I searched the old forums about this topic and half of my question was answered.
my website redesign included: removing 3 url's, adding around 7 url's with an upgraded sitemap at the bottom, I left the intro content on the index page, added more cotent, the index interface design is the same except for the added navigation items on the menu bar and i added a sub menu under the call to action.
I uploaded my index page, with css, after i started the design process which left the styles to my 4 other pages in ruins. No broken links though...i uploaded the rest of my pages and styles after 4 days...
I thought that all of the new content would have increased my rankings, but my SERPS went from 14 to....(i stopped looking after page 56)..
After this i removed my flash object off the index page and uploaded a contact form..
The answer i have found to this problem, in this forum and the rest of the internet, is that it has happened to a few people with website redesigns and they didn't get their SERPS position back for a 5 or 6 months...
I checked bad link neighborhood and found over 2000 links. the links that i could see didn't report any bad neighborhoods...I had a few "possible spam" icons and one link had a lot of weight on it...I checked some relevant sites and they had "possible spam" icons too...but they still had a good SERP
My domain is http://cobraart.net
the keyword i am going for is "cape coral web design"
i dont have very many backlinks....maybe 12 at the time of the redesign and i have 17 now...
my maket competition is 400,000
i did a check in site explorer and i have a fairly decent rating even though my pr is 0
i went back through my site and changed any duplicate content....
the only other thing that i can think of that would have caused this would be my sitemap..
i didn't update my sitemap until i noticed the drop in rankings but i didn't have any backlinks pointing to inner pages....everything pointed to my index page which was never removed...
i couldn't see any drop in my analytics because i have only been getting 5 hits a day....and that was when my site was on page 2 for a week. I would have left the site the way it was but ROI was horrible...
how long will it take for my serps to come back....can i optimze for a different keyword just incase i got sandboxed....im not even sure i was sand boxed.
If i focus all of my time to back links, can i bring my SERP up. for the last three days i have been linking squidoo, twitter, delicious, facebook, and youtube together...i have submitted a video tutorial to youtube and i have all of my social sites pointing to squidoo which point to my home page...i am working on my squidoo articles, and my blog articles to increase traffic. i had 25 visits yesterday instead of 5 which is better, but it's not showing in SERPS..
can you guys please tell me what i am doing wrong...
one more thing i cant figure out....the day after i put up the contact form, i get a detailed inquiry about a job...how did this guy find my site when it doesn't even show up in google for my key word.
any information you can give on what i should do about my SERP would be GREATLY appreciated....
my website redesign included: removing 3 url's, adding around 7 url's with an upgraded sitemap at the bottom, I left the intro content on the index page, added more cotent, the index interface design is the same except for the added navigation items on the menu bar and i added a sub menu under the call to action.
I uploaded my index page, with css, after i started the design process which left the styles to my 4 other pages in ruins. No broken links though...i uploaded the rest of my pages and styles after 4 days...
I thought that all of the new content would have increased my rankings, but my SERPS went from 14 to....(i stopped looking after page 56)..
After this i removed my flash object off the index page and uploaded a contact form..
The answer i have found to this problem, in this forum and the rest of the internet, is that it has happened to a few people with website redesigns and they didn't get their SERPS position back for a 5 or 6 months...
I checked bad link neighborhood and found over 2000 links. the links that i could see didn't report any bad neighborhoods...I had a few "possible spam" icons and one link had a lot of weight on it...I checked some relevant sites and they had "possible spam" icons too...but they still had a good SERP
My domain is http://cobraart.net
the keyword i am going for is "cape coral web design"
i dont have very many backlinks....maybe 12 at the time of the redesign and i have 17 now...
my maket competition is 400,000
i did a check in site explorer and i have a fairly decent rating even though my pr is 0
i went back through my site and changed any duplicate content....
the only other thing that i can think of that would have caused this would be my sitemap..
i didn't update my sitemap until i noticed the drop in rankings but i didn't have any backlinks pointing to inner pages....everything pointed to my index page which was never removed...
i couldn't see any drop in my analytics because i have only been getting 5 hits a day....and that was when my site was on page 2 for a week. I would have left the site the way it was but ROI was horrible...
how long will it take for my serps to come back....can i optimze for a different keyword just incase i got sandboxed....im not even sure i was sand boxed.
If i focus all of my time to back links, can i bring my SERP up. for the last three days i have been linking squidoo, twitter, delicious, facebook, and youtube together...i have submitted a video tutorial to youtube and i have all of my social sites pointing to squidoo which point to my home page...i am working on my squidoo articles, and my blog articles to increase traffic. i had 25 visits yesterday instead of 5 which is better, but it's not showing in SERPS..
can you guys please tell me what i am doing wrong...
one more thing i cant figure out....the day after i put up the contact form, i get a detailed inquiry about a job...how did this guy find my site when it doesn't even show up in google for my key word.
any information you can give on what i should do about my SERP would be GREATLY appreciated....