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Organic Google Traffic lost

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by TrueVapor, Jun 1, 2014.

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    I had been experiencing increased organic traffic for the last 6-7 months then I went from 3,000 Google SE hits to 2,000 in 2 days, It dropped all the way down to 1,400 over the next week. Right now (2 weeks from the first drop) it sits at about 1,800 hits a day.

    How can I go from consistent growth to loosing 50% off my search engine traffic? I looked at recently added back links and I can't find anything strange.

    Can anyone help me figure out what's going on? Did Google make any changes around May 15th?

    Thanks for any help.
     
    TrueVapor, Jun 1, 2014 IP
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    Joshie Notable Member

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  3. Foxxy

    Foxxy Active Member

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    I thought the latest Panda update came two weeks after the date he mentioned. Maybe I'm remembering that wrong though.
     
    Foxxy, Jun 1, 2014 IP
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    The Panda 4.0 update was rolling out, it takes a few days to override everything in their search.
     
    Joshie, Jun 1, 2014 IP
  5. TrueVapor

    TrueVapor Member

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    Some of my kaywords have moved up in ranking but it looks like overall i'm getting less traffic. I'm hoping it will turn around a bit, my sites only about 7 months old and it was going up pretty consistently until this. I mostly get traffic from long tail keywords though.

    It must have been this latest update. Can anyone confirm the exact dates of the update.
     
    TrueVapor, Jun 1, 2014 IP
  6. Joshie

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    Here is a page where you can get history of Panda updates from Wiki: Google Panda by Wikipedia.
     
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    meethi jain Active Member

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    I thought the newest Panda up-date got a couple weeks after the day they stated. Possibly I am just thinking about how that wrong although.
     
    meethi jain, Jun 6, 2014 IP
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    Are you sure your website is still in Google. This could be an effect of Google Dance too. Did you build backlinks recently? If your content is unique, I am really not sure what exactly to tell you...
     
    patco, Jun 6, 2014 IP
  9. TrueVapor

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    It looks like the new update just lowered some of my traffic. Probably because a lot of my content is very short and they want more long form content.
     
    TrueVapor, Jun 6, 2014 IP
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    If your backlinks are ok and no spamming issues, you site should be ok. I will sugest you to check if your site is affected by Google manual action penalty or not.
     
    Anis Mizi, Jun 7, 2014 IP
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    Must be Un natural Links
     
    ZaynJMalik, Jun 29, 2014 IP
  12. Jake Rigdon

    Jake Rigdon Greenhorn

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    I thought the Panda update happened in April, but yeah that's probably the cause.
     
    Jake Rigdon, Jun 29, 2014 IP