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    • virtuance_photography
      virtuance_photography last edited by

      One of our most important keywords (ranked 5) dropped to 51+ one week and then went back to 5 around the time we launched a new site. Why did that happen?

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      • effectdigital
        effectdigital last edited by

        It would be borderline impossible for anyone to say anything meaningful in response, without a site link and without stating what the keyword was

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        • KevinBudzynski
          KevinBudzynski last edited by

          Algorithm updates/changes &/or re-indexing. Tough to say  for sure but I have witness this type of rapid fluctuation before.

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