From SERP No.1 to Page Nine!

[DiggleNamer]

I have a longtail adult domain that after two months ranking No.1 on both Yahoo and Google and got 15 visitors a day as a result. Then yesterday it dropped from No.1 on Google to the middle of the ninth page!

Such a huge drop seems unusual to me, and the page is still No.1 on Yahoo. Anyone got any ideas on what could have caused this and how I could rectify?

 

[empty01]

maybe because of your adult domain? i don't know just make some guessing here.

 

[Timewarp]

Is it a new site? It may be temporarily sandboxed.

 

[DiggleNamer]

the site has been up for nearly two months, and it took a month or so to climb the SERPs.

I dont think it is because it is an adult domain because all the competing sites above it are also adult.

Could someone have done something to the site, told Google something that made them push it down the ranking?

Just to let you know the site is very conservative and doesn't have a lot of adult stuff on it, but it doesnt have an :Are you 18 squeeze page.

now it is back to page one, but ranking second! all most odd. Any thoughts/theories?

Google is like the almighty - it wields great power and moves in mysterious ways.

BTW I found this tip:
Take your term and add '-dfsdgsdsd -sdfgsdgsdfg -sdfgsdgsdg -sdfgsdfgsdfg -dsfgsdgsdg -sdfgsdfgsdfg -sdgsdfgdsfg" (without quotes)

So if your search term was 'Gas Widgets' (without quotes) this would become;
'Gas Widgets -dfsdgsdsd -sdfgsdgsdfg -sdfgsdgsdg -sdfgsdfgsdfg -dsfgsdgsdg -sdfgsdfgsdfg -sdgsdfgdsfg' (without quotes)

If searching for your term using exclusion parameters returns your site to its former rankings and your site falls into description above, you are most probably sandboxed. However, it should be noted that including exclusion parameters will bypass many filters and there is no absolute guarantee that your site is sandboxed.
http://www.oyster-web.co.uk/art-seo1.html

the only action i took between being on the ninth page and then 10 hours later tanking No.2 was to resubmit my sitemap.

Wonder if that had any impact.

 

[angilina]

Google give a New Content Boost to new pages and new sites, this boost helps them rank high in search results. But this boost is only temporary.

I think your site got this boost and may be now the boost is lowered which caused this decrease in SERPs. Build backlinks [relevant] + update your site on regular bases.

This is will to get a stable position in SERPs.

 

[Timewarp]

Yes, sounds like a new content boost followed by new site sandboxing.
Not too unusual, happens all the time to new sites.
Just keep promoting and your site should rise again over the next 4 months or so.

 

[DiggleNamer]

thanks, like I said it is back to SERP No.2 now, so let's see what happens.

 

[Keral_Patel]

Google is updating some things since last 3 or 4 days

Some of my sites also got PR 3 from PR 0

So relax and wait.

 

[shilpamg]

Google does not prefer the adult site for such a long time.

 

[wussadotcom]

Yes, Google is updating frequently. Maybe a update is near.