Google Dance - Frequently Asked Questions

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I have a question. If I write a new article for my blog, and decide that I want to use backlinking on the inner page, does that usually cause the top level website to go through the "google dance" phenomenon?
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  • I have not experienced this, no.

    All pages go through the dance at different times without warning.
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    • I can relate my experience which may answer your question. I have a niche site with about 4 pages. The main page was on #1 and the sub page was on Google page 2. I wanted to improve the SERP for my page 2 keyword so I did lots of backlinking. It turned out, the Google dance struck and both home page and sub page disappeared in Google. Both got the Google dance. They came back 3 weeks later only to disappear again 2 days later as I did further backlinking. I guess this happens for new sites.
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  • It's been a month that I am monitoring one of my sites ranking while continuously building links and I can't really figure out why this is happening..

    My site's ranking are:

    12th
    92 after 3 days
    back to 45 after 3 days
    103 after 4 days
    37 after 3 days
    9 after 4 days
    75 after 3 days
    18 after 3 days
    82 after 3 days

    the highest is 6 and after 3 days it's back again to 46
    so on and so forth...

    any recommendation to make it steady at least to a higher position is highly appreciated...

    Thanks,
    adie
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    • Its simply dancing because you have been "continuously building links"

      It will settle out eventually but keep the same link velocity up as you are doing now else it will look suspicious.

      A google dance can take 3 or 4 months to settle out so dont worry just yet.
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    • This is a common occurrence when sites are relatively new. You'll see it ranking highly for awhile then drop away for a few months then go up again. Google is re-evaluating your site to see if it should remain in their index and what keywords it should rank for.

      Just make sure your site is properly optimized. Keep building quality backlinks and add good content to your site regularly to provide a positive experience to your visitors.
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    • Doing my periodic checks for keywords for one of my sites, and found several terms dropped like a rock while others went up. Examples:

      Drop from 87 to 257
      Drop from 212 to 374

      Up from 71 to 50
      Up from 33 to 29 :p

      All these moves were from yesterday to today. The key difference is the ones that had the big drops were new terms on my site from mid/late last week. The ones that went up were established terms from several weeks ago.

      Clearly google still loves to dance.
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    • Wow your site is NOT new? We should send Dexter over there then. It could be some kind of penalty those j&rks never tell you about. I see loss of traffic on a great site that is 10 yrs old too.
    • I've pulled out a few websites from the Panda cage for a friend.

      I would focus mainly on on-page SEO. Try to properly optimize it, but don't overdo it. Design a good internal linking structure, keep your keyword density around 2% and definitely edit your content to get rid of spelling errors and ''clumsy'' looking sentences. And last but not least, log in your Webmaster Tools and check if your site is being properly crawled etc.

      When it comes to off-page SEO, start building quality links. By that I don't mean becoming an editor for CNN and sneaking in links to your site, I mainly mean PR1-PR4 portfolio with a couple of PR5+ links, along with some PR1+ nofollows. Do it steadily and be patient. You can RSS and ping some of them, but I suggest you leave the most for Google to find. If they are good, they will be found sooner or later

      If you use any blasting tools that give you 100k PR N/A links, kill them with fire. Good luck!
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    • Something I've noticed is that quite often when you go on a backlink-building spree your rankings might drop at first as the backlinks are being indexed, almost like the new backlinks are "confusing" Google. It can take a few days or even a month or so before they start moving up.

      One example: I had a keyword ranked in #26 on Google, did a helluva lot of backlinks for that specific keyword over the course of a week, then my site dropped to #42 few days later. 2-3 days after that it went to #241 and the following day it was GONE (#500+).

      BUT, 6 days after my site disappeared, it suddenly came back and was in #9, higher than it ever was. Nobody knows for sure how it works, but the key is to be patient and consistent with your backlinks as mentioned above.
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    • Dont be worried. Its Google dance and we face it each time we start link building campaign.

      To stop or reduce dance:-
      Build some high PR (URL PR), relevant and dofollow backlinks. You will be fine.
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      Yes Hussain is quite right. Also you can blast some xrumer and senuke blasts to tier 1 backlinks. This will help you too.
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    • I've had sites completely disappear from Google for a little while, but then when they come back, they come back stronger.
    • To see sites go back and forth like that has to be throwing up a lot of backlinks with software and when you do that some of the backlinks stay and some are dropped out of the link graph which will cause a dance in Google, which why would want to build the links gradually over a period of time. I notice it all the time when I change my links to a different keyword, I know that the keyword will fall back for a period of time, but I keep building links naturally and then the keyword jumps back to where it was, then I use every method to maintain stability of the keyword in the top positions.
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    • Don't worry It's always happens when google is dancing..so keep continue your work you will get again SERP.
    • Dont be worried. Personally, i am also facing that type of google dance problem.
      keep your Link building at a continue way. you will Get better result very soon.
    • So, ... what we need to remember is, keep the faith and keep at it. Let Google dance, but don't let your blood pressure dance with it!

      Yeah, I have seen some pretty strange gyrations myself.
    • Yep a few of my sites are going through this now... Its truly frustrating.
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    • it just because og google dancing, make your quality back links .
    • My website rank always fluctuates in its rank ...so frustrating
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    • Don't hate Google dance. Its not a penalty at all..
    • you have to be patient
    • Google dance is temporary. If your on page optimization is well done and you are continuously trying to improve your offsite optimization by building quality links, your rankings should dance a lot less.
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    • it's all about relative from Google dance if your site is new it will ranking highly for a while and drop again shortly because Google re-evaluate for your site see if remain index and what keyword should rank

      so try to optimize your site properly and generate high authorized back links.
    • It could take some time while the result stabilizes.
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    • You can only do what you are currently doing, and hope it stabilises, some have had good results by simply scaling up their backlinks if it gets too low
    • My site was gone for almost 1 month and thought that it was sandbox. Now, it's back and thought that it's just google dance. The come back of its ranking is now on first page, better than before. They're right, just continue building links and it will relocate to its exact position soon.
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    • Do Only White Hat Activity and do all activity not only one. your site will be stable on best position of SERP page after google dancing. google Dancing is an activity its start when Google search engine are being implemented on their algo. don't worry keep it up
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    • How long does it take to recover from google dance?

      I have a one and a half year old site and 7 of my keywords ranking in google search engine have decreased by an average of 50 positions.

      Does scroogle give accurate serp?
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    • i have same experience after get many backlink from my dummy blog. :-(
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    • As you can see it happens all the time to everyone especially 8if the site is new.
      What you need to do, is to relax, and do your work
      The process is natural and it will continue till it stabilize. Do what you would be doing if it wasn't happening, gaining good pr back links .
      It will help Google to understand where to put your site in Serp's
    • Its Very Good hotboy18 Same thing i saw in may site after every google dancing, my site also up everytime. Mr manadong and showkatahmad i don't know why this happen with you guys checkout you all activity and do only white hat techniques, you will also get improvement after every time when google dance.
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    • I had the same problem. My site ranking continued to fluctuate from 70th to 81st and then from 81st to 42nd. One day it is not in hundred. Later the ranking was on 20th. Seriously I learnt that if ranking changes several times, it means Google is searching a place to put our site in a stable position. Now my rank is in 2nd page for more than a week. I need to build some more links to reach first page.
    • Been there done that and got the T-shirt. One of my websites went from page 1 on Google to page 16, then back to page 1 again after a couple of weeks. I discovered that my link building campaign was causing it. Google appeared to be temporarily penalising me for it. I changed my link building campaign to create fewer links per day, and only creating backlinks from high PR websites. Since I have been doing this, my site ranking has stayed on page one.
      The other thing is how are you finding out what your rank is in Google? If you watch one of Matt Cutts' videos he says that you will get penalised for using rank checking software as it uses a lot of server resources.
    • What is the best way to check your site position?
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    • But how to build quality links?
      What I follow is
      1. Directory submission
      2. Article Posting
      3. Forum posting
      4. Social Bookmarking
      Besides what are the things to do to build quality links?
    • Google Dance is no more. Or rather, it has become less important because Google performs update every Monday. Hopefully everyone have seen rankings get changed or improved on Monday.
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    • In my experience, I have found that Google dances are always a good thing, if one of my sites keywords jumps 10's of places around at a time or even dissapears for a few days the end result is always a good high position, I usually find this happens when the site is newly backinked and that the dances become smaller and smaller the higher the ranking is.
    • To check your position I always use Rank Checker, perfect for checking progress as well
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    • i also face this type of problem, but keep building quality link building on good website. article submission, social bookmarking and forum posting is good way for improving keywords ranking.

      thanks!
    • I only have one target keyword that is not ranking well... it's been like this for several months now...
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    • I have been reading up on the "google dance" but this is a little different and doesn't seem right.

      My niche website has been up now for around a month at a guess, it has a total of 9 articles (each over 800+ words), written with SEO in mind and the help of SEOprosser (90%+ SEO rating).
      I have used a site map, Privacy Policy, FTC etc etc.

      I started building my own backlink wheels to the website 2 weeks ago and kept up a constant of 1 to 4 backlinks per day. Which made me dance around google for my targeted key words (page 2 to 4). I decided to out source the backlink building to someone on fiverr to someone who built a 5 spoke link wheel to my niche site, then blast those 5 sites with backlinks of there own, this placed me on the front page of google and i started to see traffic coming in.

      I thought it was time to monetize it with adsense and amazon (2 adsense ads per page and 1 amazon affiliate link per 800 words) so in no way stuffed with ads and amazon affiliate links, 24 hours later my website has completely disappeared off the front page and no where to be found (checked 20 pages at least).

      The niche im trying to rank is easy and more of an experience site to get me ready for more competitive words.

      I am confused why it exploded ? I did the google 'site:' check and its still found with all the pages indexed. (With the changes)

      Should i buy more fiverr gigs ? Any had this before ?

      Thanks for all the advice.
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    • Hi Everyone,

      I have a new site (1 month old) it was at #12 for my target keyword. Its currently at #98 after the first linking attempt.....

      Do i add more content and quit link building for now or do i continue linking....

      Any Thoughts will be much appreciated
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    • I have the same problem for my all websites...........
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    • It could happen any time. This is known as google dance.
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    • Every one should use this link for further information about recover from Google Dance.
      How to Recover from Google Panda Effect
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    • every time i face google dance but i know it not for longer time so i don't effect at my work
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    • Like he said it can happen at any time. Just wait.
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    • its happen because of link building.
    • Yeah it is called Google dance ! Most of the times it is happened when Google are going to modify the algorithm and updates in the SERPs ...
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    • I just lauched my blog on December 1st so I'm not sure what's going on here...

      I have written a series of articles that are numbered, "keyword phrase 1, keyword phrase 2, keyword phrase 3..." and so on.

      One of my articles has made it to page 2 on Google, but it is a different article in the series every day, AND there are no other articles in the series in sight after checking back to page 20.

      Does anyone know if I need to change anything to keep moving my articles up?
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    • that is simple google dancing. It will be stable after some days. You should try to make more and more backlinks in these days.
    • Yes i completely agree with you because its depends on google algorithm so don't worried about this.
    • Adie its a Google dance don't stop by backlink but tried to make some quality backlink that will help you to make your site permanently getting positions.
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  • I have one site 2 day ages, I build unique content and it got 200 visit/per day, after one week, it dancing ! I don't see my keyword on top 10, and all go to page 6 or 7.

    I just bookmark to some site to get Google index after post. So, now I must waiting !
  • I am also experiencing this. My sites rank from page 6 sometimes down to page 30 and now back to page 2. I always do backlinking in a daily basis. will now try to diversiy my links to move to page 1.
  • Guys, there is no need to worry about this thing called "Google Dance" for it already ceased to exist few years ago already. Right now, it was merely a term used by some so called SEOexperts so there can be something that they may blame when their or client's site fluctuate in its ranking.

    As for explanation, few year ago, there was a time when rankings stay in its position for about 3 weeks wherein, wherever your page is place for a search term, it stays their for the next 3 weeks. Then after the 3 weeks period, Google updates it rankings and so "Google Dance" occurs. It is the time when all rankings were all over the place and it lasted for 3 days.

    That is what "Google Dance" really is. But now, is it nothing but just a mere term used by some as an excuses for not knowing the reason of fluctuation.
  • When a website's ranking is going up and down or getting disappear from keyword then it is called as Google Dance..
  • Thanks kkchoon, i am getting more from your post, thanks for sharing.
  • just to add my own 2 cents...Google seems to change their data a lot in relation to the SERP's with the competition...i.e., search terms which are high search ones seem to be the ones which fluctuate the most...
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  • In my experience things tend to jump around after links have been built to a page but if it is jumping around erratically that would suggest that the link building has been done in a dodgy way that Google doesn't like - it will calm down in time but it might not stick where you think or hope it will.

    I have noticed in the past that sometimes if a website jumps around for a rank, the website will often sit one of two positions below the highest rank it gets to.
  • Have just seen this occur. Due to algo changes Google reflects all pages on a site when detemining strength of main page. This means a great article on an inner page will now boost the main page and cause the Google dance to occur as it determines the value of the added content.
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  • Google Dance is used to describe the period that a major index update of the Google search engine are being implemented. But in case that may effect and may not.
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    • Well after about 3 weeks of dropping one of my sites bounced back to about the same SERP level it was before. Not sure if it was because of actions I took or just the google dance. It would have been nice if it was actually higher than before, but I will be repeating a lot of what I did the last three weeks to see if I can build on where it is at.
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  • The name "Google Dance" was in the history used to describe the period that a major guide inform of the Google search engine are being implemented. These main Google index update occurred on average each 36 days or 10 times per year. It was easiest be recognized by significant changes in search results, and by an update of Google's cache of all indexed pages. These changes would be obvious from one minute to the next. But the update did not proceed as a switch from one index to another like the flip of a switch. In fact, it took numerous days to finish the complete update of the index
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  • The Google dance is actually something the staff at Google perform when they successfully update the algorithm for their search engine.
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  • To reduce the effects of the Google dance make sure you keep your link velocity constant and try adding more unique content to your site, then it's just a matter of waiting it out.
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  • My site have unique contents, I have check on copyscape before posted. But now, It's dancing on google a second time. The first time just 2 days and come with 200 uv, but now I don't now when My site will come back !
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    • Google Dance happens when your website / web page received too many backlinks in a short period, and it triggers the so called "Google Dance", where your site / page ranking is dancing up and down for a particular keyword. I guess Google might be trying to catch spammer, if you try to optimize your web page that targeting the keyword, you might trigger a temporary filter - sandbox!

      So when your site is dancing around, just keep building more backlinks, and remember to mix your backlink type and anchor text (a bit of variation, 10% will do), this will help it stabilized in 1 week. During this period, DO NOT STOP the link building campaign, you want to continue building more backlinks to stabilize your keyword's ranking, stopping the campaign might result in lower ranking later.
  • The name Google Dance is a term used to describe the index update of the Google search engine. By using the Google Dance Tool , you can easily determine if Google has started their monthly spidering of the internet. Type in a keyword you would like to search for and choose some of Google's data centers to perform the search query on. You will then see a page displaying the search results of all the Google data centers you have chosen. If any of the results between the different data centers contain discrepencies, then you know that Google has started to spider.
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    • I have heard something like that before, but that is not accurate. I say this because from my previous projects, each and every time we spike certain amount of links to a page, it triggers Google Dance, and this never happens if my site don't have spike of backlinks coming in! So I don't think the above theory is correct.
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  • The Google Dance goes back to the good old days of search engine optimization. Google used to update PageRank (PR) and the search engine rankings (SERPs) on a monthly basis. It was a big event as the updates would roll out. The SEO Forums would always be awash with long threads as webmasters announced their new PR and site rankings. Webmaster World would always name each update in the same way hurricanes were given names. In 2003, Google stopped the Google Dance and went to continuous updates. The SERPs and PR are updated continuously and there is no Google Dance anymore.
  • Google dancing problem happen maximum time for new release site & if you continue update your site..
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  • I think in one Google dance means if you will not build linking consistently, google do some Algonquin and data refreshment and on this basis make site up and down. You have to back link in consistent manner and for this backlinksindexer is good and will give you good result.
  • So what do you guys think about a site that shows on page one of bing...yahoo and Google..then it is gone from the top 1000 in all the search engines for the past 2 weeks..but is still indexed..I am lost on this one..never seen this before :-(
  • Google Dance usually happens. So, there are fluctuations in ranks. It will settle by the time soon. Just continue.
  • happened to me just this morning. to my own site. and my heart is dancing as well....
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  • Build more sites!! and let that one settle for a bit but, still build links to it!!
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  • The name "Google Dance" is often used to describe the index update of the Google search engine. Google's index update occurs on average once per month. It can be identified by significant movement in search results and especially by Google's cache of all indexed pages reflecting the status of Google's last spidering.

    But the update does not proceed as a switch from one index to another at one point in time. In fact, it takes several days to complete the index update. During this period, the old and the new index alternate on Google. At an early stage, the results from the new index occur sporadically. But later on, they appear more frequently. Google dances.
  • Can't seem to find that META-description changes also might drop your site for a while?
  • Google dance is a process in which our sites ranking is updated by google. When our sites ranking is up - down then it is google dance. Google dance time limit is depend on our sites.
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  • helpful sharing clear my many issues
  • A Google Dance is just a shakeup in the organic ranking for keywords, it often happens when Google is tweaking their algo, or when different data centers reflect different results.
  • As per i know we generally see google dance on the pages of which backlinking has been done and there is no change in the root domain .
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  • I have found, almost every time my sites experience the Google dance, they usually end up higher than previously ranked, so the dance is usually a good thing
  • Google dance is nothing only a data center so do work nothing will happen
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  • I guess the google dance phenomenon is normal especially if your website is new. You just have to consistently build backlinks to your page/site and make sure you use white hat. It may take time to see the positive results but it's going to be worth it.

    Don't worry about it that much. As long as you know you are doing the backlinks properly, you are rest assured to get better position in SERPs.
  • One of my sites is hopefully in the midst of this google dance. I was ranking in the top 20 for a very competitive term after just 8 months and now my site has disappeared for almost a month. I have continued adding content and building links so I'm hoping it will bounce back for this keyword soon.

    Thanks for the info guys!
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    • Same here man, ranking real good for some competitive words and now I have been gone for 2 months now. Still waiting...
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    • Hi,

      As for my experience, please do not change or update your contents during link building campaign, this is a very bad idea. I did that before and my site was gone forever. You can update or change your site content, but not during link campaign, this should happen before any link building campaign or 1 month after link building campaign.
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  • and if we build links for the newer sites and we have only 2 to 3 months to rank our keywords(otherwise there will no benefit for that keywords) then google dance will ruin our efforts. isn't it????
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    • Definitely,Google dance occurred some problem but if your backlink is effective and having potential to survive in GD.Then your keywords also perform well.
  • I hate google dance, makes my heart races up and down becuase of the rankings resultant from it. HA
  • I think it's safe to say, yes your site will disappear and come back even stronger if you keep your good backlinking,
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  • Google wants fresh and unique content, yes it will affect your rankings but if you want a better rankings you need to do this. Then plan your new LB strategy for your site.
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  • I suggest you shouldn't be too worried about the Google dance.
    A page or site allways comes back
  • I dont think so...
  • does anyone knows about google analytics
  • My site's 1year4months old..
    If you look at the link below, are these the typical signs of a Google dance? Homepage deindex // PR Zero // InnerPages ranking.. Do share over at the below thread if you can Thank you!

    Please see this thread and feel free to reply!
    warriorforum[dot]com/adsense-ppc-seo-discussion-forum/548040-please-help-homepage-deindexed-inner-pages-ranking-google-pagerank-gone.html
  • Hi,

    I would like to make you correct first that Google dance is no more now. Actually, Google Dance used to rebuild the ranking of websites on SERPs as a result of that ranks used to get fluctuated. It used to be occurred 36 times a year. Now, Google updates its ranking on weekly basis.
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    • So if my Homepage "dances out of google top500" will it return within one week?

      Here is my situation.. maybe you could help look at it?
  • I am still confused,,
    Huffft .....
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  • Google dance happens when you don't build your link consistently...Same is the case with one of my website in opposite direction because many keywords of my website have been dramatically improved in search engine rankings of Google.com.
  • Sorry but I don't know what's Google dance? Somebody describe it for me. Thanks!
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    • If your rankings fluctuate consistently. For example: One day you rank #22 and a week later #50, 2 weeks after that you're at #38 and then #11... and so forth and so on.

      This usually happens when building mass backlinks. Sites generally recover better with higher rankings than before if building proper backlinks, however, if you use black/grey hat techniques your drop in rankings might be permanent.
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  • Absolutely not...
  • Google dances can be very worrisome. I had a site dance for about three months and I was convinced it would never stop! But it did..and with better than ever rankings. I tried not to panic and continued to build links. At times I would slow down but that did not seem to help.
  • My site is about two weeks old and I didn't had problems with Google dance. When I can expect it if it is not already happend?
  • A good way to avoid google dance is by avoiding google webmaster tools and google analytics, there are plenty of good analytics tools out there besides google.
  • some of my website were hit by this google dance. fortunately it's not the one that generate much income.
    i think the unique content still the king...
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    • Indeed content is king and will be for a very longtime. That's too bad that your site was affected. You just have to keep trying and dance around the competition to the better rankings.
  • No not at all...
  • Who can say how long your PR can be N\A during GoogleD and whan it will return back?
  • When search engine going update and refresh the data then search engine results facing a big change and keyword position will be effected that called Google dance.
  • Why my site have different spots from different countries for same keyword?
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    • It seems like there is different competition rate and different number of results in different country for a particular search terms, therefore, different ranking position as well.
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  • I found interesting article about Google Dance. Mayby for smb it will be usefull too.

    http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Is-th...gn?&id=6797965
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    • Thanks.
      But on my exp. PR on my site re-gained only after 7 weeks.
      NOT within next 2-3 weeks the PR will be re-gained.
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  • I don't think so, Google views each page differently even if they are from the same domain. That means one blog post can be affected and the one is just showing steady rankings.
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  • Hello guys,

    I used to rank on number 1 on one of my keywords, but a couple of weeks ago my site just dissapeared from google, not a single keyword is showing on the SERP. i know i have not been doing any build linking, can google simply ban a site just like that? maybe an algo update? please advice

    apprecaite your help!

    Br

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    • Hm, I always thought that if your site is banned by Google - you receive "Banned letter" with reasons for it... Or am I mistaken?
      Did you receive something from Google?
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  • Google calls the shots and will continue to look for quality in their space. The Google dance is no longer,but its seem to more of a slam dance.
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  • Lately my new site has been doing the Google dance. The one thing that concerns me is that for the primary keyword, every few hours I search for it and check, it's moved and links to a different page then the time before.

    The primary keyword does appear on other pages on the site too, but more targetting the long tail of those searchers i.e 'Primary Keyword / Information'... I have a feeling I am cannibalizing the home page, but not too sure how to fix the issue.

    Thoughts?
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  • Whenever Search engine update their algorithm of refresh data then search engine results going to fluctuate that's called 'Google Dance'.
  • Google Dance problem creates when you want your site on top SERP without having quality backlinks.
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    • That does play a part in it but don't think that is the only reason since there is a ton more involved
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    • Google Dance is when Matt Cutts and the google search engine team gets together and do the hip hop dance.
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  • If site is new or if back link is not a balance way. then site are Google dancing state.
  • how long does it take for google to stop dancing with sites? i got a seo backlink back and it keeps jumping spots will it stop soon?
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    • Dancing time can vary for sure. There can be a few factors involved such as your site age, page rank, and backlinking profile, the type of link you got etc..... Some sites recover very quickly (within weeks) some take months. Sometimes sites never quite recover. A lot can be determined/effected by your month to month SEO efforts and content building strategy.
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  • No effect of inner pages its not complicated issue.
  • hi,
    This is very exclusive topic i didn't know about it. Thanks for discussing about Google dance.
  • The VERY BEST thing you can do while your website dances is continue to build useful content filled links. This will help the recovery time AND help rank your site higher.

    Happy Linking
  • Once Google notices new links to your website, they need to reposition you. You will notice the dance after you do some linking. It is best practice to constantly be sending links to your site. This is more natural and you will have the best results, as long as your sending quality links.
  • Google dance is the changes in the ranking of the websites.Google always give the preference those websites and which are seo friendly and over good content.These websites ranking is changed daily.All of these changes in ranking are called the google dance just simple.
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  • Yeah that's true but we can't help but use google.I think it will automatically solve by the Google.
  • i believe the top page and secondary pages operate independently so they should not effect each other
  • If you see your site dancing, that's a good sign, it means Google is trying to find the perfect place for it in the SERPs. Just keep on building links, and it will come back higher.
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    • I'm totally agreed with you, don't so much worry about your website position on Google index, if it is more dancing then just give some time for it and do more quality link building regularly.

    • Are you sure about this? In near past 2 of my sites went down and stopped linkbuilding for them and now one came back with higher positions than before, now what should I do? Like I don't think that your statement is 100% correct because in my opinion it can even be sandbox, right?

      Need more in details please......
  • no idea bout this..i guess all are going through google dance...
  • Interesting Thread, The 'Google dance' doesn't seem like you should spend time worrying about it. Just keep building good quality links and your rankings will increase. Be patient and don't worry about the Google Dance too much
  • Confusion

    My site be climbing the ranking and had got to 29 on Google.com and 71 Google.co.uk

    I am based in the UK so don't understand why the Google.com is ranking higher but now after the weekend

    I still at 29 Google.com but 130 Google.co.uk

    Will it pop back up or have i done something bad ;-( or is this normal ?
  • its, great, but not efficient.
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    • Now 32 position on Google.com

      249 on Google.co.uk

      was 71 and keeps slipping ;-(
  • You can never predict google dance.. and it always happen whenever you are doing a backlink campaigns..
  • I have a site that has 3 different articles on it, all 3 have backlinks, and in my SHORT experience I would believe that they have enough to at least make top 30 or 40 for sure. My question though is that I havent backlinked to any of the articles in this site for the past 2 month, but it still dances. An article will be ranked 20th 1 day, and then drop out of the top 100 for a week, just to come back into the top 20 again for 1 day. All 3 articles on this site are doing that. How long will this last? Any way to help with it?
  • Basically it can just keep dancing!
  • Hi,

    It could take some time while the result stabilizes.
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  • "Google Dance" I like this word.
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  • No it do not matter actually i am still in doubt that google dance exist
  • I think your page of website or blog may go for Google dance if you take the acts of making more backlinks at one time
  • We've heard a few different belongings referred to as "the Google Dance", but only one is really correct. It's the period when Google is renovation its rankings, and results change extensively for a 3 to 5 day period.
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  • i hate google dancing one of keyword drop from position 6 to 15.2
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    • I'm currently dancing. Purchased my site a few weeks back and got it to 24 for a keyword as I was first building backlinks. Now I'm around 50 and sometimes it doesn't even show up.

      "Nobody puts baby in a corner"
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  • every one who has the less backlink for keywords will be effected by google dance.
  • Google dance is different concept. you can add any page in your article.
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    • Have been working on a couple of smaller sites more or less for the learning experience. Had both of them ranking on page 1 for a number of keywords, and have been moving ahead with larger more ambitious projects as I seemed to be getting the hang of this.

      Then yesterday, out of the blue, every single one of the pages that were ranking on page 1 (on both sites) disappeared out of the top 100 completely. Haven't bothered to see exactly how far down they've gone - past page 10 is as good as gone IMO.

      Interestingly, this seems to coincide with G's new "penguin" algo update - so who knows if this is going to be a permanent penalty or if - HOPEFULLY - the dance is going to continue and things will bounce back?

      Now I know why this thread is a sticky with a zillion posts in it - sort of hard to focus on doing more hard work when it all seems for naught.
  • I was wondering this as well. I have been working on ranking a particular keyword which I took from 27th to 12th in 2 weeks or so only to see it drop to 34th out of nowhere. I guess it's just all normal and I keep on keeping on?
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  • I got google dance 3 weeks ago because I build my site with low quality links. Then, I try to hire a professional seo service which can build backlink consistently until I reach page one. I also write unique content regularly. So, I think building backlink must be done along with writing unique content to make your site more stable.
  • if you are doing proper seo that google loves, then forget about the google dance. because after google has finished dancing, you would be moved to a higher position. Any change on a post or page affects the whole site.
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  • Google Dance is nothing but a temporary rank for your page while Google is calculating page rankings using their algo (which can often take a long time). It can also happen when your competitors have made some substantial changes to their sites and Google is forced to re-evaluate positions. After the calculations are over, your page gets a fixed position, which is when the dance stops. And whether your page went up the listing or down, depends on how well your SEO was (at least the way Google sees it) besides other factors...
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    • Yes that make sense, and often positions are improved than before... but what if client take it as black list? how to make him understand
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  • When you do bulk directory submission in c class ip in that case google decrease your ranking suddenly.Or if you try to do bulk submissions only.

    Thanks
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  • Google dance indicates that your link building strategy is still alive, its good in many cases...
  • If you re-write URL according to your article it think i will help you or ping your web sites with specific inner link URL.
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  • Google checking your site through Google dance...
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  • Yes you can do it. There is no issue.
  • i think google dance is nothing to do with the your website or blog post it is related to the the google algorithm.Due to change in the the algorithm ranking of the site is drastically changes.
  • I don't worry fully confidence, but i think Panda Update are main reason your Google dancing. may be your some contents are copies.
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    • My site has been doing a slight google dance for several weeks now for the term professional matchmaker, I will be at no. 9 then slip down to no. 4, then back to no. 9 or no. 10, I seem to be competing with three or four other sites, what can get me to the top?
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  • So sad 2 of my blog got bad impact from Dance, especially from Penguin update this April. God, Google is the king on net, but why he or she did this especially bad impact for local business.
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  • my site has gone from #6 to #33 its a new site
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  • Thank you for your suggestion ,i am also facing this type of google dance problem.
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  • for me google dance happen when you are not working on your links constantly. i think you should be more be attentive on your links..
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  • When Google in updation, then ranking fluctuate is called google dance.....
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  • Google dance may effect your search rank position.it's all due to change in algorithm.if you will use legal way of link building you will get back to your original position.



  • Thanks KKchoon. the post very good
  • I think old algorithm completed removed so why users are getting worried.
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    • Times are always changing, roll with the punches and it will work out for you
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  • When Google database is updated then is called Google Dance
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  • The google dance tool is designed to help webmasters determing when the google dance has started and google is spidering the internet.
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  • I think consistency with the backlinks is very important to establish good ranking, so prioritize a specific page and then work it.
  • Actually Google dance is temporary and it will change time by time like some time your site get high rank and some time it decrease your site PR. But if you work regularly then your site will come back.
  • Look at the google dance in a positive way, its not as bad as people make out, and certainly nothing to fear.
    Google is paying an interest in your site, as your building links and doing seo etc. Google looks at your site and gathers information as to how important your site now is, so it will start the dance, and try to work out where it should put your site in the serps,
    (Usually its higher than before), once the dance settles. I have had sites go from page 1 bottom, to page 10, 1 hour later page nowhere, next day page 23, then a week later page 1 number 1. It does happen. But remember don't stop building quality backlinks, as you will arouse suspicion with google if yopu just stoip. keep everything natural is the key.
    And remember links its quality not quantity. 5 pr 5 links are more effective than 300 low page links.
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    • It CAN happen then but just because you make a change doesn't mean that it will definitely happen.
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    • Did you have any specific questions?
  • Hi there..
    I think most of the website owners experienced this google dance..
    I think you shouldnt worry to much on it but still I would recommend you to keep putting up a good quality content on your site and do backlinks to increase your website's traffic.. Im not that really good at this but just trying to help..
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  • Google Dance is a different thing. You must to concentrate on good backlinks.
  • no it is not like that..you are absolutely free to give any page link in your article..but try to do only 2 links in one article...
  • It is hard to say. if you are going to back link there is always a chance of the google dance. good luck
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  • Not that I am aware of. Google dance is done and the penguine loves new pagesw. Blogs are still king.
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    • From an ROI point of view.

      And we all know that's what matters. I get a positive return on my newest campaigns.

      Hey and by the way did you hear what the midget stripper did to me last night? She pullue the tree up and down. ............................
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  • Google not dance. It should be excuse from you or SEO firm who you hire Now after Penguin update, I can see this is real time ranking which already update based on many factor you have done.
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  • Google Dance interesting Is it some kind of SandBox related process for new websites?
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  • no its not like that. very frequently you can give link to your inner page...
  • Not think so..you are working on your website so it does not affect any top level website
  • I like the dance....
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    • Dear this is not filmy dance. This is google: dance. It makes you dance when ranking goes down.
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  • My website ranks are also getting uos and down . I think it is also due to Google dancing. Can anyone suggest me what is the reason behind it and how much time it will take to stable my ranking
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  • Hi

    Google dance is temporary. If your on page optimization is well done and you are continuously trying to improve your offsite optimization by building quality links, your rankings should dance a lot less.....

    Thanks
  • When building manual backlinks, would 20 per day be seen as to many??
  • I have not experienced this...................
  • I have felt this dance before only that i never had the idea it was termed as a google dance. Am sponging up new terms every corner i check
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  • Google Dance describes the period when the search engine is rebuilding its rankings. And because of this, the results may change for some days. It describes the period of those major index updates of the Google search engine are being tooled.

    Regards,
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  • Don't do to much of Link building else you lost your time.
  • Hello,
    Dear you can see many time on your website, your website ranking gone up and down then up and down that is the Google dance when your website ranking going up and down.
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  • The real key is consistent white hat activities, Google freaks when it sees spikes in any activity. Also patience. Web site age is a really big factor these days with thousands of new websites coming on line daily. Hang in there.
  • Its simply dancing because you have been "building a lot of links"
  • Its just a Google dance my friend. Just keep on building high quality links in order to achieve higher quality in search engine.
  • What was happened with mine is Google Dance will happen if you write article with another language or with another topics that contrary with homepage in language and topis. I have Dealer Pulsa Elektrik this is about pulsa, and with main language "Bahasa Indonesia" then I join at postlinks.com, SERP show that i lose rangking with term pulsa from rank 2 (page one) to rank 17 (page two). then i try to deleted all post from postlinks.com and i deleted this site from postlinks database. Alhamdulillaah... My ranking return. Alhamdulillaah...
  • it can affect the other page, this happened to my site when I tried to push the new pages up the rankings as well

    Now I'm more into Hubpages and Squidoo...although for these communities, you really have to write a very good content in order to get good quality score
  • basically the term *google dance* had not related to any kind of website pages
    all pages go through dances but different times.
  • The "Google Dance" is a term that refers to Google doing an algorithm update or a data refresh. It has nothing to do with what you are doing to your website, you have no control over it, there is nothing you can do to cause it or to prevent it. It's useful to be aware of it simply to prevent unnecessary worry or reaction.
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  • Google dance is a term which tells that your site is not stable in SERPs.Rank goes up and down,this may be due to updates made by Google so be updated with Google and follow its rules to be constant in SERPs.....
  • Google Search (or Google Web Search) is a web search engine owned by Google Inc. Google Search is the most-used search engine on the World Wide Web,

    receiving several hundred million queries each day through its various services.

    The order of search results on Google's search-results pages is based, in part, on a priority rank called a "PageRank". Google Search provides many options for customized search, using Boolean operators such as: exclusion ("-xx"), alternatives ("xx OR yy"), and wildcard ("x * x").
  • The Google Dance, that sounds funny. It's not funny when it happens to you, however. Personally I don't worry so much if I know I have good original content , an internal link structure, videos and images. You can get clicks from many other keywords that are in your website. Some of them you wouldn't even think of. If you are getting regular traffic and earning money from your site, it's good. Don't worry. Do your best and let it go. That's the way I do it. good luck, Carole
  • In my experience there is nothing like google dance because google is changing daily. There is no longer a Google dance per se as serps tend to be updated constantly.
  • No, There's not like google dance, Google is changing factors daily. There is no longer a Google "dance" per se as serps tend to be updated constantly.
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  • When Google in updation so that's time it called dancing....
  • Google dance is happened while algorithm change. We are not able to predict when it happened..
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  • Google dance is fluctuation of the keyword ranking. In effect of this ranking get a huge difference in up/down position. But it for a short term and you will get back to your earlier ranking with in few days.
  • Make sure your site have not penalized by Big G
  • no i thinks that s not a Google dance... Google dance is that when keywords ranking fluctuate needlessly. Its might be tops level website go through it, no idea.
  • Google recently introduced an algorithm and a nice google dance is when it comes to performance in google.pl
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  • Hi,
    Google Dance is manily happened when your website getting indexing.
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  • This is all new to me ...interesting info
  • What mean google dance?
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  • No one is sure about Google dance.I have 5-6 domain and one of them ranking are affected by google dance and i don't know why it occur only one of site even i though work same on all sites.
  • Google dance means the process which explains the changeability in the rank of website in Google SERP. This method is used by Google to rebuild the ranking of websites at a particular time.
  • Google dance is a automated process. You will post the article interlinking to the inner pages. Google will give preference to the quality content. Just try to write good content.
  • even i faced Google dancing effect but I'm not safe side. none of my keywords gone
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    • If website get too much backlinks on particular keywords in very short time of periods then Google Dance situation occurs where website ranking dancing up and down for particular keywords.
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  • As a portion of Google dance Google has two other net servers that can be used for browsing. For the duration of the webpage rank updates the search outcomes on individuals two will also see a adjust.
    Apart from the updation period, fluctuations may possibly at times arise in the search results but it ought to not be baffled with the Google dance. This is because of to Googles new crawl and it is acknowledged as Everflux.
    It can also be mentioned that Google dance is like a predetermination of when the genuine update will initiate.
  • Yes for the new sites google dance matters a lot . Google dance struck to new sites frequently. To escape from google dance you have to gain quality backlinks.
  • It could be happen anytime.
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    • It's very possible that it will but it doesn't always happen.
  • Google dance is the an updated ranking if your website rank daily up and down then this is called Google dance because your website ranking dance in the search engine.
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  • When Google Algorithms Changes it affects all the pages either it is home page or inner page.....
  • Its google dance, it will settled after some time.
  • I don't think this would lead to google dance . If you build good links i.e avoid spamming , i don't think google dance would affect your site to large extent. A bit up and down will occur but there won't be large difference .
  • That's why we all hate the google dance ^^
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  • yaa , Google dance badly affect SEO working n keyword ranking , is their any way to find when google dance.
  • I got 3 backlinks from PR3,3 and 4 websites with the anchor text internet marketing and my site traffic dropped 300%. Is this normal, is this the so called Google dance? What should I do, build more backlinks or maybe ask to remove those links?

    I also got another blog which traffic was dropped really low after the first day of Google penguin. It has recovered for some time, then dropped then recovered and now the traffic is very low. Is this also the Google dance?
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  • Hello,
    Google dance is a biggest problem for all SEO expert because here are the many website ranking daily up and down this is Google dance.
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  • you can link your website one page to another page to get all the pages indexed by the google. But before that make large range of quality backlinks.
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  • Google Dance is always temp. Also do not focus only on google.
  • I find that the google dance and sandboxing is only temporary if you built links naturally as opposed to spamming links.
  • My blog Facing Frequent (within 2 days) Fluctuation in ranking is this Google dance ?
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    • I need not worry about this fluctuation in search results?
  • What a relief, I am sorry but its good to see that everyone is having the same problem which I am going through. It happened twice with me, but I didn't know what is it. Now I got it, its Google Dance. Thanks guys for the information. My website was doing good but suddenly the keywords vanished from the SERP's, I was so worried but after 20 days they came back. I really can understand how you are feeling, but it is right that you keep on building links for you website, you will definitely get good results.
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  • Really bad Impact shown on your job.
  • get backlink from high pr site and continue update your site with fresh content improve your site ranking during google dance...
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  • not going in deep , Google dance simple occurs when we create backlink but not on continuous basis. So i think creating a regular link will surely solve this problem..
  • Google always looking for update. It is seeking perfection and trying to focus on quality business not on keywords or backlinks. That,s all. I think it's a continuous process.
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    • Agre. There are no keywords in the center of Google. They are doing on quality sites. If some site could offer what we are looking for, it will rank high.
  • If you do relevant linking then it will not effect your website. Only put 1 or 2 link in an article post
  • Google dance..?? what is..?
  • I am very shattered in these days from it...
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  • i love google dance
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  • We have many keywords ranking well on Google.. I hope it is not due to Google dance.
  • I know a little bit about Google ranking . I am trying to get a good job online but cant get it because I don't know those works which are now in need . One of them is Google page ranking . But I don't know anything how to make a page high ranked in Google . So I want suggestions about this . Would you help me learning this .
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  • But can any on tell what is google dance and why keywords are droping becasue of generation.
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  • I just read your formation. I think, all SEOer should more note Google Dance. My site so very dangerous.
  • Google Dance is one type of Google tool.I give you 1 example for that if your keyword is top 10 today and after two-three days it is not found in thousand its called Google Dance.Thank you
  • My site's been doing the "google dance" for the past few days now. Used a keyword rank tool to chck it's position yesterday and today and it'a apparently jumping around from page 10 to page 2! Not impressed at all google
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    • Just give them time, it'll work itself out
  • i guess im next on the list. Google dance I HOPE just hit my site as of 9/28/12 1am pacific time. My traffic is down today... scary scary.. lets see what tomorrow brings

    And by the way.. i didn't receive any EMAILS from google about any penalization so that means, i got hit with Google Dance yes?
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  • How much time it will take until this google dance settles down? I have one website that is dancing over a month now.
  • The dance can be as long as one month but if it takes more than that then it is not G dance but its brother, G sandbox ~
  • No problem, Don't worry
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  • i have problem to approve my account google adsen any idea ?
  • very insightful!
  • My keyword dropped from 20 to 115 and stood there from the past week. My legs can't walk anymore :confused:
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    • My website danced alot for the last 3 weeks but now it settled down I hope beacause it's begining to gain upranking as days pass.
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  • I also hate Google dancing .Google dance is Still happening.The Google Dance is common for SEO term to indicate the time when Google changes its ranking algorithm. For stopping at last
    we should do for stopping pretty much continuing do work as you are doing each monthly
  • Google Dance is only described as the latest updations which google done in its algorithem changing. Its not affective in the result pages its like a note that what the google doing to take their algorithem changes..
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  • I hate google dance! one of my sites was effected but fortunately i got through following experts guide
  • Rise and fall I hate google dance :|
  • my blogs getting "google dance" to i cannot see my blogs in Search engine
  • Expect it to happen everytime google does an update. They've been constantly rolling out updates since September; starting off with the EMD - Panda then on the last week of September they rolled out the Penguin update. This week they've released yet another one which is the Top of the Fold update.
  • How can you tell if it's google dance or google removed your website?
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    • you can check see if your site is still indexed by putting
      site:"yoursite.com" in G search.
  • one way to check if your site has been penalized by any of the algorithmic updates is to immediately check your incoming traffic a few days after the dates of its release.
  • Don't afraid about this.It all define by your work and checked by google that how much white hat techniques are you using..
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  • can anyone explain about google dance
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    • Well approximately once a month, Google revise their index by recalculating the Pageranks of each of the web pages that they have crawled. The time span throughout the revise is known as the Google dance. Google dance is the sudden changes of your Google ranking.
      for example, you are in top 10 today, then tomorrow it became on top 45, then top 12, then top 30... it means that your ranking is not stable yet.
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  • Did some more research on google dance vs. sandbox or deindex.

    If you google search your own domain and your website comes up, it is most likely google dance and your website had a lot of unusual link building activity recently.
  • Don't worry too much about it, just keep tracking it with some keyword tracker (I use SerpFox). There's been a lot of Google updates recently so expect it to "dance" for awhile. I've been gaining 50+ positions and losing it in the same day. Might as well just let it sit for awhile and continue to build links and see where it goes.
  • The dance is being shifted down before you suddenly pop up about. just keep on doing Blog comments, social bookmarking , and building links SEE you will get ranking in SERP again...
  • As we find the Google is updating new algorithms day by day from Feb, 2011. The main aims to give relevant and informative post or results to users in search engines....We cannot control over it..but we can prevent from it by not involve in spamming and duplicate content.
  • To see sites go back and forth like that has to be throwing up a lot of backlinks with software and when you do that some of the backlinks stay and some are dropped out of the link graph which will cause a dance in Google, which why would want to build the links gradually over a period of time. I notice it all the time when I change my links to a different keyword, I know that the keyword will fall back for a period of time, but I keep building links naturally and then the keyword jumps back to where it was, then I use every method to maintain stability of the keyword in the top positions.
  • Well i too think we don't have any control on Google dance and such kind of proctice doesn't effect.If your site is going to effect by Google then it will be whether you use this technique or not.So i don't think you need to worry on this.Try to build high quality backlinks and don't forget to maintain your quality content.High quality content sites are less effected by Google updates.
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  • I thinks it not affected other pages
  • I had not heard about this until today, but I will not give up! I have a lot to learn about SEO, and this thread has helped! Thanks, everyone.
  • I guess we danced today. I went form page 2 to 16. I'll wait and hope it comes back. It usually will. It is aggravating because you never know if it is something you did that google didn't like.
  • If your keyword ranking drop and up at same day it means Google Dance
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    • Did anyone notice some serious google dance today. I am hoping I am not the only one. I am not sure if its a dance or a penalty yes as I keep dropping off. I monitor several keywords for my domain and different keywords in a different niche on 3 different unrelated websites that I have no affiliation with.

      They also had some really strange drops I am hoping someone can confirm the hardcore serp drops I experienced today.
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  • The keyword position when update is going in Google normally known as Google Dance.
  • On recent panda update my blog got effected by Google dance or Sandboxed, Because it was on Google Page 1 and now it is on 400th page. So, it could be possible of interlinking.
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    • There is no need to fear the google dance, it means google has taken an interest in your site, so it is now bouncing it around the serps, trying to decide where to put you. You will be on page 10 one day, 290 the next etc. When the dance finally settles, within a few weeks your position will be higher in the serps than before.
  • I have a one year old website which was suffered by Google Dance upto a period of 1 month.
  • The Google dance seems to be happening a lot more these days. If your site takes a ranking plunge, don't worry. As long as you keep building quality backlinks it will come back. Best to water down the on page optimisation if you get sandboxed. You don't want to look like you've keyword stuffed your site.
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    • Sorry Adam I'm fairly new at this. I'm not quite sure I know exactly what you mean by 'sandboxed'. I've seen a significant drop in ranking across several keywords.

      I have been building content and links over the last couple of months and experienced a slow climb to what I felt were fairly decent local rankings. I have dropped hugely in some keywords. Some I no longer seem to be ranking.
  • Every Website or Web pages suffer from Google Dance as Google always keeps on moving the sites according to the ranking criteria set by them. Only one of my sites keywords appear in top 10 SERPs but still remain fluctuating between 1-10 so dance is a common phenomenon.
  • If you targeting inner page it will not affect. I am sure about it.
  • Google could be dance any time our websites and pages face google dance in different timing.
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  • I think I am getting bigger than usual bandwidth usage metrics on days when my site gets heavily crawled... Google dance comes afterwards, in general.
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    just wait some time and see result
  • Almost same kind of problem happen to me again and again. They get fixed automatically. No worry.
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  • How do you know if you've been sandboxed or if it's just dancing?
    My traffic has been hovering at or around 300 clicks per day. Then it fell to about 25. It stayed there for a week then it went back to where it was for about a week. Then it dropped off to 25 per day....
    Any guesses?
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    same thing is happening with my website Symptoms of Smoking | Harm Redcution -Staindia
  • My website suffered Google Dance, it went down to 22th from 16th
    This is my site and keyword Magento extensions
  • google dance is will vibration our heart very much some time positive some time negative... but it wont penalize at all
  • I think that link will help you and I found this article very good about Google dance.
    The Return Of The Google Dance
  • I think the best thing is not to worry so much about Google Dance provided you are doing the right thing. You might get affected initially for a short time but in the end, it will be of much benefit.
  • I feel you guys about the Google Dance I ranked for 3 or 4 keywords and then they are now gone and it sucks!!! LOL
  • rankings are dancing yet again today. Clearly shows that google is rolling out another algorithm update.
  • Me too also suffering from Google dance. Some time on top some time not on page.
  • Thankfully, today the rank returns to 10th
    Google dance is mysterious
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    • Google dance is an indication that Google is recalculating your site's relevance to a particular keyword. Don't be afraid of Google dance and stop doing what you were previously doing. If you were building links, then keep building links with a decent velocity. Eventually your ranking will stabilize when Google is done calculating.
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  • Your website oscillation in the google search page is called google dancing.
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  • Thanx for nice information, i was after this topic
  • When your backlink dropped then Google flactuate your keyword rank in google SERP . this flactuation is called the Google Dance .

    for preventing this improve your backlink hurry
  • Hate google dance my website from 9th position to 154 and now disappear and found no where, even no warring or notification is appear by the webmaster.
    WTF google is doing? any suggestion to get my website back?
  • Google dance is nothing but higher and lower ranking in the search results. By doing This google updates its own server every month.
  • Hi Warriorforums Friends,
    I am Sam working as a seo analyst, since 2 months i am unable to compete my task as my websites keywords traffic is completely fluctuating from top 10 to 60 for the old sites at the same time i am monitoring my team to build backlinks from high page rank site with niche webistes but still the problem is unsolved "Google Dance".I kindly request warriorforums friend to guide me to keep constant keywords traffic positions on google.........

    Thanks
    With Regards
    Sam
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    • @SamQualinsoft, top10 - 60 position fluctuation is awfull. I have a similar problem with one of my site... can anybody help?
  • As far as I know, Google doesn't look at entire websites. It looks at each individual web page on your site.

    If a lot of your pages violate any of Google's rules, then your entire website may get penalized.
  • I experianced the Google Dance today.

    my website was ranked as result #5 for my keyword. this afternoon it was suddenly #3.
    Now like 10 hours later its back to #5. I have no idea why this happens but as long as i don't loose rank i am OK with it.
  • it is happening these days for my sites too. google is not fixing site rankings. it is showing random rank for same blog for diff. diff. time or days. its difficult to take decisions for SEO... :-(
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    • Google will fix the rank for the keyword, it happening due to google dance, (ie) google are making some changes or some updation to their algorithm.
  • I am totally agree with this statement and its not a permanent phenomenon . I am currently facing the same problem my keywords got disappeared from the Google search results. but i am now creating the link from HIGH PR . hope it will come back soon again on Google results.
  • From my experience when i first launched my website I was link building at quite a large rate but now have slowed right down. I have found that my rankings have dropped off. You have to continuously build links at the same rate.
  • My Keyword was shown on 10th position first page but today it has been drop down to 614th position

    What is going on with google ranking and how to get back position ?

    Valuable replies will be highly appreciated.
  • Hello, i have one question about Google Dance.
    It can appear if i post about 3-4 articles per day for one month?
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