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webmasterchecks · 08-21-2008, 11:12 PM

ok, im just starting to read about se and how to increase traffic for specific keywords and so forth. that said

i had a craigs list ad with the title "check issuing and payment disbursement" in the title and a few sentence description. within a few days i noticed it as #4 for "check issuing" and around the same for "payment disbursement" on google.

so, im an idiot, so i figured i should edit it and add some more keywords, so it would get better, did that this evening, just checked google and the listing was gone in the results for both of those terms

now im sure its clear im completely new at this, and am just reading/playing around, but what happened here? dont fuck around with a good thing?

DatingGameExpert · 08-21-2008, 11:14 PM

I dunno.

webmasterchecks · 08-21-2008, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DatingGameExpert

I dunno.

thanks for the contribution.

mynameisjim · 08-21-2008, 11:32 PM

It would of dropped off the first page no matter what you did. Your tinkering had nothing to do with it.

Craigslist is a crazy authority site and gets crawled like mad. It's not unusual for new pages to sometimes rank really well at first until the algo catches up.

WiredGuy · 08-21-2008, 11:35 PM

Craigslist is an authority site, but generally only the top pages are, once you start moving down into the archive pages, don't expect much of a boost anymore.
WG

LaoTzu · 08-22-2008, 03:38 AM

Sounds like a personalized search hit? Google likes to mess with listings when it thinks it knows what you want. Try searching from a datacenter to get personalized-free results.

webmasterchecks · 08-22-2008, 06:53 AM

gotcha, thanks for the input guys, appreciated

08-21-2008, 11:12 PM	#1
webmasterchecks Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Phoenix Posts: 1,685	search engine listing question ok, im just starting to read about se and how to increase traffic for specific keywords and so forth. that said i had a craigs list ad with the title "check issuing and payment disbursement" in the title and a few sentence description. within a few days i noticed it as #4 for "check issuing" and around the same for "payment disbursement" on google. so, im an idiot, so i figured i should edit it and add some more keywords, so it would get better, did that this evening, just checked google and the listing was gone in the results for both of those terms now im sure its clear im completely new at this, and am just reading/playing around, but what happened here? dont fuck around with a good thing? __________________ Webmasterchecks Affiliate Payments - fully compatible with nats/mpa3

08-21-2008, 11:35 PM	#5
WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,469	Craigslist is an authority site, but generally only the top pages are, once you start moving down into the archive pages, don't expect much of a boost anymore. WG __________________ I play with Google.

08-22-2008, 06:53 AM	#7
webmasterchecks Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Phoenix Posts: 1,685	gotcha, thanks for the input guys, appreciated __________________ Webmasterchecks Affiliate Payments - fully compatible with nats/mpa3

08-21-2008, 11:14 PM	#2
DatingGameExpert Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: UK Posts: 1,089	I dunno.

08-21-2008, 11:32 PM	#4
mynameisjim Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 2,985	It would of dropped off the first page no matter what you did. Your tinkering had nothing to do with it. Craigslist is a crazy authority site and gets crawled like mad. It's not unusual for new pages to sometimes rank really well at first until the algo catches up. __________________ jim (at) amateursconvert . com Amateurs Convert

08-22-2008, 03:38 AM	#6
LaoTzu Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 350	Sounds like a personalized search hit? Google likes to mess with listings when it thinks it knows what you want. Try searching from a datacenter to get personalized-free results.