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Originally Posted by sarettah
You are fine. Often a new site goes high up at first, then disappears, the settles in. It is the new version of the google dance
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^^^Thanks for posting this. I've read that this is the case using a few different resources, yet I can't seem to find out if there's an expected timeline for this kinda thing
My site is about 7 weeks old and has been ranking higher and higher for my key search words pretty much from the beginning, although I did notice a few weeks in, the name of my site disappeared from google for several days. All of a sudden my
whois page was the first listing in google for about a week, with no other sign of my site until page 3 and 4. Then it went back to 'normal'. Since then I'm really pleased with the new traffic I'm getting, my alexa rank is rising, and I'm appearing well in all my target search terms.
Should I expect a drop as I settle in, or was that anomaly with the name of my site likely it? I know there's no guarantees but I guess what I'm asking is, based on your experience, does the 'google drop' typically occur that early in?
I have alot of my own paying traffic from before I started the site so I'm not dependent on google, but I do want to continue to expand my customer base, and that's going well so far.
I'm a bit competitive so I tend to do searches of my keywords a bit too often (every day or 2, not good, I know). Assuming I'm doing everything in a legit manner (not keyword stuffing, linking, adding quality content, following SEO tips) should I prepare myself for another drop down, or is it common for the drop to occur so early in?
apologies for the threadjack but I couldn't resist asking since the topic was raised here.
OP, I'm glad you got your rank back
