On Page #2 of Bing But Nowhere on Google. Please Help !

[Airsionquin]

Hi, community. I have a problem with the ranking of my blog and I hope anyone could help me to solve this problem.

I have been trying to rank my blog post for a keyword for almost 6 months but still getting no success.

My URL is: this blog post
Target keyword: best laptops for college

The interesting fact is that the post has been on page #2 of BING but nowhere on google.

It was on page #3 of google for about one month, but it's been 1-2 weeks gone(not ranked anymore but it's still well indexed). The post has been replaced by another post of my blog(let's say post A) which doesn't have any link. The Post A is ranking on page #4 right now.
The weird thing is my post which ranks for this keyword frequently changes. One day the Post A was on page#4 then after a few days it changed to the post B.

Yesterday I searched on google for a keyword "number one on bing but nowhere on google" and then I
come across to read this article on MOZ community and one of the people here said that it was over optimization issue.

I think my post has been suffering for an over optimization penalty algorithm.

Just for your information, I have been building backlinks to this URL for the last  5 months(it's 1+ year old).

It has backlinks only about 1,5k from 200 domains(according to ahref).

I have used the exact match anchor only under +/-  2%. The rest is branded, naked URL and generic anchors.
So, in this case, I thought that I haven't done any over anchor optimization.
I have checked the keyword density and I found it was "safe".

One important thing I can remember before the post has gone is I add a backlink from lifehack.org(guest post) with exact match anchor.
I suspect this is really the cause because 2-3 days after doing that then the post is gone(dropped) and replaced by another post of my blog(as I've mentioned before).

But it's very strange because the amount of the anchor keyword(including the long tail) is only about 10(from 200 domains) or only  5% which mean it should be safe.

I'm so Sorry. It's a long story   So, What is actually happening to my post? and How to fix this problem...

Please..please help me... Any hep is appreciated. By the way, Sorry for my poor english..

[DmitriiK]

Howdy. Here are my thoughts.

So, that post's PA is only 1 and DA is 18, spam score is 5 and no backlinks. Hmm.. Ahref's is good, sure, but if you've been building links for several months and there is still no data in moz - you are doiing something wrong. Think of Ahrefs as of all links (bad, good, neutral) and MOZ OSE as "important" links. So, now you you don't have any "important" links. Also high spam score tells me you probably used some yucky backlink building techniques. THerefore, even though the content, density and anchor text is good, backlinks still matter a whole lot.

Now, here is another reason to look into. If you look at results for your query - all domains have very high DA and a lot of backlinks and 0 spam score.

I believe that's your problem.

Hope this helps.

[Airsionquin]

Hi Dmitrii..Thanks for your reply .. Yes, you have helped me by giving your idea and it really "opens my eyes", just like gives me some enlightenment..:) You're right, I agree on your thought.

However, I have some clarifications :

1. In regard to the spam score is 5. According to MOZ ose my blog has the three red flags namely:

1. Low moz trust or Moz Rank Score => this is true.I won't deny it.
2. Large site with few links => this is so funny. My site has only 20 posts not a large site. Few links? Perhaps but ahref shows it has a few links from hundreds domains.
3. Ratio of followed to nofollowed subdomain/domains=> this is also something questionable since according to ahrefs the percentage of dofollow backlink to nofollow backlinks about 86%: 14%. Is it a problem..?

2. Regarding the PA is only 1, I think MOZ takes time to count the backlinks and update the PA because actually I HAVE JUST CHANGED THE PERMALINK ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. The previous permalink has PA 19. Yes, it's low as well but at least not PA 1 which is very low.

3. You said "So, now you you don't have any "important" links". My question is: Doesn't MOZ consider some high quality dofollow backlinks from engadget and lifehack? What do you think..? Could Anyone clarify this issue? Thanks

[DmitriiK]

Howdy.

Ok, so,

1. Low moz trust is quite bad, and, of course, it goes back to backlinks - amount and quality
2. 20 posts is not all links you might have, especially if you use wordpress. There are so many pages for all the subcategories, categories, archives, comments etc. You can check it in SEMRush or SEOFrog on how many pages you have.
3. Ratio is based on current data MOZ has. since they don't have any backlinks in their system yet, that affects your spam score, and it would be fine, if you didn't mention that you have been building links for months. MOZ Scape updates every 30 days or so, therefore if you don't have any changes in backlink amounts after two months of building - ouch.
4. As for permalink - make sure you have proper redirects from old ones. (not saying you don't have proper, just make sure)
5. Read #3 - if links are not in MOZ system after a while from building links, there might be some issues somewhere.

Hope this helps

[Airsionquin]

Thanks a lot for your input. Now I'm trying to fix this issue..

[DmitriiK]

No problem