Intern here, asking :Serious inquire about my domain ranking slash google rank

[Modbargains]

Good day,

I am an intern at http://www.modbargains.com, and for the longest period of time we were able to maintain the #1 position for the keyword "Bmw Wheels" however, within the last few months, one of our competitors has outranked us, and taken our #1 spot. We have dropped down to rank #3. I have looked at the metrics located here: http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/comparisons?site=www.modbargains.com&comparisons%5B0%5D=www.usarim.com

and from what I gather, they have us beat on the key areas, such as external followed linking, followed linking root domains, and linking c block.

I am still trying to figure out what all these mean, and I have been losing sleep over it. Any detailed analysis in layman's terms or suggestions would be great. Thank you all!

[RyanKent]

All of your questions are answered here: http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/about

There is too much information to cover in a Q&A response. Followed vs no-followed linking, c-blocks, linking root domains, etc are all separate topics which can get a bit involved. I suggest reviewing the above link, and also the Beginner's Guide to SEO. If you have any follow up questions, feel free to ask.

[inhouseninja]

You have a nice site, but your site is spammed for keywords related to BMW.  You've stuffed every meta-tag and bit of content with spammy text.   It's obvious you're trying way too hard.

Tone it down a little and build some social links to your site after you've fixed the spam.  You will see a slight drop for about 3 days then it will come back stronger than ever.

I'm positive a little self-control can you get back to the #1 spot (or at least on the right track to get there).

[Modbargains]

Thank you both for your replies,

I personally find the site too overwhelming, and there are a lot of internal linking to the same types of products.

if removing the keywords in our meta tags and meta keywords to make them less spammy, will it help?

[inhouseninja]

You'll have to test it and see.   Don't remove all the keywords, just don't have the BMW keyword in there over and over. It looks spammy.