Index Page lost rankings? Please Help!
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This morning I ranked highly (Page 1 UK Google) for over 50 keyword search terms for my website http://www.careworx.co.uk
This afternoon my rankings have bottomed out and dropped pages? I have not been de-indexed it appears and many of my sub-pages are still highly ranked.
Would anybody know what has happened? I know of Google Panda but I would've seen results drop before now so I'm very concerned. Don't seem to have lost any links etc and am careful to balance SEO with a mix of techniques to keep Google happy and again, have not been de-indexed.
Can anybody offer advice please, or let me know how I can rectify this.
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Fantastic service and hopefully work together in future, though I noticed you work within a different niche
I would love to have a chance to review the report and then contact you to discuss if that's OK please.
I'll email your info@ address in the next minute. Legend!
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I have a very thorough report for you to review, would you like that? It has some interesting information that will certainly be of some help. Please be sure to redo your sitemap and submit to www.google.com/webmastertools. I think you should take a look at the report. We can go over it together if you provide me with a contact number. Talk about service
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Changed the content 3 to 4 days ago so would coincide with indexing perhaps. Changed back today as it was the first thing I thought of. I have been building links on forums recently and constantly build links through articles, directories and social bookmarking. My link building velocity won't have increased suddenly and have achieved results using these methods. Just not sure where to look to see why my home page has dropped so drastically though.
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When was the content change, and how extensive. When did you change back to the content in its existing form?
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Thanks again. Other affected keywords are 'RGN Jobs' which was 2nd, again now 5th but with a sub page. 'Home Manager Jobs' 'Care Manager Jobs' and 'Nursing Home Jobs'
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I will run some basic tests to see where we are. Ill keep you informed as soon as I have an inkling as to what the heck transpired. Respond to this so I can remember to post my answer
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Hi Todd. The URL is http://www.careworx.co.uk and particularly the keyword which took my attention was "care home jobs" which was sitting in 6th and climbing. I'm now 12th and for a sub-page rather than index. This is the mystery. Maybe I'm being hit for potential spamming? I haven't hammered the keyphrase in particular?
Would appreciate any help at all. Thank you
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The idea of "recovery" should very quickly leave your mind. Are you still maintaining rank with the other search engines? I have seen, on numerous occasions, one days rankings are in the can, and the next day right back to normal. The algorithms are mysterious in their ways :). You can email me your URL if you are uncomfortable with posting it here. info@gavletek.com. I will give it the once over. It is curious that your content has changed, then back to the original. I am smelling something, not sure what it is yet. I need to get your URL to come to a more decisive answer.
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Hi Todd
Thanks for coming back to me. I had changed the content slightly and have switched it back and resubmitted my site to Google. If this is the problem, will I be able to claim my places back, or will I have been penalized in some way?
Nothing else from your list though so I'm hoping that's all it is, and that it's recoverable...?
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In the past month have you done any of the following:
1. Employed a less than ethical link builder?
2. Written any new content
3. Switched hosts
4. Implemented any re-directs or any other DNS / Server Side coding?
5. When you search are you turning off personalized search (&pws=0)
6. Tried searching from a different computer**please list your URL and Ill see what I can tell from my end. Keep in mind that these things generally happen for either very good reasons, or for no reason at all. **
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