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Rankings down

BradB18

Published on August 23, 2018

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Hi good people.

I have noticed quite a few comments from members about their rankings falling. My did as well and went off the radar but I can now find myself climbing back.

For some reason my site was unverified and some of my posts were nonindexed. Especially one post that was climbing the ladder in a cut throat jeweley niche. So I did the following to find out what was going on and you may want to do the same if you have concerns:

  • CHECK YOUR POSTS AND PAGES AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT MARKED AS NONINDEX.
  • CHECK GOOGLE WEBMASTERS AND MAKE SURE YOUR SITE IS STILL VERIFIED.
  • CHECK GOOGLE WEBMASTERS FOR SOFT 404's (Apparently Google does not like these at all and I noticed I have 2 which a couple of months ago I did not have, and I did not change anything in the posts).
  • DON'T PANIC, WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS AND GLITCHES DO OCCUR IN ALL SYSTEMS.
  • MOVE ON, CONQUER ANY PROBLEMS THAT ARISE WITH A CLEAR HEAD.
  • PLAY THE CARDS THAT HAVE BEEN DEALT THE BEST WAY YOU CAN AND YOU MY FRIENDS WILL END UP WITH THAT WINNING HAND!!!

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