AAAEEEIIII! Don't Panic If This Happens!
Hey there!
Hope I didn't scare you too much but this just happened to me. Its not the first time its happened to me and it can be a pretty big mood killer if you take it to heart since you don't know what's going on.
What am I talking about?
Here, I think this picture might help make things more clear for you.
If you use Jaaxy Keyword Research Tool, you may notice this graph is the rank tracker graph. What happened was, that I posted an article that got rank 3 on the first day. The very next day, its rank plumetted to 30.
That means it dropped a whopping 27 points! That's pretty frightening.
You might have thoughts like:
- Did I get penalized???
- What did I do??
- Omg, I'm CURSED!! I should give up now!
Wait just a sec! Before you do anything drastic, calm down and don't panic.
Let the post sit for a week or so and see what happens. You might be surprised to find it bounce right back into place like this one did after 3 days.
Its not the first time this has happened to me. My best ranking post completely disappear from the charts and returned without having to do anything.
I'm not sure why it happens but it does. Probably to make sure your post isn't getting there by a bot or something? Idk, Google has its ways I guess.
Hope this helps avoid some heart attachs :)
Has it happened to you before? Please share your stories in the comment box below if it has.
Hope you have an awesome weekend!
Marlinda
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I use a tool called Jaaxy. Its a keyword research tool that also has a feature that keeps track of your rankings. They mention it in the training and you can start to use it for free but I'd wait until it mentions it in the training so you don't use up your free trial :)
I've been in this position too a few times. Sometimes it comes back up, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes it sits at rank 100 for a month and then is suddenly at page 1.
Just best to concentrate on doing everything right and letting Google figure out that too.
Very good thought. I will have to check out some of my recent ones. Very creative way of explaining rankings; and yes, Google will never reveal its secrets for rankings and other online stuff. It shall remain a mystery, but thanks, to Wealthy Affiliate, what we are learning here does work.
Yeah, I'm happy for the people who take the time to figure this stuff out. It does work! :)
Thank you for this and sorry it happened one minute your on top next your not but makes you aware it can drop at any moment.
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Thank you for sharing Marlinda.
Derek
Thanks for reading Derek :)