Google Filter? Drop from top first page to bottom second page?
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My site has dropped from the first page top spots to the bottom second page, about 2 month ago. From time to time it reappears in the first page, is this some kind of google filter? How do I solve this issue?
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I am referring to "live" Serps.
It would be nice, to have in once place all the automatic google filtering rules, the resulted rank drop and how to fix it.
So you can see a drop of 10-20 spots in your ranking and know you were hit by a filter and how to fix it.Maybe Rand will pick up this idea for a post.
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Wait, are you referring to "live" SERPS or the Ranking Reports in SEOmoz. If it's a live SERP, then you need to de-peronalize you search queries.
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Start from this: http://www.seomoz.org/q/google-rankings-tanked-now-what see Rand's reply.
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Can you point me to the exact location of relevant information to my case ?!
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They are updating the rankings much more frequently now. It is almost like real-time now. How you solve this? I believe that's why you are here. There are loads of information on SEOMOZ, start from the Blog Posts and Learn Seo sections. I bought pro membership just for the knowledge base here.
good luck
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