3 Things to Do If Your Google Rankings Drop (Don't Wait! Use These SEO Strategies Immediately!)

You may have some high Google rankings at the moment, but eventually, you are going to lose them. The question is just when.

When this happens here is what you should do:

1. Log into Google Search Console - through Search Console you can see what pages lost traffic. It shows you which pages are going up and going down over time.

Now that you know what page has lost traffic, Google the terms that the page is ranking for and look at the top sites who currently rank. What are they doing differently than you? How does their content compare to yours?

2. Adjust your pages - Google Search Console will show a list of keywords your page used to rank for. Integrate those keywords onto your page and make your content more thorough.

You can't just stuff in keywords, it needs to flow naturally.

3. Double check your meta tags - make sure your keywords are within your title tag and meta description.

Once you have done that, submit your URL to Search Console again, they will crawl it, and within a few weeks, you should get more search traffic and higher rankings.

[theoverallsite]

Great advice. One question. How accurate are the keyword positioning displayed in the Search Console? I see it shows that my website's pages rank for certain keyword at some position, but when I search in Google, no page appears from my website for those keywords. It happens like 40% of the time.

[iAjayPro]

is there domain authority of competitor will rank first or there is chances to rank still there

[RashedArif]

Hi, Neil Thanks for your awesome video. I think If you explain more details. It's beneficial for beginner and advanced level.

[josefinschwartz]

Hi Neil, just one little interesting thought I had, do you have an opinion or any thoughts about how long time it's maybe going to take until "artificial intelligence" or machines so to say is going to take over an SEO's job?

[markhenry]

Hi Neil this is great video again. I need a solution. I had tried this strategy since last few months for one of my client website. I have got result as well but it is fluctuating a lot. I was positioned under top 10 pages in Google but few days later I was again removed from that position and thrown away to 20th page. Is there any other way to overcome this issue? Please help.

[Optimumhealthandfitness]

Great video, I've just subscribed to this channel that has a wealth of great information.
One Q - Should i use the same keyword in the meta description and SEO title ?

[abhishekrajput]

Neil when your new webina will out, do doing webinar cost money I want to do for myself but don't know how to do.

[BishnuMahaliPro]

Great info, I am also working in SEO & Content Marketing

[Beleza]

Amazing strategy!!!! Implementing it now

[iamprsetty]

Hey every time I watch your video I get something new in learning and when I read comments I get one more new way of understanding of problem with solution

[abhishekrajput]

plzz increase the video length its interesting and will gain more knowledge.

[robv.]

Ok, I'll bite. I agree with this strategy, but for me, it doesn't appear to be working (at least in many cases). For example, one primary keyword(s) that I used to rank in the #1 - #3 spots for have been scooted out by a couple competitors.

This is for a product review, by the way.

This competitor has terrible content, and not even close to being thorough.

For example, their post has a keyword count of 650 words, vs. 3560 words on mine.

Their post has no user reviews, no comments, and no social engagement whatsoever.

I have 35 real user reviews, over 150 comments, and 43 facebook shares.

Their post has only been around for a few months, mine has been around since 2012 (I update this post every couple of months, so it's not 'stale' content).

Their site has only been around since 2014, mines been around since 2009.

The only major difference I appear to see is links, those of which appear to be VERY grey / black hat in my opinion and in the opinion of others I've spoken with.

So what do you do?

Do I copy their grey / black hat link building strategy and cross my fingers that I don't get penalized down the road?

Why does google reward such low-value content that's clearly using manipulative link building techniques?

Sorry for the long post, just frustrated.