took a HUGE dip in google

I have had vBSEO installed since the start of my site in December 06 (or maybe a little after).

I have always had several keywords and key phrases that I was consistently on the 1st page and sometimes 1st position on.

Google one day completely dumped my site overnight. my site's name is Pure Talk Forum and I used to be in 1st on google for that. Now I can't even find my site at all! You used to be able to type in stuff like "talk forum", "anything chat", and "talk about anything" and I would be on the 1st page.

What's wrong?!?! Google completely buried me. I'm still high in the other SEs. Why do you think Google did this to me?

Any recommendations?

Thank you!

It's been 6 months for you. When did experience the loss of positioning?

About 1 month ago. I haven't really changed anything, either. I don't get it. :(

Did you change servers at any point, or experience any downtime?

Yes - downtime for like a day.

When did that occur?

Probably a week before the incident. Would that really affect it that much?

Yes - it could impact it, particularly if they were doing heavy crawling during your down time. Try to keep your site online. I'm sure it will rebound in the coming weeks.

I sure hope it does. The site has been online ever since. Is there anything I can do to speed the process?

I can't believe it takes so long. Google is always all over my site. My stuff still gets indexed/updated, Google just buries it.

Thank you for your help.

Are you running our sitemap?

Yes. Every night it is scheduled.

Ok - well, the sitemap definitely helps with re-indexing. Keep on eye on your indexed pages and your incoming traffic. Let us know how it changes during the next 2-4 weeks.

Well, you were right. I just find it so strange. Google just drops me for so long then over night I'm back up to the top. And I have been for about a week now. I just don't get it, but I'm glad I'm back up. STRANGE!

Thanks for your help.