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    Rankings Keep Dropping After Hitting 1st Page

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    • Sorin_T
      Sorin_T last edited by

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      • Roman-Delcarmen
        Roman-Delcarmen last edited by

        Can you share some of your competitors to have a complete view of the problem?

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        • Sorin_T
          Sorin_T last edited by

          Hi Roman,

          Thank you so much for your quick response and interest. The main keywords I am trying to rank for are House Removals Bristol, Removals Bristol (in UK) so anyone on the first page would be my competitors really. Mainly the top 5.

          Hope this helps!

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          • Roman-Delcarmen
            Roman-Delcarmen @Sorin_T last edited by

            Ok got it, let me check

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            • Sorin_T
              Sorin_T last edited by

              Hi Roman! I know you're probably busy but did you had a chance to look over?

              Thank you!

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              • Roman-Delcarmen
                Roman-Delcarmen last edited by

                Ok let's take your case as a project we will use these keywords as a reference to rank

                This is your site

                https://ajm-removals-bristol.co.uk/ --> Domain Authority 19
                These are your keywords

                • House Removals Bristol
                • Removals Bristol

                Go to your Moz Pro Account and check On-Page Grader Tool

                Your Optimization score for House Removals Bristol --> 73
                Your Optimization score for Removals Bristol --> 86

                Ok let look at your competitors for House Removals Bristol - Google UK

                • https://www.houseremovalsbristol.com/ --> Domain Authority 14
                • http://www.rjremovals.co.uk/ --> Domain Authority 17
                • https://www.smartmovebristol.co.uk/ --> Domain Authority 13
                • https://www.thesmallmovecompany-bristol.com/ --> Domain Authority 13

                Ok let look at your competitors for Removals Bristol - Google UK

                • http://www.onthedotremovals.co.uk/ --> Domain Authority 21
                • https://www.thesmallmovecompany-bristol.com/ --> Domain Authority 18
                • http://langdonremovals.com/ --> Domain Authority 13
                • https://www.smartmovebristol.co.uk/ --> Domain Authority 13

                Ok with this information we can have a clear idea of what is your situation and what are your main problems and what are the steps you need to follow.

                1- The first error that I found on your website is that is not set it as local business
                2- Making a research using the keywords that you want to rank your business is not visible on Google Maps UK
                3- Making a research https://search.google.com/structured-data/testing-tool/ you need to work on your structured data, if you see the report Google see your website as a Person and as Website not as a Local business

                Task-1
                You need to optimize your Google Business Account

                Task-2
                You need to optimize your Google Maps Visibility

                Task-3
                You need to optimize your Google Structured Data

                These are some links that you need to follow

                • https://www.google.com/business/
                • https://www.bingplaces.com/
                • https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/local-business
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                • tawnycase
                  tawnycase @Roman-Delcarmen last edited by

                  Thanks for hopping in to provide such stellar help to the community! Three cheers for Roman! Hip hip, hooray!

                  • Tawny from Moz
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                  • Roman-Delcarmen
                    Roman-Delcarmen last edited by

                    Thanks, Tawny is a pleasure to contribute to this community

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