“Why my website’s keywords Rankings start degrading, and why am I still unable to regain the rankings?” – This was the question I came across last week, when one of our old client get back to us with the same.

2011-12 – We were doing the SEO

Switch for a (Possibly) Cheaper Option

Overall, everything went well, yet once the SEO plan / contract duration of 1 year was completed, the client wished to stop the services with us (Yes, despite of the fair good rankings). One of the main reason was the pricing, wherein the client was able to search for some better options. The client was right in his part, as almost every individual has a psychology to opt or at least go through the cheaper option once. Additionally, during the time, when we were working on the SEO for the client, the client has done a lot of research on the SEO, and had also asked / verified the same with us, wherein we had given several inputs / suggestions, overall our SEO strategy in much detail that could eventually help to increase the rankings.

Applied same SEO Strategy, yet no results

Suddenly, last week, the client approach us that despite of him doing almost everything that we used to do for him for the SEO, the website’s rankings are degrading, and he is still unable to regain them. The client also added that he modified his SEO strategy as well, and is now currently opting for Blog Content Writing / Submissions, and a few other activities, yet to no avail. The client admitted that he had made the mistake in opting for a different vendor and / or trying something on your own, which may have affected the overall SEO performance, yet now, was seeking for a solution.

Root Cause

As the next steps

We informed the client that what might have went wrong, which may have resulted in the degradation of rankings, and no progress. We plan out the strategy, wherein we informed that the first thing that should be taken care of is the removal of all the old links, manually, as well as via Google Disavow Tool. We also informed upfront that this would take nearly around 4-5 months from Google’s end to remove all such dead / bad links. Simultaneously, we have to work on the new SEO strategy, adhering to the Google updates, which includes:

• Blog writing & submission on the website’s dedicated blog site
• Blog sharing on social media channels
• Info-graphics Creation & Sharing
• YouTube Video creation & sharing
• Slidesharing
• And more…

Most importantly, we informed the client that SEO is a process, which has never been in 100% control of the SEO companies. It always depends upon the frequent and ongoing search engine updates by Google, Bing, and Yahoo. In order to provide the best SEO and Effective Search Engine Optimization service, and in order to keep the rankings up-to-date, it is important for any SEO firm to be updated with all the search engine updates, and keep on changing the SEO strategy accordingly.