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Actually I added it last week, but within a few days it showed up in rankings. I mean, low in rankings, but it showed up pretty quickly. So now I figure if I just claim and Verify this new listing that has already shown up in rankings, we'll get it down quicker and more efficiently.

Yep, this definitely is an issue that we are painstakingly working through. The old SEO really did a number on their content. Thanks so much!

This looks like exactly the type of link profile I am digging through all day long as I help webmasters deal with unnatural links penalties.  The sad thing is that sites I am seeing that have a link profile like this actually were ranking well on the merits of these crappy links! I believe that we've only just started to see the wrath of Google in regards to unnatural backlink profiles like this.  Many sites have been hit with manual warnings and many by Penguin, but this is only the beginning.  Link profiles like this are bad news.

Thank you!!

Good point regarding the many links with the same anchor pointing to different pages. We use a WP Plugin to add those links. I should look at changing that. Thanks!

Yes, I meant the left.  Sorry about that.

I see this is a Wordpress site. Running a Web Page Test your real problem is the Time To First Byte - generally a poor figure here points directly at bottle necks with your server . I see that you are using a number of jQuery scripts locally instead of through CDN.  The first thing I would do would be to go into the function.php file and deregister those scripts and then register them so that they access the google depository for jQuery scripts and others. This will help by decreasing wait time on parallel http request and that you will find some of the vistiors will have those scripts already cached.  All this sounds complex, but it is really simple to do. You can use the add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'your_function_name') to wp_dergister_scripts and wp_register_scripts .  You just have to look for the name space that the theme registered the script to de_register it correctly.  (lol this sounds hard) easiest one is the jquery most themes use the 'jquery' for the namespace so it would be like this i: add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', 'new_scripts'); function new_scripts() { wp_deregister_script('jquery'); wp_register_script('jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js', false, '17.1'); wp_enqueue_script('jquery'); } Because of the issue with TTFB,  I would look into is a relatively new WordPress Centric hosting.  I've just started using them and they are very good .... WP Engine  they can help with the TTFB  issues as they are running varnish cache and supposedly have something even faster in the works called TachyCache.

Yes. On this most recent update. I've noticed slight drops before due to google updates but nothing like this.

Thank you so much guys! This information is incredibly helpful, and easy to transfer over to the client being that it's coming from experts. Thanks again!

Hi Kandice, What, precisely, do you mean by, "Google Counts their WeddingWire reviews". The only reviews Google should be displaying are, as Ian has mentioned, your Google-based reviews, plus the new Zagat 30 point rating system. Can you provide a screenshot or clearer explanation of what you are seeing? Thanks!