From 40k to 4k trafic in less than a month with google update
No spammy links, but AI yes
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Very disheartening.View attachment 250245
Should i call it a day ? Wrap it up ? thats it ? go next i guess it's getting lower and lower and lower every day
But was the content readable and edited by human?
mirrorer
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- Jan 30, 2009
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That's the answer. Perhaps you got slapped with thin content penalty.
Dark Hat 007
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I hate seeing these types of stories, sorry mehn!
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AI content might have caused this. Replace it with human written content.
Brickbat1
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Ai content in itself is not the issue, The problem is if you used generic Ai content. You needed to have used smarter prompt engineering, then top it with human editing to give it the human touch. Nobody can identify that as Ai- because its not just AI
Waifu_tatyana
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Was the AI content atleast edited manually?
It was readable and i made tons of CPA money from it meaning the people were convinced enough, though i kind of abused from AI yes i didnt read it and post it as it was thinking it wouldnt matter
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- Apr 22, 2022
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I think you were able to make money because traffic was huge. Even if the conversion rate was 0.1% then it is 40 conversions per day from the 40k daily traffic - this is a very good money!
But when Google tanked the site and traffic shrunk to 4k visits per day, the conversion rate is 4 per day or even less. And it is declining further.
As far as convincing people is concerned, tell me what was your conversion rate when traffic was 40k per day. Was that 0.1%? Or more than that?
It was 40k per month, but conversion rate was around 2%
the niche was in health and old people clicked on it thats why it was good, because they probably didn't care about what was actually written.
Black Belt Spodermen
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I recommend not giving up because if you can build more quality links and improve your content, you will slowly get back in a few months. Not necessarily where you were but still higher than where your site is standing right now.
svcempire
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My 2 cents (and a potential solution - thank me later):
AI content doesn't matter at all, https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/google-search-and-ai-content. What they care about is EEAT whether the content is AI or human-written.
The problem with AI content is that typically, unless you do some very specific things, AI content will be maybe 70-80% factually correct, and 80-85% of the time, articles coming out of Bard / ChatGPT / etc... don't align with search intent well.
For example, I write an article about "why do dogs get zoomies" - logical structure would be:
1. what are zoomies?,
2. why do dogs get zoomies?,
3. are excess energy outbursts bad for dogs?,
4. how to reduce FRAPs and zoomies
The user who has that question will want to know A) what zoomies are, B) what causes them, C) whether are they okay, and D) whether are there any ways to reduce them. That's the https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/how-search-works/rigorous-testing/ here.
Now AI will go nuts and write something like:
1. "The Groovy Science Behind Your Dog's Zoomies"
2. "Why Do Dogs Get Zoomies and How to Deal with Them"
3. "The Joy of Watching Your Dog Zoom: An Ode to Canine Energy"
4. "Zoomies: The Ultimate Expression of Your Dog's Happiness"
5. "Canine Zoomies: When to Worry and How to Keep Your Dog Safe"
6. "The Top 10 Reasons Dogs Get Zoomies (and What You Can Do About It)"
7. "Zoomies: How Dogs Release Excess Energy and Reduce Stress"
8. "From Puppies to Seniors: Why Dogs of All Ages Love to Zoom"
9. "Zoomies: A Sign of a Healthy and Happy Dog"
10. "The Best Ways to Encourage and Enjoy Your Dog's Zoomies".
(I actually pulled this from ChatGPT for the keyword above).
As you can see, this isn't entirely irrelevant but is plain weird and way too much info for the average user. AI seems to struggle with short, concise, and info-accurate posts, unless you do some very specific things.
So in 99% of the sites that I've seen get slapped with the new update (including my own) - this was the issue.
AI content doesn't matter at all, https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/google-search-and-ai-content. What they care about is EEAT whether the content is AI or human-written.
The problem with AI content is that typically, unless you do some very specific things, AI content will be maybe 70-80% factually correct, and 80-85% of the time, articles coming out of Bard / ChatGPT / etc... don't align with search intent well.
For example, I write an article about "why do dogs get zoomies" - logical structure would be:
1. what are zoomies?,
2. why do dogs get zoomies?,
3. are excess energy outbursts bad for dogs?,
4. how to reduce FRAPs and zoomies
The user who has that question will want to know A) what zoomies are, B) what causes them, C) whether are they okay, and D) whether are there any ways to reduce them. That's the https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/how-search-works/rigorous-testing/ here.
Now AI will go nuts and write something like:
1. "The Groovy Science Behind Your Dog's Zoomies"
2. "Why Do Dogs Get Zoomies and How to Deal with Them"
3. "The Joy of Watching Your Dog Zoom: An Ode to Canine Energy"
4. "Zoomies: The Ultimate Expression of Your Dog's Happiness"
5. "Canine Zoomies: When to Worry and How to Keep Your Dog Safe"
6. "The Top 10 Reasons Dogs Get Zoomies (and What You Can Do About It)"
7. "Zoomies: How Dogs Release Excess Energy and Reduce Stress"
8. "From Puppies to Seniors: Why Dogs of All Ages Love to Zoom"
9. "Zoomies: A Sign of a Healthy and Happy Dog"
10. "The Best Ways to Encourage and Enjoy Your Dog's Zoomies".
(I actually pulled this from ChatGPT for the keyword above).
As you can see, this isn't entirely irrelevant but is plain weird and way too much info for the average user. AI seems to struggle with short, concise, and info-accurate posts, unless you do some very specific things.
So in 99% of the sites that I've seen get slapped with the new update (including my own) - this was the issue.
I see thanks a lot
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AI content caused this. I am in a similar position with one of my sites.
I've added 50 AI generated articles, didn't check them with AI content detector software, and boom.
As you can see below:
The best solution is to have the content replaced with human-written content, and resubmit it to Google...
I've added 50 AI generated articles, didn't check them with AI content detector software, and boom.
As you can see below:
The best solution is to have the content replaced with human-written content, and resubmit it to Google...
Rankon Guru
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Never give up. Remove the AI content and make human-written modifications to the piece of writing before submitting it to Google. You will see gets value progressively.