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    • KathleenDC
      KathleenDC last edited by

      Hello,

      I've been ranking a site for the last 5 months with good success, ranking on the first page for a high traffic keyword.

      In the beginning of September however, my site completely dropped out of the SERPs for several of those keywords yet my site was still indexed and there was no penalty applied to my site via search console. I would assume this maybe because of the update during the time.My site came back again a week later and it was ranking much higher on the first page (#2).

      Today, I just checked the SERPs and my site is now gone again. It was there this morning but now as of two hours ago it is gone, as well as one of my main competitors. My site is still indexed and no penalties via search console.

      Does anyone know what causes these types of issues? Im assuming my site will come back in a week or so with hopefully the same or better ranking, but when I have disruptions like this it really hurts my organic traffic.

      Any input is appreciated. Thanks!

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      • JordanLowry
        JordanLowry last edited by

        Have you done anything funny that would warrant your site being removed? Google only notifies webmasters of manual penalties if I am not mistaken.

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