@patin10
I'm not sure what but I feel like you might have a technical issue.
You got about 23k backlinks but they are all from 500 different IPs and 543 unique domains. So your backlinks are extremely suspicious.
You may want to check with the search console. You do not normally get penalized because of the backlinks but they may have removed the effects of those backlinks. So if you only rely on the backlinks as your ranking factor, you might not rank anymore and there is no easy way to tell if you didn't get penalized.
Here is a short article for you to read to learn how to rank without owning thousands of backlinks.
Good luck

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9 Quick Tips from a St Louis Digital Marketing Agency

Everyone is interested in online presence management these days, and there are tons of resources to learn about it. But at some point, you need to transform that enthusiasm into results. If you’re looking to grow your business online and not ready to hire professional digital marketing agencies yet, here are 9 tips to get you started on your own:

Research your top competitors, solve their marketing strategy, and make something better:

Embrace the competition! It is well known that the best way to learn is by doing, but how do you figure out the best way to do things? We will tell you that you do not need to re-invent the wheel. The best way to answer this question is to do the research and find out what your competitors are doing so you can find out where you fall short. Many people do not view competition as a friend, but rather as a threat to their business. While this may create a negative relationship with your competitors, it is still vital to understand their perspective and how this information can be used to build a better business.

SEO tools, that SEO agencies are using, to run your competitor research may cost from a few hundred dollars a month to a few thousand dollars but Google is a really good free alternative to use if you know how to use it.

Let’s say we are a plumbing company in St Louis, We have our website but trying to see what other people doing in our industry. A simple Google search can provide the answer.

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