Please Help! I lost ranking from #1 SERP
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I am new to SEO. I lost my first place ranking on google. I held it for YEARS. I think I lost it with the last update...
How do I analyze my site to find what is penalizing me? How can I get back to the top?
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I am after Pensacola Real Estate. I have made no changes to my site in the last year. I just dropped recently from one unexpectedly. I think it was the time around the "google update" I am hearing so much about...
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Pensacola real estate for sale, Pensacola Florida real estate, Pensacola fl homes for sale, Pensacola foreclosures, Pensacola luxury homes, Pensacola homes
for sale, Homes for sale in Pensacola fl, Homes for sale in Pensacola, Condos for sale in Pensacola, Pensacola condos for sale, Waterfront homes for sale in Pensacola, Pensacola waterfront homes for sale, Pensacola homes,
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Pensacola new homes, Pensacola waterfront homes, Terry Gaston realtor, Pensacola MLS...I wanted the keyword PENSACOLA REAL ESTATE. It's the only keyword I care about. In the tag above I said (example) "Pensacola Real Estate," but I also said a number of other keywords with "Pensacola" in it. Is this bad? Should I only use "Pensacola" once ever in the meta/title tag?
So <title>Pensacola Real EState - Pensacola Fl Homes</title> is bad because both keyword phrases have PENSACOLA in them? I should write Pensacola Real Estate, Homes for sale, etc... <----- Homes For Sale won't put me in the national market for HOMES FOR SALE, right? I only want Pensacola Homes For Sale.
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Most likely Google penalized you for over optimization. Google sees this keyword stuffing as being spammy.
a) only one instance of each keyword in your title tag and meta description.
b) lose the meta keywords tag completely across the entire site
c) check the keyword density in your content and lower it if needed
d) check the varying of anchor texts internally and externally (people linking to your site)
<title>Pensacola Real Estate - Pensacola FL Homes - Florida Realtor - Pensacola realtor</title>
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She was right with all her suggestions, but the community can help you a lot here. You should tell us a few things though..
Like
A) what keyword are you trying to rank for
B) if you use Google Analytics (if so, then you should check it and tell people the date range that it seems your traffic dropped)
C) what you have paid / done to increase your rank, and when you did those things
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You'll first want to go into Google Webmaster Tools and see if you have any notices from Google.
This site http://www.mytrafficdropped.com/ has some helpful information to walk you through figuring out what may have happened. If you take a look there and come back and let us know a little more info, we can help you better.
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