I started a site a month ago and I was getting trickles of traffic, up to 19 visitors a day. Then 9, 9, 2, and BOOM 0 traffic the last week. I have submitted to an article submission service, but I dont think thats the reason. The site is in my signature. If anyone could audit my site, thatd be awesome.
first i think the layout can do a revamp. Looks untidy on first impression next, i think the site can be more user friendly. can u give more detail on your article submission service?
Google give a New Content Boost to new pages and new sites, this boost helps them rank high in search results. But this boost is only temporary. That is why you get traffic on news site for some time. In order to get constant traffic, you need to do some SEO.
Sand boxing is a phenomenon commonly associated with high paying niches particularly during their initial period of launch. Did you do anything contrary to the TOS? Deindexed from the google?? Keep on adding good contents and optimize for the big G which I hope will help you regain the lost spot...
It pretty natural for a new website to end up getting sandboxed especially if you've just started into highly competitive niche. Well in this case, you just have to wait and usually it will take months before you can escape. In the meantime, continue to improve your site, and be prepared to make a rapid rise once the Sandbox probation ends.