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Old 12-17-2013, 10:38 AM  
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Originally Posted by twitmytwat View Post
I've got a feeling google does this on purpose. Gives your site a bump in rankings when you launch it so your new site isn't buried, then drastically drops you a little later to see how you cope. Might be based on user metrics, who knows...

Same thing happened to 2 of my sites. Great at launch then a bit over a month or two in nothing.
If you add good content, have good metrics and do SMART link building and give it time, google shows some love.
A lot of webmasters refer to this as the honeymoon period for new sites. When you launch a new site, and start link building, google will usually rank you really well for about a month while it determines where you should actually be placed in search. From there you'll usually see a complete drop, and you'll end up buried somewhere past page 1 (unless you're working with really low competition kw or something)



in regards to OP, sounds like the honeymoon period imo, but its really hard to determine what could be causing a drop in se traffic without seeing the domain or backlink profile
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