Sudden total traffic drop in Google Search Console (as if the site was deindexed)

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Hi everyone,

I run a free online tool that lets users download videos from Erome. The site was growing really well for a while. According to Google Search Console I even hit 893,000 impressions and 18,000 clicks in a single day.

Then, around mid-October, the traffic completely collapsed overnight. Looking at the Search Console graphs it looks like the site was almost completely removed from Google’s index (I’ve attached a screenshot).

Important details:

  • I didn’t change anything on the site
  • No SEO changes, no content updates, no technical modifications
  • The site is exactly the same as it was when it was performing well
Has anyone experienced something similar?
Any ideas what could cause such a sudden and extreme drop?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

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This looks more like a site-wide visibility issue than a normal traffic fluctuation.

One thing worth investigating is the timing. Google's September 2026 Spam Update finished rolling out on October 8, shortly before your reported traffic collapse.

I will first compare the Page Indexing report before and after the drop. Also check whether your pages are still indexed but have lost their rankings.

Since this is an adult video downloader, I would additionally investigate SafeSearch visibility, content quality, and potential spam or copyright-related issues.

Don't make major changes until you identify whether Google has actually deindexed the pages or simply stopped ranking them.
 
ngl downloader sites eat dmca complaints all the time. i'd search the domain on lumen database first, if there's a pile of notices from mid october that's probably your answer
 
That’s a pretty drastic drop. Looking at the graph, both clicks and impressions collapsed almost overnight around October 14, which suggests a possible sitewide visibility issue.

You can check manual actions, security issues and page indexing in GSC to confirm whether the pages were actually deindexed. If indexing is intact, investigate a possible algorithmic or spam related ranking impact.
 
erdown.com said:
Hi everyone,

I run a free online tool that lets users download videos from Erome. The site was growing really well for a while. According to Google Search Console I even hit 893,000 impressions and 18,000 clicks in a single day.

Then, around mid-October, the traffic completely collapsed overnight. Looking at the Search Console graphs it looks like the site was almost completely removed from Google’s index (I’ve attached a screenshot).

Important details:

  • I didn’t change anything on the site
  • No SEO changes, no content updates, no technical modifications
  • The site is exactly the same as it was when it was performing well
Has anyone experienced something similar?
Any ideas what could cause such a sudden and extreme drop?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

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To start off, let me investigate the problem which may have come up as a result of any manual action or security-related problems on GSC. Then, I will look into the indexing reports before and after the drop. this can include the possibility that your page are indexed but not visible anymore. this does not imply that your problem is full de-indexing. since this is a video download website, I will also check for any DMCA or SafeSearch problems.
 
erdown.com said:
Hi everyone,

I run a free online tool that lets users download videos from Erome.
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While millions of young men around the world appreciate heroes like you, I'm pretty sure G doesn't :p

Obvious manual action there and it was probably snitched by one of your competitors who are doing the same
 
2396233 said:
Hi everyone,

I run a free online tool that lets users download videos from Erome. The site was growing really well for a while. According to Google Search Console I even hit 893,000 impressions and 18,000 clicks in a single day.

Then, around mid-October, the traffic completely collapsed overnight. Looking at the Search Console graphs it looks like the site was almost completely removed from Google’s index (I’ve attached a screenshot).

Important details:

  • I didn’t change anything on the site
  • No SEO changes, no content updates, no technical modifications
  • The site is exactly the same as it was when it was performing well
Has anyone experienced something similar?
Any ideas what could cause such a sudden and extreme drop?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

View attachment 555380
Click to expand...
my first step will be to make sure that there are no manual or security problems in GSC. It is necesary to check if the page are indexed or if they have been removed from indexing. as it is a downloaders site, I would also check for DMCA complaint or safesearch issue. It may have something to do with the google update, but I would check out all other possibilities as well.
 
2396233 said:
Hi everyone,

I run a free online tool that lets users download videos from Erome. The site was growing really well for a while. According to Google Search Console I even hit 893,000 impressions and 18,000 clicks in a single day.

Then, around mid-October, the traffic completely collapsed overnight. Looking at the Search Console graphs it looks like the site was almost completely removed from Google’s index (I’ve attached a screenshot).

Important details:

  • I didn’t change anything on the site
  • No SEO changes, no content updates, no technical modifications
  • The site is exactly the same as it was when it was performing well
Has anyone experienced something similar?
Any ideas what could cause such a sudden and extreme drop?

Thanks in advance for any insights.

View attachment 555380
Click to expand...
It's probably a manual action against your website.
 
2396233 said:
Hi everyone,

I run a free online tool that lets users download videos from Erome. The site was growing really well for a while. According to Google Search Console I even hit 893,000 impressions and 18,000 clicks in a single day.

Then, around mid-October, the traffic completely collapsed overnight. Looking at the Search Console graphs it looks like the site was almost completely removed from Google’s index (I’ve attached a screenshot).

Important details:

  • I didn’t change anything on the site
  • No SEO changes, no content updates, no technical modifications
  • The site is exactly the same as it was when it was performing well
Has anyone experienced something similar?
Any ideas what could cause such a sudden and extreme drop?

Thanks in advance for any insights.
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Since Friday, Google has been rolling out a new anti-spam algorithm targeting file-sharing and video-hosting sites, as well as platforms that rely on user-generated content.
Google has updated its documentation to recommend that site owners block low-quality user-generated content—including file and video uploads—from being indexed.
If a site is affected by this algorithm, excluding the relevant sections containing such content from the index can quickly help the site regain its rankings.
 
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