yo-yo ing

[BUSHhtr]

Since we launched our redesign I have been keeping track of our slow climb up the ladder of SEs. What I am seeing is our listing being "good" and even "great" and then not existing at all. It's been a real yo-yo ride.
e.g. - for one of our keyword phrases(Google):
page 4
page 4
page 4
page 2
page 4
why am I not finding it?
page 4
why am I not finding it?

and another(MSN):
page 7
page 7
page 7
page 5
page 5
page 4
why am I not finding it?
page 7

its like this for most of our keyword phrases for Google,Yahoo and MSN

What can be the reasoning for this?

Rob

 

[ChrisHirst]

Different datacentres answering the query.




Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Woo Hoo! the cobblers kids get new shoes.
People Counting Systems

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

 

[Foamcow]

Pages on my own site regularly yo-yo about 10000 places.

On Tuesday a page will rank say 1 or 2, on Thursday it will be down 9998 places. A few days later it will be back to 1 or 2.

Foamcow Heavy Industries - Web design and ranting
Buy Languedoc wines in the UK

 

[BUSHhtr]

Thanks you guys.... that makes me feel better

 

[Foamcow]

lol.. as a case in point I just checked for a particular term in Google and got a result of 9,925.

Left it a few mins, checked again and it returned with number 1.
Just goes to show.

Foamcow Heavy Industries - Web design and ranting
Buy Languedoc wines in the UK

 

[Mike Lewis]

Foamcow,

got a result of 9,925.

Just out of curiosity, how do you know that the result was 9,925? Surely, you didn't scroll down through 993 pages until you found it?

Does Google have a way of numbering its results? Or am I missing something obvious?

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk

 

[Fendal]

@Mike

 

[Foamcow]

I was using the page rank monitor at

http://www.digitalpoint.com

Foamcow Heavy Industries - Web design and ranting
Buy Languedoc wines in the UK

 

[Mike Lewis]

Foamcow,

I was using the page rank monitor at www.digitalpoint.com

I never knew that existed. Looks like it could be useful.

Thanks.

Mike

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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My Visual FoxPro site: www.ml-consult.co.uk