My web portal www.ethnictourism.com hosted in the month of May was
listed prominently in the first pages on all important key word
searches and in all major search engines like google and yahoo.

After a week or so, I found that the site has no major listings. The
site is now listed in only in a few categories and that too in the
third or fourth pages.

The question that I would like to ask is:
How did my site go down in the order after nearly a week of enjoying
prime position and how can I get my site to the prominent listing in
the first pages.

Thank you 

Best regards,

Jaleel

Hi,

Recently added sites are usually ranked a little bit higher than they
should during a week are two in order to be known.

For a better understanding of Google, Yahoo and other search engines
optimisation I would advice that you carefully read
http://www.webmasterworld.com/

Search strategy : "google indexing"

Mirgolth

hi kerala

following on from mirgolh-ga's comment, you should also check out:

http://www.markcarey.com/googleguy-says/

and in particular, GoogleGuy's July 21st post titled "Google webmaster
tips" re: 5 tips for getting indexed by Google (GoogleGuy is a
frequent poster on the www.webmasterworld.com forum).

:) jem-ga