Google traffic decreased from 975 to 105.. Why??

Discussion in 'Google' started by soccerfriend, Mar 20, 2008.

  1. #1
    Most of my traffic comes from google. It was increasing day after for last few weeks, until yesterday when it dropped basically for all of my sites

    Any reasons on what happened?
     
    soccerfriend, Mar 20, 2008 IP
  2. petyard

    petyard Well-Known Member

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    #2
    check if your main keywords are still were they used to be
    and give more details maybe...
     
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  3. promomanagers

    promomanagers Peon

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    #3
    For that big of a drop obviously something has gone on. But overall traffic is down for many sites per most reports and overall volume has dropped for Google and others.

    We're a tiny site compared to most of you, but many we've talked to report that in the US volume really dropped for B2B stuff after last Friday. The recession will start to take it's toll.

    More details would be great.
     
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  4. soccerfriend

    soccerfriend Well-Known Member

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    #4
    my site is stock related
     
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  5. zexy

    zexy Guest

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    #5
    Possible reasons:
    - google dance
    - penalty
    - the competition improved (or just spammed google)
     
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  6. deccanbazaar.biz

    deccanbazaar.biz Banned

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    the reason i see is due to keyword lost from its position mainly the traffic decrease due to this reason.
     
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  7. promomanagers

    promomanagers Peon

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    Soccer, you would think in this mess your volume would be up, that certainly points to one of the other items everyone has mentioned.

    You'd probably be best served by looking at your keyword data prior to the fall and seeing how you are doing on those big terms now.
     
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    bestway Well-Known Member

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    #8
    google rebuild him self now therfore most of site decrease it's traffic
     
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  9. soccerfriend

    soccerfriend Well-Known Member

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    #9
    if I was penalized .. how long would the penalty last for?
     
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  10. The Stealthy One

    The Stealthy One Well-Known Member Affiliate Manager

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    #10
    Evidently, something changed in the rankings to affect how your site ranked. The penalty could last for quite a while - or not long at all. Without knowing exactly why there is a penalty, it is hard to say how long it will last.
     
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  11. kingofsanda

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    You should wait a few days I think this happens to many
    sites from time to time, it may be temporary.
     
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  12. angilina

    angilina Notable Member

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    #12
    How old are your sites?
     
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  13. logicb0x

    logicb0x Well-Known Member

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    #13
    maybe you sell link in your web ?
     
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    bongski Active Member

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    #14
    Perhaps your initial high number of traffic was created by your site being featured in social bookmarks sites. Then the effect just wore off. Just my opinion.
     
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    #15
    How long were you pulling that many hits before it dropped?
     
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  16. soccerfriend

    soccerfriend Well-Known Member

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    I was pulling many hits for over 2 months..

    I made this thread about a week ago.. For about 4 days my google traffic was down.. but now it looks like it got back to normal
     
    soccerfriend, Mar 22, 2008 IP
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    Good to know its back to normal
    I guess it was due to gogle dancing
     
    xxdomainxx, Mar 22, 2008 IP