Lost Keyword Ranking

[manvbf]

i've completely lost one of my keyword rankings which was #2 for its search results on google. my other 2 keywords however haven't changed. any ideas why this happened?

i was recently infected with somekind of spyware code in my index page but i just cleaned it. google may have took me off its listings because of this but if it did, how long do i have to wait to be relisted for this keyword?

[takeshiro]

maybe you've been hit with Google's Panda?

[Hogward]

Might be the competition of the keyword increase. Keep on building quality backlinks with the targeted keyword for the page.

[C.Rebecca]

I think your website suffered a loss due to that spyware code.
You just need to make sure that your website is free from any such spyware. Make sure you
-Update your sitemap and submit it again to Google webmaster tools
-Ping search engines
Don’t worry as it takes time to gain a position in SERPs after such a downfall.
Be patient and keep on doing Organic SEO consistently.
Post Merge: 11-01-2011, 09:10:13