No manual spam actions found - still my site does not rank

[CMTM]

I noticed it on the 1st of October 2012 - that all my rankings disappeared - i filed a reconsideration request w google and i got this - No manual spam actions found.

I have no idea why my site would have been subject to an algo change which made my rankings completely go away - i have not used spam, not used any kind of linkbuilding.

Can you guys look at my site and see if you have any ideas:

http://tinyurl.com/9a5k38u

Thank you,

Cary

[evolvingSEO]

Cary

Your onsite looks cleaner than most I've seen lately. Your link profile does look slightly suspect though. Its heavily weighted towards keyword anchor text. Although perhaps they're all legit sources, lack of brand signals in anchor text could be to blame. There is also very little social sharing of the site.

Also, I did find some suspect links like I mentioned, for example at the bottom of this page: http://www.automobilesbook.com/index.php - also a comment here: http://howtosplitanatom.com/how-to-hack-your-life/how-to-use-firefox/

Did you outsource anything and were perhaps told they didn't do anything spammy?

-Dan

[MoosaHemani]

The website looks decent and on-page in my opinion is way above than average websites in this industry... (Although your Google Maps and Yelp logo down the page contain the same URL #justnoticed but it has nothing to do with SEO and rankings...)

I can see a major mistake at the link building side and that is the improper use of anchor text that are pointing back t your site... Actually many links pointing back to your site contains the keyword but very few links contain the brand name which is absolutely unnatural.

My advice to you is to build some high quality links with the variation of brand name in the anchor text and you will see a change soon...

As this is not a manual SPAM action so no matter what you have to wait Google to refresh the changes and then only you will be able to rank again (IMHO) and this filing a reconsideration request in this scenario won’t work!

[CMTM]

Last year i did outsource 1 month worth of linkbuilding but i had canceled as soon as i saw what kind of links they were building. I know natural links are way better and i am doing my best to provide good quality pages so that users naturally link back to me.

Would you say i need to remove those links? How can i even get them removed?

I will think of something that will bring me more branded kw. By brand you would say Aall In Limo LLC, or the websites url?

Thank you, Cary

[CMTM]

I will focus on building some branded links.

The reason why the google maps and yelp have the same link is because i have been in google maps and I noticed that one day my listing was up in maps the next day it wasnt....someone told me that my competitors were flagging me, but i dont understand how that part really works - I do have 2 offices one in san diego and one in temecula.

thank you for your feedback,Cary

[evolvingSEO]

Cary

That stinks, really sorry to hear less than one month of link building did that. Without being able to do a full investigation, I surmise the links simply don't count anymore. In other words, they're likely not hurting you or helping you in any way.

Yes, brand is any variation on the company name or URL.

Also, this extensive list on link building strategies has some great ideas for local businesses.

-Dan