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Google Places Rank Replacement

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MiracleCreative last edited by

Hi Guys

We have recentley done work for a client where they ended up position 1 for their chosen keyword, which was great.

Since then there rank has changed and they are now first in google places rank but not on organic search at all, where as before they were on both?

Any suggestions on why this may have happened? Not to sure at why google would have replaced the organic rank with the places rank?

Cheers

Chris
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PreetSibia last edited by

Hi Chris,

Drop in organic results can be due to a different reason. Do the SEO audit of the website and see if it is effected by the latest changes by Google. Check out the link below

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-check-which-links-can-harm-your-sites-rankings

Cheers,

Preet
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