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    • notnem
      notnem last edited by

      One of our pages seems to have disappeared from Google SERPs, I did some analysis/research into this to try find out what is going on. Nothing jumps out..

      -        No noticeable traffic drops, especially on/after the Panda & Penguin updates.

      -        Thorough checks on related keywords – no noticeable drops

      -        Anchor text – brand name & natural anchor texts

      -        2/3 word phrases Keyword density 3-5% in content

      -        No Google Manual Penalty with Notification in WBTools

      -        Robot.txt checked

      -        Checked sitemap.xml (recently updated)

      I expect if the page has dropped in SERPs then the traffic would drop also.. Anyone had same experiences or ideas how this page is affected?

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      • Andropenis_Australia
        Andropenis_Australia last edited by

        The most likeey cause is over optimization or similar page content.

        If you scroll through the serps for the same keyword that would usually bring up the disappeared page and another of your site pages comes up further down like page 3, 4 or whatever, you can be pretty sure one of those two issues is the cause.

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