Preon
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- Apr 6, 2016
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During the May 2020 update, my pet blog was badly impacted. Dropping from 1,000 page views a days to around 250 page views.
Since then I haven't really touched it, no link building or new articles posted. That was until 2 weeks ago, where I thought I may as well try a 301 to a new domain.
I have a nagging feeling that the domain received some sort of soft penalty during the algorithm update, this is based on a blog that copied my domain in its entirety and ranked well for a few weeks before disappearing. I feel that the content is OK, but Google has labeled something about the domain as being undeseriable.
Regardless, the 301 is seeing some early positive results.
From a consistent 9 to 3, back to where it was pre May update:
From a 5 average to 2:
From a 7 average to 5:
I'm curious if anyone else has had success with a 301 and if it lasted?
Since then I haven't really touched it, no link building or new articles posted. That was until 2 weeks ago, where I thought I may as well try a 301 to a new domain.
I have a nagging feeling that the domain received some sort of soft penalty during the algorithm update, this is based on a blog that copied my domain in its entirety and ranked well for a few weeks before disappearing. I feel that the content is OK, but Google has labeled something about the domain as being undeseriable.
Regardless, the 301 is seeing some early positive results.
From a consistent 9 to 3, back to where it was pre May update:
From a 5 average to 2:
From a 7 average to 5:
I'm curious if anyone else has had success with a 301 and if it lasted?
