At a loss
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Hello experts!
Please help me with this weirdness!
www.drgrizzledds.com - I lost all rankings in June, it was a new site in May- went up and now has vanished off the face of the earth!
One thing odd- using OSE it shows 818 inbound links, where ahrefs and GWT only show 42. It's a suburb of Houston, TX in Sugar Land, TX. Research shows very little searches in that area but aside from the Drs. Name ( which is his brand) I can't get even the basic listing IE: "sugar land tx dentist" "dentist sugar land"....
I use NO black hat ( previous employer Mr. Bruce Clay would be ashamed of me if I did!) also, I do look better in white hats.
Google Local is still awaiting verification from the client. But, I see nothing glaring that I am missing. Opinions, criticisms welcome. I really have pulled out my hair over this client ( not even just the grey ones, some of the pretty blonde ones too!).
Thanks again so much, I look forward to your responses.
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Yeah, I'd focus in on marketing efforts and local citations. Nothing looks out of place, just seems like a new site with little pointing to it. Good luck!
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Hello Kate,
Thank you for your response. No previous site, new domain ( and only purchased for a year), we dropped off the radar for key terms:
Sugar Land Dentist
Dentist in Sugar Land
Dental Veneers Sugar Land
Cosmetic dentist Sugar Land
It's so confusing, but as Ron stated maybe the local citations weren't done properly, and I should be checking with the staff on that regard.
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Yes, I had that task assigned, perhaps I should check her work more closely, Thank you
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Tammy,
Have you done any off page SEO. it does not look like you are in any of the local directories for your area. This is going to hurt your clients visibility.
Ron
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Hi Tammy,
First, a few questions, what terms did you drop for? I see many of your pages indexed and link equity flowing through the site. It's new and only has 8 external links from 2 root domains from what I can tell. The 818 links are mostly internal links. So from my point of view, you added the site, Google indexed and tested it, but after the initial bump, it knocked back down. It's annoying but not unheard of with new sites.
What are your plans for outreach? Did this dentist have a site before that is redirecting at all?
Kate
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