It wasn't broke... and now I broke it in Google... :(
 

So a few days ago I decided to tweak something that was #1 in Google and on a site that was making me about $1K a month solid for a loooooong time.

Instant page 3 the next day... So I switched it back... Now page 1 at spot #9...

Now it makes me no money...

Can I cry here? I feel like I already am... So... :waaaaahh :waaaaahh :waaaaahh

Always follow the simple rule:

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

true If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
but i made a change to one of my sites dropped off google for a few about a week and now its back better than ever.

$1000 per month to $0 per month from one tweak? Ouch...

I'd like to think there is more to the story

What is the site?

what did you tweak so we can avoid.

last time I managed to mess one up it dropped to page #3 and then totally vanished when I tried to undo my 'improvement' :(

Yeah I've killed several good sites by trying to improve... So know the pain. Biggest mistake I made was converting all my hand coded html sites over to cms years ago. Did them all in a matter of weeks and killed the lot all at once.

Why did you mess with it in the first place?

He wanted to get spot .001 as #1 wasn't enough

We have a WINNER!


The change was for converting eyeballs into tour takers... Changed some wording... Added campaign codes to some links... Adding some wording...

It was a tongue in cheek comment.

Pretty obvious the number one reason anyone makes changes to their website is to increase revenue. :thumbsup

It sucks that happened, but what a valuable lesson. Not "if it's not broke, don't fix it," but you now know what words and changes can take your site, and perhaps others from page 3 in google to page 1.

lol yeah sucks i've done that before more than once.

What's the site?

Would you like some cheese with that whine?

Been there done that. I just can't seem to help myself sometimes.

Maybe I should scramble my FTP passwords.

Interesting... I have done some adding to other sites and never had a problem... But changing or removing what was already there always seems to break things.

To really be able to say you can generate traffic is a process devoid of any 3rd party.

U never change a winning horse :)

sorry for loss, i remember mine.,

If it ain't broke, don't fix it!