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    • MassivePrime
      MassivePrime last edited by

      Our site was listed on the first page for the phrase Active SEO on Google.co.uk. We suddenly find ourselves on page 4 overnight and we're not sure what's going on.

      We have not undertaken an Black hat techniques however the site is fairly new.

      Anyone have any ideas as to what is going on?

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      • mou
        mou last edited by

        Hey Shady

        Similar thing happened to my site over the weekend.  Could be just a local temporary rumble in the search results.  try from your mobile device for a less geo centric search result.

        I got some great answers here.  
        http://www.seomoz.org/q/have-we-been-penalised

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