Why did my rank drop?

[dealblogger]

I was thrilled that my new blog catapulted up to spot # 5 on google last week for a great keyword. I worked hard on creating internal links to my category page as well as improving my content and getting a couple good external follow backlinks. But today, the report says I dropped off the top 50 list. How can I find some insight as to why this happened??

[AlanMosley]

If we can get a url I may be able to work it out?

[dealblogger]

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[Carla_Dawson]

Hi Dealblogger,

This is a common phenomenon. For some reason Google makes some sites oscillate considerably and eventually they hit steady state. I know this is not much of an answer but it has happened to a lot of us SEOer's. Your blog will hit steady state if you can get some excellent incoming white links.

[dealblogger]

Well I am hoping if I got there once - I can get there again! Can you explain what white links are? I am only familiar with the term follow links.