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Thanks so much, Donford. Hate it when you write something and it is erased! Nevertheless, your post is very helpful and I really appreciate it.

I'll look into these items and report back.

Thank you!

Sorry for my late response, Cyrus. Just had a baby boy!

I really appreciate the time and detail you put into this post. I will look into these and hopefully regain some of my rankings.

Thank you, again!

Best Regards

Hi All, My site dropped completely out of the SERPS on September 27th.

I've tried everything I know to do (re-wrote all content, disavow links tool, filed DCMA complaints, de-optimized on-page content, made anchor text less aggressive, etc).

Can you all please take a look at www.doctorloanusa.com and let me know what you think the problem is and how much you'd charge to help?

Keywords used to be: doctor loans, physician loans. I ranked 2 or 3 for those keywords consistently for over 4 years. I know I need more content, but I feel like it's a waste of time creating it. If a thin site was the issue, wouldn't I at least rank SOMEWHERE in the 1000 results?

Thanks for your consideration. At my wits end.

Hi Moosa,

The only thing is, I don't rank at ALL on Google for my keywords. Not even in the top 1000. That leads me to believe it is some type of penalty.

What were the small problems you saw?

Thanks so much.

Thanks!

Thanks for your response, Hampig! See below for answers:

1. where do you rank currently for Physician Loans and Doctor Loans on google? Not in the top 1000!

2. when did you use the Disavow tool. The day after it came out.

3. Did you get a questionable link email from google webmaster tools? No

I'll look into the citations, and I know I need a blog. I have one but it's on a different domain and honestly it's only 4-5 pages. I plan to write more content for it. I also plan on doing some social media, I just haven't had time yet.

Hi guys,

First off, thanks for reading my post! My site, www.doctorloanusa.com suffered a massive drop in Google rankings and traffic on September 27. For the past 4 years, I've ranked in spots 1-3.

My main keywords are physician loans and doctor loans.

1. I had a competitor copy almost ALL my text. In early October, I filed a DMCA takedown and had the infringing site removed from the SERPS. I also made text changes to my site. I thought this duplicate content was the problem, but I have yet to see any improvements 2 months later.

2. My site isn't particularly deep content-wise, but it's competitive with others in my niche. I have relatively few links but others in the SERPS have very similar link profiles.

3. I tried to clean up a few questionable links and used the disavow tool.

4. I have used the SEOmoz on-page tools to grade my site. Typically, I receive grade A reports.

5. I still rank for my website URL, and still rank 1 in both Yahoo and Bing.

6. My bounce rate is 43%.

If anyone could provide insight, I would be very grateful. I need to get this site ranking again, as this property is my main source of income.

Is the site over-optimized? Is it my anchor text profile?

Thank you very much in advance!