I know there may be no answer to this but let me briefly explain:
We own several websites that rank very well on Google and Yahoo. In fact, for some of our most important keywords we come up on page one and two.
However, one of our websites was ranking # 3 for a key term. This is an important keyword for us. When I go to google.com and search this we now come up number 5 today and then at times number 6. We rank number 2 for allinanchor.
My question is:
Why would we be dropping even though are allinanchor and inbound links have increased? We are making sure that our anchor links are not all the same so this shouldn't be an issue.
I'd have to agree, Google makes changes to it's algorithm all the time. Remember, backlinks w/anchor text aren't the only factor in search results.
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The web is dynamic. Things are constantly moving, changing and being updated. So the serps will be reflecting those changes. It could also be possible that you sit on your hands and watch your spot climb in google for no apparent reason then start doing some SEO and watching it fall.
Just stick with what you know to work and keep at it!
Your competition plays a major factor. could be that they saw you gaining ground on them and did a lot of linking too.
