I rank on page 1 of Google for the term "Candida" on this site and page.
http://www.holistichelp.net/candida.html
I move up and down on page 1 like a yoyo. Sometimes I hold the #2 position and sometimes I hold the #7 position. So I've been working really hard getting incoming links to that page so I can stabilize my position. So I've been monitoring this keyword phrase quite a bit.
Yesterday something I've never seen before happened. I went to Google and typed in the term "candida" and my site was no longer in there SERPS at all. Neither were any of the other sites that usually rank with me on the first page.
These were the results that were there.
Screenshot of Top of the page
http://www.holistichelp.net/Candida-Goo ... nshot3.jpg
Screenshot of Bottom of the page
http://www.holistichelp.net/Candida-Goo ... nshot4.jpg
I was horrified that I was not in the results and couldn't believe my eyes. I went back a few minutes later and typed in the word "candida" and now my site was there and so were all the other people who usually rank with me.
Here are the results that were there in the second search. You'll now notice that my site is in the #7 position.
Screen shot of Top of the Page
http://www.holistichelp.net/Candida-Goo ... enshot.jpg
Screen shot of Bottom of the page
http://www.holistichelp.net/Candida-Goo ... nshot2.jpg
As you can see these are 2 entirely different set of search results. I went back to Google many times yesterday and monitored this search term. All day long it would switch back and forth between the two sets of search results. Sometimes, the second set was there with my site and sometimes it was the other set.
You'll also notice that many of the urls in the first set contain links to Googles book search.
Has anyone ever seen this happen before?
Geez, I've worked so hard to maintain this keyword. It's just heartbreaking to disappear completely. It really impacted my traffic and my adsense sales. What are they doing?
