5 of my websites has gone trough the same process:
Were ranking in top 4-5, on the 1st page.
Then moved to 7th spot and disappeared. Scenario was the same for 5 times.
All of the websites were EM or almost EM. The differences were:
1st site was 1 year old. Didn't do much link building to it. Mostly blog comments and linked submitted to related sites. Content: mixed - scrapped + original articles. Was occupying 3-5 spot for about 9 months. Then moved to 7th spot and disappeared.
2nd site was only 1 month old. EM jumped quickly to first page but to the 7th spot. Disappeared. Content: mixed - scrapped + original. Links: mostly blog comments on related blogs. Later on bookmarks + directory submissions.
3rd site almost EM. Content: 100% original. Links: do follow bookmarks, directory submission, small link wheel. Moved to 7th spot... and when I saw it there I said to myself "you will not see it tomorrow". And it disappeared.
Same happened with 2 another sites. All are hand-coded. But they differ: got different links profile, different anchor distribution, are in different niches etc.
Now I got another 2 almost exact match sites coming but I predict they will and up the same. Go to 7th spot and disappear.
All of them are still indexed but look like they are sandboxes. Used different ways to take the out of the box (adding content, building links) but nothing helps.
Ever happened to your site? Why it is always 7th spot?
Were ranking in top 4-5, on the 1st page.
Then moved to 7th spot and disappeared. Scenario was the same for 5 times.
All of the websites were EM or almost EM. The differences were:
1st site was 1 year old. Didn't do much link building to it. Mostly blog comments and linked submitted to related sites. Content: mixed - scrapped + original articles. Was occupying 3-5 spot for about 9 months. Then moved to 7th spot and disappeared.
2nd site was only 1 month old. EM jumped quickly to first page but to the 7th spot. Disappeared. Content: mixed - scrapped + original. Links: mostly blog comments on related blogs. Later on bookmarks + directory submissions.
3rd site almost EM. Content: 100% original. Links: do follow bookmarks, directory submission, small link wheel. Moved to 7th spot... and when I saw it there I said to myself "you will not see it tomorrow". And it disappeared.
Same happened with 2 another sites. All are hand-coded. But they differ: got different links profile, different anchor distribution, are in different niches etc.
Now I got another 2 almost exact match sites coming but I predict they will and up the same. Go to 7th spot and disappear.
All of them are still indexed but look like they are sandboxes. Used different ways to take the out of the box (adding content, building links) but nothing helps.
Ever happened to your site? Why it is always 7th spot?