Google traffic dropped 70% in 2 days!!

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by lopes, May 20, 2010.

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    In short: on 17 May I have my highest Google traffic in a long time, and a day after it's down to 30% of it's average.

    I checked Webmaster Tools, and I found only 1 Crawl error, dating from 17 May:

    http://www.mydomain.com/index.html - 404 (Not Found)

    But seriously, I've never had an index.html, only an index.php!
    Here is a screenshot of both my GA and Webmaster Tools accounts:

    http://img248.imageshack.us/i/screenshot4td.png/

    Ps: I just redirected index.html to the root domain, to see what happens.
     
    lopes, May 20, 2010 IP
  2. larysmith711

    larysmith711 Notable Member

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    #2
    Maybe nobody needed to make logos those days. ;)

    Google is constantly testing and changing serps and your website probably got hit with something during that time.
     
    larysmith711, May 20, 2010 IP
  3. JHybrid

    JHybrid Peon

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    At least give it a couple of weeks to see if it comes back. Trying to fix it too soon could cause even more problems.
     
    JHybrid, May 21, 2010 IP
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    sumanhaldar Active Member

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    Are you using Google Webmaster tools?
     
    sumanhaldar, May 21, 2010 IP
  5. lopes

    lopes Well-Known Member

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    It would be an way too drastic drop just because of an algo change, IMO.

    Man that's hurting me bad... I really hope it comes back soon.

    Yes...
     
    lopes, May 22, 2010 IP