Why do my Google rankings seem to have dropped?

Still booming · 01-29-2010, 11:53 AM

My website houstoncitycentre.com was number three on the term(houston City centre) I added a couple of pages and submitted those links to google a couple of weeks ago. Sudenly i can`t find my site on the top 2 pages!
What might have gone wrong? How can I fix it?

copper · 01-29-2010, 04:48 PM

Sometimes new site do get special treatment of being on first page for few days
and then, move it to sandbox if nothing happens with the site such as constant fresh unique contents.

Once you get sandboxed, it will be quite some time before SE move the site out of sandbox.

This is just my opinion, though

AbsoluteKC · 01-31-2010, 07:19 AM

copper is right, don't panic.

Keep adding content and your site will be back no more than 2 weeks (based on my experience for new sites).

seotogo · 02-01-2010, 11:29 AM

It could be the natural bounce of the search engines, so just keep adding content and links and your site will come back up.

octanmedia · 02-02-2010, 04:03 AM

I highly recommend you to read google quality guidelines. As you have several issues on your website in regards to onpage.

You have similar title tag on all the pages of the website. You have canonical issue and your website pages getting indexed with www and with out www.

Don't have enough quality back links to your website.

Website design is not user friendly.

Originally Posted by Still booming

My website houstoncitycentre.com was number three on the term(houston City centre) I added a couple of pages and submitted those links to google a couple of weeks ago. Sudenly i can`t find my site on the top 2 pages!
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/search-engines/636895-why-do-my-google-rankings-seem.html
What might have gone wrong? How can I fix it?

thebutler · 02-03-2010, 06:22 AM

Could also be the long awaited Caffeine update.

WebIntellects - Rob · 02-04-2010, 12:33 AM

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What might have gone wrong? How can I fix it?

I think you should not pay to much attention to it and start work over on this issue. That is recommended. I assume your competitors do not sleep at the same time

anthony128 · 02-04-2010, 03:37 AM

don't worry and keep continue to submit your site in good high pr site , sometime google change algorithm at that time ranking r going down.

jasonbaba · 02-11-2010, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by copper

Sometimes new site do get special treatment of being on first page for few days
and then, move it to sandbox if nothing happens with the site such as constant fresh unique contents.

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=636895
Once you get sandboxed, it will be quite some time before SE move the site out of sandbox.

This is just my opinion, though

I agree with copper...... Newly developed website effected by Sandbox so it appears in good positions for short time period.

Suobil · 02-11-2010, 10:29 AM

Probably you get backlinks too fast, and google may see that as spam

baba · 02-17-2010, 06:13 AM

If your site is new then it should be sandbox issue. If your site is old and dropped then it should be Google caffeine update problem. Just update your contents, do internal link building and try to get good niche related backlinks. Google is also showing social media real time results in google result pages.

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copper Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,212	Sometimes new site do get special treatment of being on first page for few days and then, move it to sandbox if nothing happens with the site such as constant fresh unique contents. Once you get sandboxed, it will be quite some time before SE move the site out of sandbox. This is just my opinion, though __________________ 30 Wordpress How-To Videos! - 50% off Limited Time Offer

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seotogo New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Posts: 17	It could be the natural bounce of the search engines, so just keep adding content and links and your site will come back up. __________________ seo expert

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thebutler Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,229	Caffeine time Could also be the long awaited Caffeine update. __________________ Test Internet Speed - Computer Freezes - Slow Internet SEO in Toronto - Slow computer - Internet speed check DSL speed test help

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anthony128 New Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 10	don't worry and keep continue to submit your site in good high pr site , sometime google change algorithm at that time ranking r going down.

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Suobil New Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 9	Probably you get backlinks too fast, and google may see that as spam

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baba New Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 20	If your site is new then it should be sandbox issue. If your site is old and dropped then it should be Google caffeine update problem. Just update your contents, do internal link building and try to get good niche related backlinks. Google is also showing social media real time results in google result pages. __________________ forex forex trading currency education

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