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QOTD - I Lose Rank When I Update

Deezdz

Published on July 20, 2012

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Hi there,
One of my Squidoo lenses (which I have not updated in several months) was ranked #3 spot on Googles first page for the keyword phrase "herbs for infertility"....until yesterday.
It's been getting some nice traffic and I've made some sales so I figured to keep the momentum going, I will update it. Big mistake? Now I've been dropped to the bottom of page 1!
My question is why would I lose rank when I've updated a site? Has anyone else experienced this?
http://www.squidoo.com/herbs-4-infertility
Any input would be appreciated.
Dee
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