Google releasing a large update today

I just investigated my -50% in traffic further and found out that:
  • Traffic from Rich Results
  • Review Snippet
  • Product Results
has gone from 100% to 0% with this update. Basically when you filter in Search Console by "Search Appearance".

Anyone experienced similar and can explain why this happened?
same for me, from a day of an update I am on 0, do not understand like we got a penalty or something
 
Is anyone experiencing indexing / crawling issues with Google?

Submitted my site to Google Search Console for indexing (re-crawled and requested indexing) multiple times but the results are still not updated in Google Search

This issue occurs with updated articles (articles are updated on website, but the old version remains on google) even after requesting re-index through GSC

Usually it takes around 30 seconds for the changes to reflect, not sure what's causing the delay in updating the SERPS
From what I see from a lot of online discussions - as stated by John Mueller, if google wont index - site may not be relevant to google and you should check your content, relevancy etc.
 
I'm on the edge of crying really, Google updates since january hit me hard so bad.. and now it's getting worse. Index not working, trying different method, test and trials 24 domains... all results is 0.
 
I just investigated my -50% in traffic further and found out that:
  • Traffic from Rich Results
  • Review Snippet
  • Product Results
has gone from 100% to 0% with this update. Basically when you filter in Search Console by "Search Appearance".

Anyone experienced similar and can explain why this happened?

Just checked. Had it on April. [Review snippet]
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Any ideas?
 
My side still dancing around , yesterday seem slightly back go up but down again.

guess have to wait till end of May ? to justify the final outcome ?
 
Out of 450 pages only 90 are valid and indexed. It looks like Google is removing pages from their index.

Thank you Google for starving my children.
 
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Thank you Google for starving my children.

The name of the game, if there ever was one. :D

Snippets could definitely have something to do with this update. Some sites I own has 50% loss in traffic but rank positions are the same (except it doesn't count snippets).
 
The name of the game, if there ever was one. :D

Snippets could definitely have something to do with this update. Some sites I own has 50% loss in traffic but rank positions are the same (except it doesn't count snippets).

Hi!
Maybe the reason is a drop in demand or in seasonality?

If you see a CTR drop without a corresponding impression drop, review recent changes to the site, especially changes that could impact what's displayed in search results (including your TITLE tags and META descriptions). In this case, though, it's reasonable to assume that we're looking at an overall drop in demand.
- Dr. Peter J. Meyers


moz.com/blog/diagnosing-traffic-drops-during-a-crisis
 
So, as I posted on page 1 of this thread, here’s my update:
My biggest money site continues to sit at #1 for focus keywords and longtail SERPS have stayed the same. What I have noticed however is that my competitors have been blown away from page one - replaced with big authority sites. What’s crazy though, is that these authority sites are MUCH bigger, older, stronger than mine in every measurable way. So I still can’t figure out a pattern here.

My site has about 200 backlinks, some are from tier 1 news websites, the rest are mixed and many come from my own PBN.
The site is 7 years old and has about 5500 posts all between 200 and 700 words long
The sites is supported by paid advertisers and ad$ense

My heart goes out to everyone who’s suffered as a result of the update.

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Out of 450 pages only 90 are valid and indexed. It looks like Google is removing pages from their index.

Thank you Google for starving my children.
For me Google is showing About 568 results for your site.
 
Out of 450 pages only 90 are valid and indexed. It looks like Google is removing pages from their index.

Thank you Google for starving my children.
This could be because your pages have thin content. For example, some of your pages I have looked have only 300-400 words

I don't really think so, I've another site that also has thin contents 300-500 words, but gained about 32%
 
For me Google is showing About 568 results for your site.
Prior to this update, I usually saw 450 valid pages, now it's just 90. The site was hit in January update, and the may update killed it completely.

Videos and authority sites now rank for all my keywords.
 
Prior to this update, I usually saw 450 valid pages, now it's just 90. The site was hit in January update, and the may update killed it completely.

Videos and authority sites now rank for all my keywords.

How do you check the number of indexed links?
 
How do you check the number of indexed links?
From Index, I checked coverage. Most of the indexed pages are not included in the sitemap. Google is indexing tags, categories and about page.
 

Thanks for the link, the guy does provide some useful info although it's very broad, however, I strongly disagree with him that if a website was hit with a core update, one needs to wait for the next core update to recover. As he says, there are algos upon algos and they (G) do a lot of tests. If a baby algo has been implemented into the core, you don't need to wait for the next update to recover, by definition, it's been implemented into the 'core', it's live, and whatever changes one makes to their website, it should not take that long to see if they work or not.
 
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