Google Dance
Last Update: July 23, 2012
Well looks like I am fulll of blog today, but I was just checking one of my sites to see where I was sitting in google (what page I was on). Like usuall it has been goiing up and down all over the place one page one day another the next.

I was thinking when I did not know why this was happeniing it used to drive me crazy thinking my site was broke somehow so of course run to the fourum or chat and ask what is happening.

I thought I would mention to the newbie's that are experiencing the same thing and not quite sure why this is happening....

Well known as the google dance, basically google reconizes that you are there (a good thing) but not quite sure where to put you just yet...so you will see your site getting bounced up and down...

Not sure why....

It just seems to happen this way more times than not, it takes some time to get used to it...


Hope this will clear the confusion as to why your site looks like it is doing the jig within google.....
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Meredithlonestar Premium
Like a bad boyfriend??
DABK Premium
Precisely.
Shawn Martin Premium
It is not just Google doing it. My pages look like dancing with the stars on Bing. :)
Deezdz Premium
I was danced right out of my pg1 rank 3 spot recently...grrrr

I had a Squidoo site which was ranked as I previously mentioned and doing really well. I decided to update it by adding more content seeing as I hadn't worked on it in months. After my update, the site dropped to the second last spot on the first page and my traffic has been less than half of what it originally was. How frustrating! I'm not a newbie yet still confused when I "jig" with google..lol
fishing Premium
It drives me nuts also, it does settle out in time but then it can start back up again I notice also.....gives more meaning to not counting so much on google...it will get there agiain Deezdz...thanks for the comment
kamali Premium
I have a couple sites that are several months old. Before the penguin update my sites were ranking on page one for some good keywords.

post the penguin update all my sites have been all over the place. I guess it is better than being de-indexed but I suspect this google dance is not just because the site is new.

I think it also has to do with google still making tweaks to their search engine algorithms.

I am moving forward with my SEO but also going to put some time into article writing again.

The lesson I learned is not to depend on google for money or traffic. valuable lesson indeed.
fishing Premium
No doubt google is on top for the moment but it best to start another avenue for traffic and not rely on just one....thanks Kamali
Meredithlonestar Premium
Do you have a general idea of how long, weeks or months before google decides where to put a site?
fishing Premium
I have found 2 weeks at times and at others 3 weeks, not really sure what controls that but it is at the sole discretion of google....if the site is worthy I am sure it will end up well ranked in time....for instance new site....page 9 in about 2-3weeks...before that no where to be found....not to say it will keep its upward climb it still may take a few dips until it is stable or more stable....remember with google you are always at their mercy.....hope that sheds a little llighy for you....
Meredithlonestar Premium
Hate to think of Google being in control of "our" financial fate....pretty scary! Maybe we should send them flowers and candy!
DABK Premium
Instead of sending flowers and candy, we should ignore it. Drive traffic via other means. It will feel jilted and come to its senses. I promise you.
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