Rankings just drop off a cliff

Jon - Monah

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Nov 22, 2016

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• Dec 15, 2016

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Not too sure what's going on really. My site starts ranking for a keyword, 2 days later it just disappears from the search results on webmaster console? Has anyone experienced this - is it common? Would love to know more about why it does it?

Thanks

 

Aatrox

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Feb 27, 2014

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• Dec 15, 2016

• #2

It's common after the last update, at least for me. I just kept building links and adding content and after a while, sites started to rank. They drop now and then, but they bounce back.

 

Jon - Monah

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Nov 22, 2016

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They don't just drop e.g. 13 -> 54. They actually just disappear. An example of this = Started ranking for a keyword on Monday #10 straight out the gates, then over the last few days it hasn't ranked at all!

 

validseo

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Jul 17, 2013

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• Dec 15, 2016

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If it is a new site then it is very common. New websites lose their newness bonuses and then don't get credit for backlinks for many months. Just have to wait it out if this is the case.

 

Jon - Monah

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Nov 22, 2016

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Ah thanks ValidSEO - yes it is a new site, never been registered domain so I guess google is just poking it every now and then.

 

seodean

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Apr 27, 2016

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• Dec 15, 2016

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Site's are still going down all of a sudden, It's just after-effects of the latest update.

 

bstuffer

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Oct 31, 2016

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• Dec 15, 2016

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Same goes for new pages/posts on old authoritative sites. Each time I submit new "how to" post with a nice keyword in title, add it to index through WMT - it appears in top10-20 right from the start, even gets a few sessions that day, and disappears on the next day. Some pages keep bouncing within the next 6 pages of google later on, but I suppose "newness" is true for all new pages regardless of the parent domain authority.

 

Jon - Monah

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Nov 22, 2016

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• Dec 15, 2016
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Thanks for answering guys. Was weird to see it happening but I guess it's just testing the waters with the site and seeing what it gets. But with 0 backlinks going to #10 for a medium keyword just freaked me out. (Actually it made me jump for joy but then...)

 

fastlinks

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Feb 4, 2015

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• Dec 16, 2016

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it will jump up and down in this period of time, just keep adding content and link, then it will stable at the position it should.