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    • gurpreet1234
      gurpreet1234 last edited by

      Hello friends need help 🙂
      Site age : 2 years but constructed 2-3 months ago.
      Yesterday suddenly ranking for all keywords dropped (even for brand name). 1st page to 8-9 page
      Niche : mp3/videos download
      One of my competitors also has same problem. (Their site is 3 yr old). Common between us :-
      1.Meta description same for all pages,
      2.Having nofollow links (Example user landed on page A, page A has nofollow links to page B (download links to file exist).
      This happen first time with me can anybody help with his knowledge..

      Someone suggested me to do a 301 to new domain.

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      • MickEdwards
        MickEdwards last edited by

        As you have a download site and the site is relatively new the first thought that springs to mind is the Pirate 2.0 algorithm - http://moz.com/google-algorithm-change.

        Apart from that have you had any notification/s in GWT and is the sudden fall in rankings sustained or fluctuating?

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