: SEO - why did my google search rank drop? My nutrition shop websites for tampa and brandon were coming up on page one of google search results and now they have dissappeared. The 2 websites

@Welton855

Several days ago, Google has made some changes to its algorithm which has been affecting a huge number of sites. Some sites have dropped unbelievably low in the SERPs, while some (like eHow) have seen a huge boost. See the attached Wall Street Journal article on the change. You may want to look into your duplicate content issue (try to make it more unique) but other than that, I recommend waiting it out a bit while Google balances its search engines. In the meantime, you can continue working on your project or work on a new one. Best of luck!

Google Revamps to Fight Cheaters

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@Frith620

Duplicate information can hurt you... but it is impossible to say more without knowing more :)

The main point you should consider is if it is your website that is going down in rank or your competitors going up. Check the ones which rank about you to see if they are more relevant or have more recent content.

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@Kevin317

We have so little information to go on that it's hard to say for sure but if you have three websites all with the same content then the odds are this site has been hit with a duplicate content penalty.

UPDATE

From the comments below

Those sites are definitely clones of each other so it's no surprise one is filtered out. The more differences you can make the better. If it is a template driven site change the layout as much as you can. See if you can do anything to the titles besides changing just the location name. Really, anything you can change is going to help differentiate the two. (Footer text, anchor text, meta desc tag)

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