If you have ever had your web site near the top of the rankings for relevant search terms it can be a very heady experience. This is especially true if you are able to capture the #1 ranking for a search term related to your product or service.
A frequent question I get is, “why did my website’s ranking at Google go down?” There are usually a variety of reasons not just one reason. First of all Google rankings seldom remain static, so you better get used to the changes. Google’s search ranking algorithm is incredibly complex and always in flux. Their engineer’s are continually striving to improve search relevancy. The most common reasons for changes in your search engine rankings are:
1. Your competition is getting more and better inbound links to their site.
2. Some of the in-bound links to your web site have been devalued.
3. A search term you once had good ranking for is now a term that Google has determined requires “freshness” and information sites are replacing the product related or commercial sites for that term.
What remedies do you have? First and most important, make sure you continually build inbound links using search related anchor text to your site. You can find out which sites are linking to your competitors and get them to link back to you. You can also create your own linking strategies. These strategies can include consistently creating new content. Techniques include article writing, press releases, social networking, integrating a Word Press or Blogger.com blog into your root domain and disseminating you own RSS feed. You can also do one-way linking and reciprocal linking with theme related sites if you are in a small niche.
Ultimately you cannot be complacent about your rankings. The web is ever expanding and those companies staying on top of search engine and Internet marketing trends will continue to outrank their competitors.
Why did my search engine rankings at Google go down? - To learn more about this author, visit Daryl Clark's Website.
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Daryl Clark
(Visit Daryl's Website)
Daryl has a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Marketing from Missouri State University.
He started his first Internet marketing
website in 2000 His blog: "Internet search
marketing SEO free tips" is a popular
destination for web surfers seeking free
expert advice about search engine
optimization and Internet marketing.
Aside from running Internet Search
Marketing Inc., Daryl as a paid consultant
acts as the Director of Online Marketing
for Gatlin Education Services a Cengage
Company. Because of Daryl's expertise
Gatlin's website traffic has gone from
280,000 to 1,500,000 visitors annually
which enabled Gatlin Education to sell to
Cengage for an undisclosed sum.
Daryl's client base covers a wide variety
of industries. As of today, Daryl has no
clients whose website's and businesses
have not seen sales growth, website
traffic growth and improved search engine
placement as result of working with his
firm.
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