Comments on: 5 Reasons Your Google Rankings Can Drop (And How To Overcome Each Of Them) http://thekeywordacademy.com/google-rankings-drop/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:56:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dropshipping http://thekeywordacademy.com/google-rankings-drop/#comment-6394 Dropshipping Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:27:09 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=869#comment-6394 I have noticed that if I don't keep fresh back links coming in weekly I will lose placement. My site is a static site, not a blog so how do I keep adding fresh material on the pages without having them a mile long ? I do have a blog attached to my site but in the structure it would be the last page. I do post on it but not enough. I have noticed that if I don’t keep fresh back links coming in weekly I will lose placement. My site is a static site, not a blog so how do I keep adding fresh material on the pages without having them a mile long ? I do have a blog attached to my site but in the structure it would be the last page. I do post on it but not enough.

]]> By: SEO Xaby http://thekeywordacademy.com/google-rankings-drop/#comment-5364 SEO Xaby Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:58:03 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=869#comment-5364 For point 1 it might not be that applicable in my personal opinion. I mean lets say we have a small company who might just update their news page once every fortnight or 2, wont this be very disadvantaged to them? For point 1 it might not be that applicable in my personal opinion. I mean lets say we have a small company who might just update their news page once every fortnight or 2, wont this be very disadvantaged to them?

]]> By: Devan http://thekeywordacademy.com/google-rankings-drop/#comment-4599 Devan Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:47:48 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=869#comment-4599 Hi Court...I really appreciate the great info here. I have a question, I want to delete about 30 different post on my wordpress blog. Will deleting these pages hurt my SEO rankings? The pages that I want to delete are all indexed but they are duplicate content post. I don't want to take a chance a leave that content on my blog but I am not sure if I should just delete them...and if so should I delete them all at once? You guys mentioned deleting PLR content which is another form of duplicate content but you guys did not touch on how deleting those duplicate posts/content will affect you site, especially if the pages are indexed. How does Google handle deleted posts once they have been indexed? Please let me know. Thanks. Hi Court…I really appreciate the great info here. I have a question, I want to delete about 30 different post on my wordpress blog. Will deleting these pages hurt my SEO rankings? The pages that I want to delete are all indexed but they are duplicate content post. I don’t want to take a chance a leave that content on my blog but I am not sure if I should just delete them…and if so should I delete them all at once?

You guys mentioned deleting PLR content which is another form of duplicate content but you guys did not touch on how deleting those duplicate posts/content will affect you site, especially if the pages are indexed.

How does Google handle deleted posts once they have been indexed?

Please let me know.

Thanks.

]]> By: seo singapore http://thekeywordacademy.com/google-rankings-drop/#comment-4094 seo singapore Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:03:51 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=869#comment-4094 Really good information about SEO. Many people seems like asking this questions very often, I think they got all answers here. Really good information about SEO. Many people seems like asking this questions very often, I think they got all answers here.

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]]> By: Getting Out of Google’s Doghouse | Infomaven Notes http://thekeywordacademy.com/google-rankings-drop/#comment-3957 Getting Out of Google’s Doghouse | Infomaven Notes Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:06:31 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=869#comment-3957 [...] I asked what to do on a couple guru blogs. Courtney Tuttle the best suggestions. Just dump the plr articles and begin an new Ezine Articles campaign. I did [...] [...] I asked what to do on a couple guru blogs. Courtney Tuttle the best suggestions. Just dump the plr articles and begin an new Ezine Articles campaign. I did [...]

]]> By: Bill Masson http://thekeywordacademy.com/google-rankings-drop/#comment-2762 Bill Masson Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:01:04 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=869#comment-2762 Great article, you have certainly opened my eyes. #1 Reason: You lose the fresh content bonus. I was wondering why a couple of my sites got a PR 2 after only a month online, “The Google Bonus” first time for everything, lol Reason #2: Your internal link structure changes. Your advice is sound; I use SEO Smart links plugin that does a fair job, although I have to constantly keep an eye out for keyword linking that it may have missed. “”SEO Smart Links can automatically link keywords and phrases in your posts and comments with corresponding posts, pages, categories and tags on your blog”” Reason #3: The link structure on sites that are linking to you changes. Excellent description of link structure, I suppose its self explanatory really! Keep the fresh content coming. I can see your point in the Ezine Articles example. I have submitted articles to Ezine Article but haven’t kept up the submissions, so I guess I have to promote more. Reason#4: Duplicate content. This is a tough one; I don’t think you can do a lot about it, I state quite clearly on my about page that anyone is welcome to use my articles as long as they leave the links and author name intact. Of course any determined blackhatter will always win out. It’s harder to prove it’s your content if the links have been stripped out. Reason #5: Your site becomes stale. This just goes to show what blogging and writing is all about, plain old hard work and effective CMS Strategy. In a nutshell! Thanks for the Tips Great article, you have certainly opened my eyes.

#1 Reason: You lose the fresh content bonus.

I was wondering why a couple of my sites got a PR 2 after only a month online, “The Google Bonus” first time for everything, lol

Reason #2: Your internal link structure changes.

Your advice is sound; I use SEO Smart links plugin that does a fair job, although I have to constantly keep an eye out for keyword linking that it may have missed. “”SEO Smart Links can automatically link keywords and phrases in your posts and comments with corresponding posts, pages, categories and tags on your blog””

Reason #3: The link structure on sites that are linking to you changes.

Excellent description of link structure, I suppose its self explanatory really! Keep the fresh content coming. I can see your point in the Ezine Articles example. I have submitted articles to Ezine Article but haven’t kept up the submissions, so I guess I have to promote more.

Reason#4: Duplicate content.

This is a tough one; I don’t think you can do a lot about it, I state quite clearly on my about page that anyone is welcome to use my articles as long as they leave the links and author name intact. Of course any determined blackhatter will always win out. It’s harder to prove it’s your content if the links have been stripped out.

Reason #5: Your site becomes stale.

This just goes to show what blogging and writing is all about, plain old hard work and effective CMS Strategy. In a nutshell!

Thanks for the Tips

]]> By: Rajaie http://thekeywordacademy.com/google-rankings-drop/#comment-2666 Rajaie Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:09:23 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=869#comment-2666 From what I've read, about four 300-400 word posts and one 500-700 word post is quite enough (the one that is left alone on the homepage that is targeting your keyword). From what I’ve read, about four 300-400 word posts and one 500-700 word post is quite enough (the one that is left alone on the homepage that is targeting your keyword).

]]> By: Ben K http://thekeywordacademy.com/google-rankings-drop/#comment-2659 Ben K Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:37:22 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=869#comment-2659 Court just a question. For small niche/mini sites, how many posts do you recommend having? For my major sites, I try to aim for 10-30, but for some of my set-up-and-leave sites have between 3-5 posts of unique content. All the posts are about 500-600 words; some may be even 700-1000 words. My goal is to get as many niche sites out there as possible, then start to work the backlinks while letting a lot of them age. However, it's a problem if I have to populate each niche site with like 10 pages of content rather than 2-5 posts! Ben K Court just a question. For small niche/mini sites, how many posts do you recommend having? For my major sites, I try to aim for 10-30, but for some of my set-up-and-leave sites have between 3-5 posts of unique content. All the posts are about 500-600 words; some may be even 700-1000 words. My goal is to get as many niche sites out there as possible, then start to work the backlinks while letting a lot of them age. However, it’s a problem if I have to populate each niche site with like 10 pages of content rather than 2-5 posts!

Ben K

]]> By: JR http://thekeywordacademy.com/google-rankings-drop/#comment-2657 JR Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:57:32 +0000 http://thekeywordacademy.com/?p=869#comment-2657 Thanks Court! Thanks Court!

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