I noticed awhile ago that my blog was coming up way down in the search returns list - to the order of several pages in - when doing a keyword search on "derek leverington" on Google.
I finally attributed it to a bunch of trackback spam that was pointing to all manner of sordid sites. I inadvertently ended up with several spam trackbacks that had gone unmonitored. I deleted all of them and went through all the historical entries in my blog and disabled trackbacks to prevent it from happening in future. (An unfortunate but seemingly unavoidable tactic in light of no prevalent solution to block this kind of spamming activity.)
I just checked again this evening the "derek leverington" keywords and this blog is back up to the number one spot again.
So, lesson learned: keep an eye on trackbacks to spam sites - they may well be affecting the search return performance on your site.
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