Sudden BIG drop in rankings

Have been building PBN links to my site for a while now and it has been ranking in the 1st or 2nd page for several keywords for around a month. However, recently I stopped adding new PBN links for close to a week.

Now I just checked the rankings and to my horror, many of these keywords DROPPED 20-30 positions to the 2nd, 3rd or 4th pages overnite! It is worth noting that everything was fine around 5-6 hours ago.

Is anyone experiencing the same thing? Checked GWT, and everything is clear. All the PBN sites are also indexed. Should I continue with linkbuilding, or pause for now?

Any advise will be MUCH appreciated.

I think u should pause for about a week and continue then

It's just dancing and it's normal. You should give it more times to settle down.

LatteGrande said:

It's just dancing and it's normal. You should give it more times to settle down.

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Maybe so, but it was stable for close to a month? Hence I'm wondering if it is still considered a dance. And in situations like these, will you carry on adding links as per normal, or pause for the time being?

Its just G dance. Cool dude.

Understand it could very well be G dance but still it's kinda worrying on the whole.

Just to provide some context, here's the timeline of what actually happened:
Week 1 to 3 - Approx 3 pbn links a week (and some web2.0s), good increase in rankings to 1st or 2nd page for several keywords
Week 4 - Just 1 pbn link at the start of the week, rankings stay at 1st or 2nd page
16 hours ago - Still normal 1st or 2nd page rankings
10 hours ago - Dropped like CRAZY to 3rd or 4th page for many keywords

Any advise on what I can do now will be much appreciated!

Did you check your webmaster tools for any google spam warnings?

hippo123 said:

Did you check your webmaster tools for any google spam warnings?

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Yes I checked, no issue. Also, all the PBN sites are nicely indexed.

Google maybe just realised your site don't belong on the first page.

Wait a week or two and dont do anything. G might just be testing you to see how you react. Also make you have not over optimised your anchors.

drogon said:

Wait a week or two and dont do anything. G might just be testing you to see how you react. Also make you have not over optimised your anchors.

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Thanks for your input. Below are some examples of what I've been doing with my anchors:

- leading golf coach in Hong Kong
- best place to learn golf
- a golf coach for all levels
- take up coaching for golf

From what you see, is this considered over optimising?