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Why did my website rank drop?
sarahboyer
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20 Jul 20 2:25 am

Why did my website rank drop?

Why I am facing these last 2 weeks. Every Keyword rank was dropped.
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21 Jul 20 6:43 am

 There are so many reasons behind the drop of your web ranking. But may I ask first how far is the drop on your web ranking? If it is just from 2 to 5 rows down, then you will be fine. Just continue what you are doing and focus more on building quality backlinks.

If you have seen a major drop in rankings, then try to check first your analytics and web traffic report to see some SEO warnings and other things that causes a drop in rankings.
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neelseowork
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21 Jul 20 8:50 am

 can you share the approx date?
so that we can get clear idea?
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jessgrenne
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23 Jul 20 1:18 am

 Hello

Ranking drops are often caused by large changes to a website. When you've migrated a bunch of pages, rolled out a (responsive) redesign or reworked a lot of content you'll see big fluctuations in your rankings. This is natural, and should only worry you in ase your rankings don't come back to their previous state.
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neelseowork
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24 Jul 20 8:25 am

 Either it can be due to algorithm update or you made any mistake in SEO.
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orangeversion7
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26 Jul 20 4:45 pm

 Have you made some changes in your website? Maybe your competitors have made some improvements. Or maybe the algorithm has updated.
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tanikacampos
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26 Jul 20 5:04 pm
sarahboyer wrote:Why I am facing these last 2 weeks. Every Keyword rank was dropped.


There are so many reasons to get a site drop. One of them is the Google Algorithm update. However what kind of site you have?
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sarahboyer
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29 Jul 20 4:40 am
maryt wrote:There are so many reasons behind the drop of your web ranking. But may I ask first how far is the drop on your web ranking? If it is just from 2 to 5 rows down, then you will be fine. Just continue what you are doing and focus more on building quality backlinks.

If you have seen a major drop in rankings, then try to check first your analytics and web traffic report to see some SEO warnings and other things that causes a drop in rankings.


Thank you, I will analysis our website.
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sarahboyer
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29 Jul 20 4:41 am
neelseowork wrote:Either it can be due to algorithm update or you made any mistake in SEO.


If this is the reason then ok.
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brianquinnvmm
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05 Aug 20 3:10 am

 There are several factors that can cause the rankings to go down on Google. Quite commonly, we see drops due to changes made to the website, but they can also be triggered by an update to the Google algorithms, technical problems, major improvements by competitors, adjustments to the SERP interface or even a penalty from Google. It can also just be Google Dance, where your rank position is being determined by Google, and as a result of this reconstruction, rankings of websites on Google's SERP may fluctuate over a period of several days.
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kevinpatersondon
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13 Aug 20 2:53 am

 There are many reasons why the ranking of a site may experience an sudden decline, and most of them can be remedied with a bit of time and effort. It ocould be due to Google's penalty and changes in algorithm. An advanced SEO audit is likely to reveal the problem, and you can know how to get back on track with your website.
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sarahboyer
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17 Aug 20 5:32 am
kevinpatersondon wrote:There are many reasons why the ranking of a site may experience an sudden decline, and most of them can be remedied with a bit of time and effort. It ocould be due to Google's penalty and changes in algorithm. An advanced SEO audit is likely to reveal the problem, and you can know how to get back on track with your website.


Thank you for this Valuable replay.
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matthartlhz
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21 Aug 20 1:41 am

 Significant improvements to a website also cause declines in the rankings. You'll see major changes in your rankings when you have migrated a bunch of pages, rolled out a (responsive) redesign or reworked a lot of content. It is normal, and can only worry if your rankings do not return to their preceding state.
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bracknelson
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21 Aug 20 2:08 pm

 Hello,
Following are the main reasons for website rank drop:
1. Manual or Algorithmic Penalty Rank Drop
2. You Got OutRanked by a Competitor
3. Your Site was Demoted due to On-page Issues
4. Your Site Dropped Because it is Losing Links
5. Google Just Updated Their Algorithm

You can optimize your website for ranking up again. You can optimize keywords, description, meta title, title tag, and more SEO techniques
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petermackenziefyu
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24 Aug 20 1:14 am

 Sometimes a drop in your Google ranking can occur in the blink of an eye: one day you were showing up on the first search results page, and your site could hardly be found the next day. One reason a site's ranking could drop is due to Google Penalty.
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taylor_jackson
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05 Sep 20 12:33 pm

 May be because you are not doing proper SEO for your website or may be you are not writing blogs properly. You need to follow the rules of ON page properly and check lost backlinks.
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nehachauhan
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10 Sep 20 10:08 am

 Drop in website ranking can be caused by many reasons, some of the reasons are:
- maybe you were not doing SEO of your website properly
- there can be any technical issue
- Algorithm updates
- Page speed
- duplicate content
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nathanscheer
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15 Jan 21 1:24 am

 Because you didn't properly brand your website or page... YES, you can brand each and every post/page you have.. if you want it to rank, you better do so.

Brand also = Money Keyword
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