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Ah, that's the definitive Moz answer I was looking for. Thanks Tawny.

Yes I read that blog post. Very useful as always.

Many thanks

Neil

Thanks Eric

I already did the Search Console stuff. My question was specifically about Moz and I've now followed your suggestion and set up a new campaign. Thanks.

As far as Google is concerned it's interesting that you need to set up a new property in Search Console but not necessarily in Analytics as far as I can see. I have updated the url in the Analytics settings but it's the same property as before.

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Hi

Google advises setting up a new property in Search Console when you move from http to https.

Do I also need to add a new campaign in Moz Pro for the https version?

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Thanks Moosa

There's no information about that update and it certainly hasn't shown up as Penguin or Panda in the monitoring services.

Technically, my site is fine. It's very fast. The front page loads in about 2 seconds, a lot faster than the competition and both Moz and SEMrush suggest the ranking page for that keyword is fine.

I did wait a few days and as you can see from the chart it keeps going up and down. There doesn't seem to be a 'normal' for it.

I am particularly confused about that initial drop. I still can't find a good reason for it.

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Neil

Can anybody tell me what happened here?

http://5lx.co.uk/images/searchconsole2015-12-22 13.37.16.png

That is the ranking pattern of my UK site on Google UK for my main keyword.

It reached number 1 on 7 December but three or four days later, dropped like a stone.

It has been very erratic ever since, slumping as low as the mid-30s.

I checked the search console but there were no manual penalties. There is an update signalled on the chart but I can't find any info about it and anyway it seems to have happened after the drop began.

I barely touched the site between its top ranking and the slump and certainly didn't do anything to deserve that roller coaster (as far as I know).

Does anybody have any ideas?

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Thanks Jo but there has already been an update since I started this thread.

I wonder if UK sites get indexed less frequently in these updates.

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Neil

It has been almost two months since I opened this thread and the links I mentioned are still showing in OSE.

I guess my question is still valid.

If the links have not existed for at least - bare minimum - two months, why does OSE show them?

Thanks very much for your response Charles.

That is very interesting about Google's link search operator.

I am pretty sure those links were not there last month either - I didn't disavow them, I just asked for them to be removed some time ago - and I shall be watching keenly to see if they are still listed in the OSE next month.

Many thanks

When I type my domain into OSE I get a list of linking domains. Most of them I have seen before and I know were active last year.

However, when I click through, many of these links have been removed (which is what I wanted/requested) and some of the pages return 404.

Google (via  link:www.mydomain.com) doesn't show these links as active either.

My question is why does OSE show them?

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Thanks very much for your response.

They definitely don't have higher quality links.

That's why I was trying to match them in other departments. Trying to find out why they have an edge.

However I'll follow your advice.

Thanks

Neil