I used to rank 12 or 13 for a specific search term. Now I don't show up at all. What's cuasing this?

[wlefevre]

Used to rank on the second page for a specific search query, now we don't seem to show up at all for the same query. Has Google penalized us or is something else going on?

[rmontanez]

Did you change anything? Is your site still showing up?

Rule out a Google penalization by anwsering the following questions:

1. Is your site still indexed?
2. Does your site ranks for your domain name or branded words?
3. Does your site ranks for unique terms from your title tags?

• If you have answer "NO" to any of these questions, you probably have been penalized.
• Otherwise, you don't have a penalty and you need to get high quality links.  Also, review your on-page SEO.