Not showing in searches at all! Not by name and not by skills. What to do?

[ilie_cristian]

Hi! I am a top rated freelancer on the platform for a while and a few days ago I just stopped receiving invitations.

I did some changes to my description a while ago but I don't know if that is the reason. I don't appear even if I search my name. The profile is set to public. 

Is there something I can do? 

[petra_r · Accepted solution]

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Cristian I wrote:

Hi! I am a top rated freelancer on the platform for a while and a few days ago I just stopped receiving invitations.

I did some changes to my description a while ago but I don't know if that is the reason. I don't appear even if I search my name. The profile is set to public. 

Is there something I can do? 

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I searched (from my client account) with filters (location and money earned and hourly rate) and found you in 3rd place

One suggestion: You want to be more reactive to invites.

Now, most clients can only invite 3 freelancers unless they pay, it is rude to not respond or to respond days after the event.

I am also pretty sure (but do not 100% know this for a fact) that having a poor responsiveness score will not help your search placing. Why would Upwork promote a freelancer for invites who can't be bothered to respond?

poor responsiveness to invites

[ilie_cristian]

I am working on that, I had some problems a while ago when I was a bit unresponsive. But since then I've been answering the invites within a day, it just didn't update yet. I don't know how long that takes. 

Anyways, thank you so much!