Big drop on google traffic !!!! from 22k visits to 7000 !!!!!

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by mimozo, Oct 8, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi

    From monday one of my sites has experienced a big drop on google traffic , never happened before .
    No change happened to the site during the last days , so I wonder why this shut happened , and I wonder if it will be permanent ??


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    note that the indexed page are +/- the same as usual .

    thanks for your collaboration
     
    mimozo, Oct 8, 2009 IP
  2. mgn465

    mgn465 Active Member

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    #2
    maybe u have more rivals then before :///
     
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  3. nfdcash

    nfdcash Peon

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    #3
    Whats your niche ?
     
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  4. mehboob

    mehboob Well-Known Member

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    #4
    wait 1-2 more days before you panic!! Maybe some other site has came to you keyword niche!
     
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  5. mimozo

    mimozo Well-Known Member

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    #5
    I dont think so , as the drop was surprising ... you can check the screenshot .
     
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    gameutopia Peon

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    Bummer that is a huge drop. Strange that you would see that much of a drop when you are consistent. Hope you get it figured out.
     
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  7. EvcRo

    EvcRo Notable Member

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    #7
    was your site up for the whole day ? sometimes your host can have problems and , unnoticed, you can get 12 hours downtime.
     
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  8. mimozo

    mimozo Well-Known Member

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    yes the site was up ..for the last 3 days ,before and after the drop .
     
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  9. Eugene AG

    Eugene AG Peon

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    #9
    it seems that a very powerful backlink(s) of your site has been (removed/disappeared/de-valuated/Source lost PR)
     
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  10. escortseo

    escortseo Active Member

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    #10
    Maybe you have lost some important backlinks
     
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  11. SCLocal

    SCLocal Notable Member

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    #11
    That's really horrible! But unless you're willing to provide the URL the only thing we can do is guess at a likely cause, which could be any number of things including a) Backlinks to your site, b) duplicate content on your site, c) previous blackhat seo that's just been discovered.

    How often is Google coming to your site? What do your logs say and when was the last cached/index of your homepage and interior pages? Have you checked your backlinks with a)google b)backlinkwatch.com c)yahoo site explorer? Compare with past data if you have it.

    Provide a little more info, we'd love to help.
     
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  12. webcosmo

    webcosmo Notable Member

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    #12
    Only two reasons I can think of. Your site was down that day, or you lost your #1 rank for some high traffic keyword.

    Have you figured the cause yet?
     
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  13. cdbelajar

    cdbelajar Member

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    #13
    It was happened to me last week, don't worry it will be back. My visitor and my adsense profit dropped too much. I take action by changing my themes and it worked!
     
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  14. Toon-c

    Toon-c Well-Known Member

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    #14
    Hey ..
    Last days there was a links update .. links considered by Google as backlinks ..

    I have only one question, Did you lose the traffic coming from SE? (Normally ..) if so try to check if you have new links added to your site for bad sites , you know what I mean .........
     
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  15. nowimhere

    nowimhere Active Member

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    #15
    I hate google.

    They always change stuff!
     
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  16. Steupz

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    #16
    That is an incredible drop. Has to be an extremely popular #1 listing that was de-indexed for some reason. But you would know that.
    Surely you'd know the keyword that has had a sudden drop?
     
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  17. Ralph23

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    #17
    Odds are temp glitch, maybe your site was down to your unknowing, etc.

    That doesn't just "happen"...
     
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  18. billion

    billion G.E.M.

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    #18
    My guess is that Google made a change and suddenly don't like your site as much as before. Did you find out the the reason?
     
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  19. roughsoul

    roughsoul Well-Known Member

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    #19
    OMG thats a huge drop. Even i am facing problem with my site. My SERP is fluctuating everyday which is affecting my traffic a lot. Dont know whats going wrong with google.
     
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  20. tattoos

    tattoos Prominent Member

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    #20
    SClocal is right, without the URL its all just a big guessing game.

    Is the drop in traffic/rank affecting all keywords or just a few highly searched ones?
    If its only affecting a few highly searched keywords, how far have you dropped, a couple of places or a couple of pages?
    Check which pages Google were sending the visitors to and see if they are still in cache.
    If they are, check if any of the backlinks to those pages have recently been nofollowed or removed.
    Also check the sites that have taken your spot and see if they have any new high PR sites linking to them.
    Hope you get it sorted out.. Good luck

    Cheers
    James
     
    tattoos, Oct 9, 2009 IP