Why has my site gone from 3rd to 21st in Google...HELP
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Hi there,
Web Address: www.websitedesign-miltonkeynes.com
Okay I stared my own web development business about 8 - 9 months ago and decided that I was going to target a small number of local keywords that were relevant to my business and geographical area.
So I decided to target the keywords below and and started to get good traffic, I never have bought links and have not copied any content although I know i should try and add more content to my website.
mk web design, software Milton Keynes, web design Milton Keynes, web design mk, web designer Milton Keynes, web designers Milton Keynes & website design milton Keynes
However recently my website has dropped massively in the SERP's and wanted to know what has caused this (i know Penguin) and what I can do to improve. I have listed below my rankings to show you the drop:
24th April 2012 15th May 2012
mk web design 3 11
software milton keynes 1 8
web design milton Keynes 12 50
web design mk 5 53
web designer milton keynes 10 0
web designers milton keynes 6 37
website design milton keynes 3 21
I decided to change my homepage Page Title a week ago to make sound less spammy but this has made no difference and wanted some help on what has happened so i do not do this again and what I can do to improve.
Thanks in advance.
Darren Bowden
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Hi there,
Thank you for getting back to me all help is great.
The other site in question (www.nothampton-websitedesign.co.uk) is owned by me, I have created but have not done anything with the to date. My plan was once I was ranking well for the Milton Keynes site then I would start on this site, adding all new content etc.
I think I will remove all the content from the Northampton website until I am ready to work on this.
With regards to SEO chat thanks, I was not aware of all the comments. I read one comment which was not very nice so decided not to go back. I shall now read all the posts.
Once again thank you for your help, this is aprecated.
All the best
Darren
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I never have bought links and have not copied any content although I know i should try and add more content to my website.
Probably a good idea to read both of the blog posts below and follow your own advice on duplicate content. (these are just two examples). You might be cutting your own throat....
http://www.websitedesign-miltonkeynes.com/what-is-duplicate-content/
http://northampton-websitedesign.co.uk/?p=258
Also, you got advice on this same question here about two weeks ago and never responded to them.... (I recommend reading replies #6 and #10)
http://forums.seochat.com/google-optimization-7/need-seo-help-458271.html
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You have not used enough anchor text keyword variation. You were hit by Penguin. I ran a report on Open SIte Explorer (seoMOZ tool) and it seems like you're over optimizing your target keywords.
You can go for these keywords but you should not be so obvious. The goal is to help the user without the search engine. However, its always good to know the search engine law.
I hope this helps.
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