Hi, I'm relatively new to SEO and google in particular so I'm wondering if I should be worried if after my newish site has been running at around 10% traffic from Google search for about 6 months, then suddenly jumps to 20% after my last crawl from Googlebot on Feb 7, stays there for 3 days, and has since fallen to about 5%. Is this indicative of a problem I should be concerned about, or can I expect that number to gradually increase back to the 20%? If Google giveth then taketh away, is it usually due to a penalty? Thanks, Helm
Are there any accepted theories about what's going on when this happens though? It's like after the latest crawl my SEO worked (all white hat basic stuff), my SERPs went up, which triggered an alarm in Mordor, or Mountain View or wherever, and I'm now I'm worse off than before. It's not a huge drop, but it's certainly discouraging and more than a little confusing.
Hello... Sounds more like a shift in the algo for the keywords being used and probably temporary issue but i would keep back-link building with sites relevant to your niche and try advertisng on relevant sites/forums/blogs that send quality traffic so that You dont only count on them to survive in the event they ever wanted to cut your throat. (never all eggs in one basket) thx malcolm
changes, flux is not new for google, be patient and observed more the changes. As malcom1 ses, continue your link building and if possible have a great content to your site. Just an opinion