We're back. THANK YOU SEOMoz!
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To all the Mozzers reading this,
I joined SEOMoz in a panic when we were seeing the first hints of an impending ranking crisis for our company website in October, 2012. We tanked in late December for our most important keywords. Simply GONE. Holy C---! It was devastating to say the least. Thankfully, we have a lot of work due to current clients and referrals, but the phone got quiet. That's a deadly sound.15 years of comfort zone gone.
I still don't know precisely why it happened, it may have been a number of factors. But I've learned a huge amount through this crisis and can honestly say that I'm glad it happened. How weird is that? But what other fire under my butt would have gained me so much curiosity, fascination, engagement and excitement with deepening my scant knowledge?
A week ago, we got our first report showing us that we have now gotten back our positions on page 1 for the 10 keywords that matter. It's continuing to improve according to today's report.
So now that I've gotten somewhere- and I am well aware that it may not stick and there is still more to do -it's time to shout out a great big "Thank You".
Truly, I don't think I could have survived this situation without SEOMoz and all you wonderful Mozers answering my frantic questions and lending your expertise and support to my situation.
It wasn't only my own questions and the responses to those that helped me through this. I have been essentially addicted to reading a vast majority of all the posted questions because it's so dang interesting. So I've been learning bucketfuls from other people's questions and responses. My own personal SEOMoz education. It's only just begun.
What an incredible culture and community we have here. I feel I can say "we" now because I am beginning to feel a part of it. And I'm not going anywhere anytime soon. I love this place.
Thank you!
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Kevin, Keri and Bond13, Thank you for sharing my celebration!
Kevin- You nailed it so succinctly.
Keri- Happy to brighten up your Monday morning! It's really fun to let you know. Nice to write a happy post for a change, eh?
Bond13- Thanks for the empathy and encouragement. I feel like I am passing a lot of new found intelligence and knowledge to our clients and even our leads. I turned someone away from us last week and towards SEOMoz recommendations and companies I've been turned on to by being here in SEOMoz. It felt great to have such fine folks to recommend.
And really, things improved for us much much faster than I had dreamed possible. So I'm happy as can be.
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Gina, thank YOU for letting us know, and a big thanks to everyone in the community as well. Posts like this are great to see, especially on a Monday morning. I'm glad that Q&A has made such a difference for your company.
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I think you summarized the two reasons people enjoy SEO so much:
1.) The always increasing learning curve
2.) The great feeling when you get results
Congrats!!!
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Awesome news, I know it wasn't quick enough especially in your situation but you must have done some good work to pull things back in a few months.
Your clients are going to benefit from your new knowledge as well, which is cool.
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Thanks, Sheldon. I've been trying to pay it forward whenever there is something I can add. Hopefully, it's been helpful when I am able to pipe in.
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Great, Gina! There's nothing like that feeling of satisfaction when you recover a site's positions. I wasn't around when you had your issue, but I do know what you mean about the value of the community. There's a lot of talent here, and many of them dedicate a lot of time to helping people learn how to do things the right way. You can't put a price on that. Congratulations on your success... now pay it forward.
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