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https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/dashboard
I figured out why my niche site went back down in the rankings. Oh. Didn’t I tell you that? I was hoping that it would bounce back on it’s own, so I was waiting to see what would happen.
They still have not listed all of the links that are pointed at the site. They seem stuck on about 3 weeks ago. I’ve had 3 ezinearticles.com articles published with links and they haven’t gotten those yet. I’m not sure when they will get around to catching those.
But it wasn’t ALL just google being random. I do think that I found a problem and the reason that the site went back down. One of the site maps that I submitted to Google had some errors in it. Actually, the site map was correct, but I was messing with permalinks and some other settings, so by the time they saw it, the site didn’t match the site map. They even gave me about 3 days to correct it before penalizing the site. Since I wasn’t aware, it never got corrected.
If you have not gone to the web master tools page, you need to go now and create an account. This can give you information about when Google crawls your site and when it looks at your site map. It also, if you actually read it, tells you if there’s an error in your site map. This should be a regular stop on your daily routine.
I’ve made some changes to the site, added some internal links, and resubmitted the site map. I’m hoping that when I check on it tomorrow, we’ll be back on the first page. Stay tuned and stay aware.