Why Does My Site Rank High Then Disappear in Google?
Posted by peter on December 4, 2008 | 5 Comments
A question that is becoming more and more common recently is “why is my new site getting good rankings and then disappearing from Google altogether?”.
It’s a valid question, because there are few things more satisfying than seeing your website at the top of Google, and probably few things more frustrating and sout destroying than seeing that ranking taken away from you the next day.
Well, if this is happening to you, take heart, it’s not unique to you and this is happening to a lot of other people out there.
The scenario is so familiar…
- You create a new site
- You link to it from a few places like in forums
- You wait 48 hours
- Yeah! There it is, high rankings and ready to rock
- 2 days later…there’s no sign of it.
- Cry
So, what can you do? This is happening to lots of other sites. For some reason Google now indexes your site very fast, temporarily gives you good rankings and then your site disappears altogether, often for up to a week.
Don’t worry though, more often than not, your site will reappear, but don’t expect good rankings over night.
Getting good rankings is a combination of factors, although it’s mostly centered around getting back links.