andrewshim - 4:06 am on May 3, 2007 (gmt 0)

This is the first time it's happened to me and frankly, I am really worried.

Yesterday, saw all serp positions drop between #15 to #100+ for keywords that I have been on page #1 for nine months. I have been MIA for one or two days every 3 weeks, then returning to same spot, but yesterday has gotten me worried.

Now I can't find my site even when searching for my domain name (without www and com).

I must admit that backlinks have dropped from 15 to 5 just before the last PR update (PR stayed the same). Traffic is down drastically and I'm terribly upset because I depend on the income from my site to a certain degree. What does it mean when I cannot find my site even searching for domain name?

My site is white hat. Only minor updates to the homepage every 2 days or so, but I did add a link to a web directory lately from my homepage. Checked that site to make sure it was clean before I linked to it. I suppose you could call it a recip link.

I'm in a daze. I don't know where to start checking what's wrong and don't want to change anything for fear of making matters worse. Is it too early to panic - I already am...

Help please?

[edited by: tedster at 4:20 am (utc) on May 3, 2007]
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