My new site experienced a sudden drop in Google rankings
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We launched a new affiliate site at the beginning of April this year dealing in reviews, vouchers and price comparison for a niche product.
We had a pretty good start, with some of our target keywords ranking #8 #10 #7 but this week they have suddenly dropped off dramatically - like 36 or 42 places.
We haven't made any changes to the site apart from publishing new content pieces, such as news posts and reviews - does anyone know why this would suddenly happen?
Thanks
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Yes, I was about to mention the honeymoon period as well. I had exactly the same issue. I can reassure you that yes, a few quality links would do wonders for your site. That's all there really is to it.
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Various, but coffee machines reviews dropped 37 places in a week.
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That's why then... Get a few links & you'll be dancing again
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No. Hove focused purely on-page and content. no offsite activity at all as yet.
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Some would call it the "Honeymoon Period"
This may help: http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/google-sandbox/
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What about off site elements? Any directory submissions that were of low quality? Or did you lose a link that you might have had before?
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What are the keywords that are dropping?
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Here you go: http://www.coffeemachinesreviews.co.uk/
Thanks!
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Can you post the URL of the site so we can take a look?
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