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Thanks, Moosa. I have investigated in Webmaster tools and I don't seem to have any notice from Google. I haven't done any black-hat SEO on this site however these ranking decreases are more than the average fluctuation...

I've read that the most recent algorithm update by Google is targeting dodgy links. I have a client's website who within the last few days has been smashed out of of top positions for the most competitive keywords (and many others). I'm worried that the site has been penalised, however I can't understand why it would be.

The site only has 11 domains linking to it (65 links total) and a lot of these links are coming from the same websites that link to all of our other web clients and none of them have experienced this sudden and significant drop in rankings.

Does anyone know if Google is targeting a specific type of site, or how I can determine if my client's website has been penalised? I've not made any significant changes recently to the site's content or meta data, however rankings have remained steady for months now. It just seemed to happen overnight that they dropped off everything (eg. middle of page 2 to page 8 of search results for some of the better keywords)

Thank you in advance for any assistance!

All of our clients do have listings on yellowpages.com.au, however only some of the clients show yellowpages.com.au in their link profiles. I'm just wondering why it is appearing for some and not others?

Thank you for the second part of the question. I wasn't actually sure whether they were passing link juice even though they appeared in the index, I thought Moz only displayed links in a client's link profile if they were actually passing juice on to their website

Hi Guys

I have yellowpages.com.au appearing in the link profiles for some of my clients, but not in others (even if clients without the link in their profile have had an actual link on yellowpages.com.au longer than some who do have it in their profile).

My understanding is that Google MAY eventually index a nofollow link... My question is what would cause Google to actually index it?

Hi Guys

Have been reading up a bit on methods for boosting Domain Authority and am generally finding that the best way is by producing unique and relevant content through blogs and other kinds of articles. Having multiple clients in an agency means that there is limited time for this and I need something else to assist in boosting Domain Authority.

I perform a fair bit of backlinking through online directories, however I am also finding that most blog comment sections have implemented 'no follow' codes to reduce spam content. There are plenty of free online directories, and many with high Domain Authorities, however they can take up to months for the listings to be approved. I am performing other activities to boost keyword rankings in Google for our clients but need some help with getting their Domain Authority up. Does anyone know of an efficient method for boosting Domain Authority for an agency with many clients where blog writing for each may not be a viable option? Would be great to hear anyone's ideas!

Did you yellowpages link take long to show up in your linking root domains? I have a number of clients registered with a yellowpages free listing but none appear in linking domains. Also is yours a paid listing or the free option?

Hi there,

Are you able to request keyword rankings for a particular day? This would help me with client reporting. If you have any additional information, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Regards,

Andrew

Thanks for your reply George, this really helped!

Thanks for your answer Nakul, just what I thought.

Hi,

So from what I've read, (not provided) organic search results in Analytics is a result of the user being logged into Google.

The problem I have is about 20% of the organic search results are (Not provided), so what is mainly left are branded search terms.

I think I'm clutching at straws, but is there anything I can do to see these organic traffic sources?