Why did my Search Console impressions drop to zero after a spike?

[kidd666]

Hi I just started running an escort website in turkish langugage however here's the catch the thing happened to me was very very wierd
after submiting the domain to search console I also added 2 more domains with same content to same search console account. then indexing started to come and after day 3 I've seen a huge spike in impressions daily 60k impressions for total of 3 days then sudden drop to 10-15 impressions basically to 0, then I thought to myself I should close other 2 domains and closed them but nothing changed. then I said I will target a whole different country and changed the country to something else but now I don't understand why I get 0 impressions Im doing programatic seo with very high intent keywords for a typical escort website with city and district based intentions however I still could not get the impressions what might be the problem?

did remove country turkey tho from removals tool.
and added the normal country Im working with right now?


am I in sandbox r now or what? Why Im still not getting any impression I dont see any manual action or anything

maybe everything is thin content But I dont think there would be thin content in escort.
Most of the competitors I see is only doing a single page with every escort stuffed in the same page and keywords in same page I did seperate everything. what's the issue.

 

[alonelywriter]

Give the site some time to stabilize and avoid major changes. The spike may have been part of Google's discovery phase. Check which pages are still indexed and focus on improving the ones that were already getting impressions.

 

[kidd666]

Give the site some time to stabilize and avoid major changes. The spike may have been part of Google's discovery phase. Check which pages are still indexed and focus on improving the ones that were already getting impressions.

I was thinking like an pbn but with same domains. Then I thought maybe google punished because I was doing something like a pbn not pbn its basically doorway domains. same content domain changes only so I removed the other 2 domains. completly. generally I should wait around 1 month I know but. This happens to me the first time that's why Im asking.

 

[jaxiv86861]

Hi I just started running an escort website in turkish langugage however here's the catch the thing happened to me was very very wierd
after submiting the domain to search console I also added 2 more domains with same content to same search console account. then indexing started to come and after day 3 I've seen a huge spike in impressions daily 60k impressions for total of 3 days then sudden drop to 10-15 impressions basically to 0, then I thought to myself I should close other 2 domains and closed them but nothing changed. then I said I will target a whole different country and changed the country to something else but now I don't understand why I get 0 impressions Im doing programatic seo with very high intent keywords for a typical escort website with city and district based intentions however I still could not get the impressions what might be the problem?

did remove country turkey tho from removals tool.
and added the normal country Im working with right now?


am I in sandbox r now or what? Why Im still not getting any impression I dont see any manual action or anything

maybe everything is thin content But I dont think there would be thin content in escort.
Most of the competitors I see is only doing a single page with every escort stuffed in the same page and keywords in same page I did seperate everything. what's the issue.

this is not a problem related to the sandbox. according to google, this site is known to have duplicated doorway pages on various domains.
Once you fix the issue, select any of these domains and ask google to recrawl that page. neither the geotargeting nor the content will change.

 

[kidd666]

this is not a problem related to the sandbox. according to google, this site is known to have duplicated doorway pages on various domains.
Once you fix the issue, select any of these domains and ask google to recrawl that page. neither the geotargeting nor the content will change.

I did what you said Im waiting now. removed 2 domains completly left only the main one, and in search console used removal tool for starting with -> "/" so basically everything let's see what will happen.

 

[kidd666]

this is not a problem related to the sandbox. according to google, this site is known to have duplicated doorway pages on various domains.
Once you fix the issue, select any of these domains and ask google to recrawl that page. neither the geotargeting nor the content will change.

when do you think It will stabilize on the new GEO. Im seeing indexing are being made when i check as "site:domain.com" in google.

 

[kidd666]

bro, u totally nuked ur site by hostin the exact same content across 3 domains on day one, which triggered Google’s automated spam and duplication filters instantly—and changin target countries with the removals tool just made the bot super confused. u r not in a normal sandbox, u got algorithmicly shadowbanned for programmatic thin content; u gotta stick to one domain, delete the old ones completely, and wait like 2-3 months for the index to clean itself up

what if I change everything and start a new account and website from a different search console? with completly new domain? Should I just let it be? I don't think it would take 2-3 months thats waay too long. It will probably get indexed fully then try testing out in some queries in 1 month or so? however algorithm is caucious, against me. I think

I don't think there is any punishment or anything but with time google will deciede what to do. so Me saying to google that I removed these doorway domains and google be like "ok this is the site letme index it and test it out".

 

[Crypto Man]

same content across 3 domains then closing them probably triggered a spam/duplicate filter, that pattern looks bad to google

 

[Janitadowning]

GhostlyGardener is right about the timeline. Once you trigger a duplicate/doorway filter across multiple domains on day one, the automated cleanup takes time. Google isn't going to instantly forgive the domain just because you used the removals tool. If you don't want to wait 2-3 months, your only real option is starting fresh on a completely new domain, but you have to make sure you don't repeat the exact same multi-domain launch footprint.

 

[JaxonWP]

Honestly if you want to make money anytime soon just buy a new domain and start fresh. Using the removals tool in search console doesn't actually wipe the spam flag from google's database, it just temporarily hides the urls from showing up. i had a similar issue with a local directory site last year where i messed up the footprint on day one... wasted nearly three months waiting for it to recover and it never did. Especially in the escort niche where the spam filters are already cranked up to ten. @kidd666 save yourself the headache and register a clean domain, put it on a separate gsc account, and don't do the multi-domain doorway thing again. It's way faster to rank a new domain than trying to convince the bot you've cleaned up your act on a burned one.

 

[kidd666]

Honestly if you want to make money anytime soon just buy a new domain and start fresh. Using the removals tool in search console doesn't actually wipe the spam flag from google's database, it just temporarily hides the urls from showing up. i had a similar issue with a local directory site last year where i messed up the footprint on day one... wasted nearly three months waiting for it to recover and it never did. Especially in the escort niche where the spam filters are already cranked up to ten. @kidd666 save yourself the headache and register a clean domain, put it on a separate gsc account, and don't do the multi-domain doorway thing again. It's way faster to rank a new domain than trying to convince the bot you've cleaned up your act on a burned one.

yeah started with nuxt now. programming a complety new website now. shitty thing I understand in now. Do you think I should change the website template also?

 

[Adrian Coli]

as a beginner i would say that the data is not always updated in real time, so occasional fluctuations can happen.

 

[mangoodi]

That pattern usually means google gave you a temporary boost to test the setup then pulled back once it detected overlapping signals across domains. Running the same content across multiple domains plus, switching geo signals early on weakens trust, so instead of spreading it, focus on one domain and build clean and consistent signals around it!

 

[nigunim]

A sudden spike followed by almost zero impressions usually points to Google's quality evaluation rather than a sandbox. It could be caused by duplicate content across multiple domains, thin programmatic pages or Google re-evaluating the site after the initial crawl. If there's no manual action, focus on improving content quality and wait for Google to reassess the site instead of making frequent changes.

 

[GeeLark AI]

That early spike was probably Google testing your pages. Imo, If impressions dropped to almost zero, I'd look at content quality, duplicate content across domains, and indexing issues before assuming it's a sandbox problem.

 

[LionePrime]

That pattern usually means google gave you a temporary boost to test the setup then pulled back once it detected overlapping signals across domains. Running the same content across multiple domains plus, switching geo signals early on weakens trust, so instead of spreading it, focus on one domain and build clean and consistent signals around it!

The only correct answer. And this behavior isn't the first year.

 

[kidd666]

The only correct answer. And this behavior isn't the first year.

currently I see some pages getting impression but no query still. I don't know I think that google wouldnt even give any impressions to me in the first place if it was an algorithmic suppression or shadow ban. Im still seeing impressions but very low. and only some pages get impression kinda wierd and devices mobile for example says 1 impression however pages say more. Let's see how it goes Im thinking this is some kind of sandbox or something.
also I've started another gsc account with very new data and everything so I rebuilt the website and running on its own now. let's see which one will go first. also I minimized the stuffing on the new one. also on the new one and didn't wanted too many indexing. so basically only state and district pages that's it.

 

[DojaCat]

I wouldn't jump straight to "sandbox". The bigger red flag is running multiple domains with the same content. Even if they're in the same Search Console account, that's usually not the issue. The duplicate content across domains could be. Also, if you changed countries, removed locations, and made major site changes during the first few weeks, google may still be trying to understand what the site is actually targeting. I'd give it some time and check how many pages remain indexed versus how many were initially indexed.

 

[kidd666]

I wouldn't jump straight to "sandbox". The bigger red flag is running multiple domains with the same content. Even if they're in the same Search Console account, that's usually not the issue. The duplicate content across domains could be. Also, if you changed countries, removed locations, and made major site changes during the first few weeks, google may still be trying to understand what the site is actually targeting. I'd give it some time and check how many pages remain indexed versus how many were initially indexed.

The thing that is wierd is it keeps indexing pages but is not giving any impressions. everyday I check and I see Indexing is still being made. approx 20-50 pages of my website is being indexed everyday. however no impressions.

 

[kidd666]

you added three identical sites to Search Console at the same time, so Google likely treated it as duplicate content.

initial spike was just a new site boost. Changing country settings now wont help if the domain is already red flagged.

But why do you think It keeps indexing in that case it will directly deindex everything.