for several days my site jumps from 13th to 11th and 9-10th places...
and for that keyword competition that days changes also..
one time it's 20 mil.. after minute it's 39mil.. yesterday 82mi. and today it's 604mil.

wtf?

keyword: really funny stuff

Google rankings are constantly shifting. You usually don't get a more stable ranking until you get to the top 5 or so. Sometimes you just see a different ranking because you get results from a different Google data center.

Originally Posted by Jeremy80

Google rankings are constantly shifting. You usually don't get a more stable ranking until you get to the top 5 or so. Sometimes you just see a different ranking because you get results from a different Google data center.

yep.. i know about data centers.. but "dance" for so long time?! and jumping from 82mil to 604!! mil. pages it's something unusual, no?

It's something unusual so keep it up dude.

Originally Posted by wirelessem

It's something unusual so keep it up dude.

most important thing is.. finally my web site come up to 6th place.. I'm working on to place it a bit higher now.

I think this is normal to SEs. not just in Google, but even in Yahoo and MSN. Sometimes, even popular sites can be beaten up on SEs. So continuous link building is the best option here.

Yes, that's normal.. Google Serp constantly changes from time to time.. So better to keep on getting more quality backlinks and be sure to properly target your selected keywords...

Up and down fluctuation is pretty normal! Flucutations are usually a slight variance rather than a dramatic shift. They key is doing good SEO and promoting of the site.

google sure is, my rankings are up and down all the time. only the #1 is stable.

mine went down again from 6th to 11-12th place..
I'm just thinking..cause my blog renewals each day maybe I should re-edit robots.txt and make google come back in 7-14 days ?!

Google dance or ranking fluctuation is common. To get a more stable position, just keep on building quality links for your site. Competition is fierce in Google.

pow wow is right, fluctuations are normal.
for my town and website area, things seem pretty stable and settled as far as i can see.

if it is moving around for you IM, i imagine that in a few days time things will settle out....and hope you do well.

yup...for some months google it's dancing hip-hop...my websites change their positions every day and every 7-8 days are reindexed

always moving up and down

Google is always changing around search results so this can be expected for any keywords. That particular phrase is one I would expect to be very volatile just because people will post on digg "really funny video" etc. and it can get the top spots.

Originally Posted by theguru

Google is always changing around search results so this can be expected for any keywords. That particular phrase is one I would expect to be very volatile just because people will post on digg "really funny video" etc. and it can get the top spots.

I don't see any new competitors for my keyword.. it's always same "stable" 10-11 competitors.

Originally Posted by zeruel

I think this is normal to SEs. not just in Google, but even in Yahoo and MSN. Sometimes, even popular sites can be beaten up on SEs. So continuous link building is the best option here.

Yeah you are Right but they Just do it once or twice in the week When they update them data center ... But i also notice that Some thing went wrong with google now a days , in last 10 days i continually Seeing the Different Search results Not just for my target keywords also with other search results too ...

I'm not sure whats google doing :-S its made me bit confused and also mad too

Google continuous updating its database and due to this we find changes in website rankings in result pages. We need to create more backlinks for the website for getting good rankings after this shuffling.

it is not a big issue i think.it happens to all search engines sometimes like Yahoo and Msn.it may b google has updated the new launched websites.

I do have same problem, it is because different data centers. When you search some thing in Google, results might vary slightly. It actually depends on where your query is being sent.