Page dropped for top keyword without quotes

page dropped for top keyword without

[coolcreep]

I have been at the top of google for a top keyword in my industry and yesterday I'm no longer there when doing a keyword search without quotes.
I'm still there with quotes around the keyword and I'm listed in www2 and www3 with and without quotes.
Any feedback?

[coolcreep]

well I'm back up...and on top for now into the 1,000s
for keywords. Peace all, and from the responses...I'll figure it out without you all!

[Marcia]

coolcreep, there are changes like that all month long. Do a site search on Everflux.

>>responses
My best guess is that everyone's working today, getting ready for the update and big crawl, which is any minute now. ;)

Is that a single keyword or a phrase you're putting quotes around?

[coolcreep]

it's a keyword phrase just "2 words"

I'm back down again.

[jomaxx]

When you say "dropped", I assume you mean your page ranks lower, but is still to be found somewhere, even if it's #100? That's normal. For some phrases the results with and without quotes look very similar; for others, there's a huge difference.

I'm sure you realize how the search syntax works and that far more sites will match for the phrase entered without quotes. More competition = harder to get to #1.