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Catastrophic drop in SERPs
Yeah, I heard there was a tweak but thought it was on geo-targeting rather than on keywords. Roll on Caffeine - we're still on the first page in the sandbox test! Apparently we're not the only ones suffering too, with a lot of UK based sites getting hit - big names too. Can't believe no one's...- fmc
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- Forum: Search Engine Optimisation
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Ranking Confusion!
digg Over digging can appear spammy to Google. Be careful with it and remember it was designed for news articles and pieces of interest, not static homepages. Digging should appear natural, so repeated diggs on similar pieces by the same user will flag up abuse with the Google bot. Regards, FMC- fmc
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- Forum: Search Engine Optimisation
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Ranking Confusion!
CTR...erm no This maybe true of AdWords but not of SEO. Google doesn't give any weight to clicks/response to terms, otherwise we'd all be buying click bots to click away for us all day. FMC- fmc
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- Forum: Search Engine Optimisation
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Google search engine question
Yeah, it sounds like you're hosting in the UK. Google puts a lot of weight on position depending on this, and if you're a relatively new site then it's not uncommon for you not to rank on .com. If you're not hosting in the UK then it might be a result of a rumoured geo targeting algorithm tweak...- fmc
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Catastrophic drop in SERPs
Hi All, New member and first post. Gotta say what a great forum before I go on. Good work! I've been working in SEO for a while and have, like everyone, experienced fluctuations in position on SERPs. However, on Sunday 13th Sep 2009 one of the sites I work on, 32Red.com, dropped 80 positions...- fmc
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