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(Entry was posted by Kim Romarez on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 03/31/2014).

Why has my website dropped from position 2?

I have a Question My website is position in google places #2 but now my website is drop out and not in #2 ....what`s wrong? and why it happened.... ?
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  • Kim Romarez: I have a Question My website is position in google places #2 but now my website is drop out and not in #2 ....what's wrong? and why it happened.... ;
  • kuldeep singh: Might be google put some penalty on your website
  • Kim Romarez: What type of penalty?
  • Jim Munro: I wonder if it might be because of the closeness of your site to citationlabS(dot)com, Kim. If I search for "citationlab" Google shows me citationlabs. I cannot see a knowledge graph or any maps listing. Are you able to supply a Google SERP which includes your maps listing?
  • Simon Fryer: Perhaps 'SEO is dead', as you claim on your blog +Kim Romarez:)

    On a more serious note, your brand name is incredibly close to that of an online authority as +Jim Munro ;has pointed out. Combine this with little to no backlinks and you'll struggle to rank for your brand name. It's likely that you were enjoying a honeymoon period on account of freshness.  ; ;
  • Kim Romarez: hahaha clever Simon :) Maybe who knows....
  • Kim Romarez: No Jim not my site... I have other client ..we have a good ranking in Google places ...for a couple of months we are on the page #1 position of google places...then suddenly last week its not there..Weird..
  • Tim Capper: Without the URL it is a total guess.

    Ad this to your analytics, it might give you an idea : ;http://www.barracuda-digital.co.uk/panguin-tool/
  • Jim Munro: I replied to your PM, +Kim Romarez ;:)
  • Lori Eldridge: Try getting more reviews for your site (people have to review it from their own Google+ page.
  • Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 01:01:56 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/why_has_my_website_dropped_from_position_2 +Kim Romarez

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