes to thin-content affiliate sites Google can be pretty vicious when it comes to de-SERPing.
]]>The links helped my position on Google. They in no way hurt. These liks were directed at both home pages and interior pages.
I have not updated WP yet so I can’t help you there.
I also would not be too happy about making $20 one day and theb $3 the next. There is not a whole lot that can be done other than keep forging ahead…
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