google iranking problems

[retrovinyl]

My website, Retro Vinyl Records <http://www.retrovinyl.co.uk>,has around 50 pages indexed by google,is pagerank 4,and has a decent rank in dmoz.
Google webmaster tools shows that my site is postioned at #15 for my major keyword phrase 'vinyl records' for the past 3 weeks,but it doesn't show up anywhere in google search results,unless you search for the site by name.

A few weeks ago my site was at #6 for this search term,but disappeared again after only 4 days.
The site has over 1000 back links and a consistent #2 ranking in Yahoo,but keeping a good google ranking has become extremely frustrating

Does anyone have any ideas what the problem might be?

Any advice gratefully received

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[retrovinyl]

Google webmaster tools seem to be very inaccurate.

Does anyone have any clue why it reports a lot of different search terms and average top positions are all in the top 20 results,but my site is nowhere to be seen?

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[retrovinyl]

I have recently added new pages & added the site to quite a few PR 3 + directories & have reciprocal links with nearly all of the top sites for the term 'vinyl records'.
The site was where i wanted it to be back in April,but as i said before it only lasted 4 days

Sales have plummeted & i'm beginning to feel forced into Adwords,a route i'd rather not go down,as it cost me a fortune at the end of last year

I just found out how to add a link posting here
Thanks for the tip

[retrovinyl]

It appears that my efforts in getting more backlinks has worked!

I'm back on page 1 for my main keywords & various other related search terms

Let's see how long it lasts this time

I'm posting this,as it may give others hope in achieving better ranking in google

[retrovinyl]

It looks like i spoke too soon.

The decent ranking lasted 1 day only & my site has slipped into obscurity yet again

This is getting completely ridiculous,and if it continues i will be out of business soon

I have posted on google's own forum today and it appears to be a common problem,but why?

Any constructive ideas or help will be very gratefully received

[ben_tambling]

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[retrovinyl]

I posted on the Google Webmaster Tools forum,which is part of Google Groups.

One repsonse mentions there could be a DNS problem,as it shows the domain as 'active but no website'

I'm aware that it's a continous process & have put the effort in for the past 7 years,but as it stands i do need a quick fix to get back to the position i have been in for 5 of those 7 years

[retrovinyl]

I have kept a log of the serp changes for my website since July (details below) for my major keyphrase vinyl records

Are other people having similar problems & does anyone have any constructive advice or know of any reasons why the site slips in & out of results,whereas rival sites appear to stay in the same position?

As stated before the site has good backlinks,position 2 in Yahoo,dmoz inclusion & was registered more than 7 years ago


Any help greatly appreciated

• 11 July 2007
  
  Vinyl Records - Google position = 11
  
  also in top 10 for various related search terms
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  15 July - DISAPPEARED from index again after only 4 days
  
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  07 August 2007
  
  Vinyl Records - Google position = 6
  
  & # 21 google.com
  
  & various other search terms
  
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  08 August 2007 - DISAPPEARED from index again after only 1 day !
  
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  12 August 2007
  
  Vinyl Records - Google position = 6
  
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  24 August 2007
  
  Vinyl Records - Google position = 4
  
  & # 14 google.com
  
  & various other search terms
  
  
  Webmaster Tools close to accurate for the 1st time in months
  
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  26 August 2007 - DISAPPEARED from index again after only 2 days !
  
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  30 August 2007
  
  Vinyl Records - Google position = 5
  
  & # 15 google.com
  
  & various other search terms
  
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  Linked out to Wikipedia - vinyl records article around this time (seemed positive)
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  06 September- DISAPPEARED from index again after 7 days
  
  Webmaster Tools - site cached 1st Sept (no clue why site is not indexed)
  
  No relevant keywords/search terms in Webmaster Tools
  
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  10 September
  
  All relevant keywords/search terms back in Webmaster Tools
  
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  12 September 2007
  
  Vinyl Records - Google position = 5
  
  & # 14 google.com
  
  & various other search terms
  
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  17 September- DISAPPEARED from index again after 5 days
  
  Webmaster Tools - site cached 12th Sept (no changes to site since last inclusion)
  
  No relevant keywords/search terms in Webmaster Tools again
  
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  20 September 2007
  
  All relevant terms back in Webmaster Tools
  
  Not indexed yet
  
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  20 September 2007
  
  SubmitEdge article writing & submission service 100 submissions
  
  8 day turnaround,so articles not submitted yet
  
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  25 September 2007
  
  Webmaster Tools search terms slipped from 5 to 10 for vinyl records
  
  Site is still not indexed though
  
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[Ka-canor]

Don't be so surprise at Google they always update a continues regular update of the content and link building is a big help.