That's what I thought. I did plumb a lot of FAQ schema into the site which I thought may have caused this. Anyone else experienced this?
Google releasing a large update today
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kava
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I dropped 30% last 3 days so that is 80% drop in traffic, while my competitor is now sitting on 90% of featured snippets, and the other 10% are shared by bad sites. I had featured snippets on most searched terms in my niche and now I have 0.
That competitor has 30% of spam score, full black hat.
Also, all my rich snippets are removed from google and in search console while my competitor didn't lose them.
Still, Pinterest, youtube, Reddit is ranking better than me ........
I will give google a few more days then I will start spamming blackhat.
That competitor has 30% of spam score, full black hat.
Also, all my rich snippets are removed from google and in search console while my competitor didn't lose them.
Still, Pinterest, youtube, Reddit is ranking better than me ........
I will give google a few more days then I will start spamming blackhat.
They just want all organic clicks to be informational/educational, and any revenue generating clicks to come through their Ads platform, plain and simple.
They know that this way they can't be viewed by regulatory bodies as being 'out of order' as they are 'informing' the consumer, while of course maxing out Ads spend as a result. Win win.
They know that this way they can't be viewed by regulatory bodies as being 'out of order' as they are 'informing' the consumer, while of course maxing out Ads spend as a result. Win win.
mohmad kamal
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Google has become a competition for online profit.
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hmmm sounds like a conspiracy
mackdaddy88
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I have a couple of sites in the healthcare niche and they got affected by this update.
Some keyword rankings fell very badly while a few went up. Overall this update had more of a negative effect.
What i see now on the top rankings are amazon sites and PR news...WTF google
Some keyword rankings fell very badly while a few went up. Overall this update had more of a negative effect.
What i see now on the top rankings are amazon sites and PR news...WTF google
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Just woke up and seeing some good positive changes. Keywords are popping up strong, sales are pouring in that i cannot fulfill due covid but hey, the site is not dead
I hope this will be the beginning of the end of this update. The G gods had mercy on me.
I hope this will be the beginning of the end of this update. The G gods had mercy on me.
SupremeSauce
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- Nov 27, 2017
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I've lost around 40-50% traffic. Impressions on google console pretty much cut in half. Really annoying as my site was just starting to take off. Not going to change anything until at least another few days, but pretty disappointing as I haven't done anything blackhat. Really hope this starts to recover soon.
LongToeNail
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I've lost around 40-50% traffic. Impressions on google console pretty much cut in half. Really annoying as my site was just starting to take off. Not going to change anything until at least another few days, but pretty disappointing as I haven't done anything blackhat. Really hope this starts to recover soon.
I'm in the exact same boat, really legit backlink profile on a website that just for the 3 weeks before was doing very well.
vvovvo
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Google May update — conclusions
I finished my research yesterday. It was published on my blog.
Data source: SEMrush Sensor (Winners & Losers, USA, mobile).
The main conclusions:
1) This is not about E-A-T.
2) Core update affected Google Discover.
3) Google implemented and testing new metrics — LCP, FID, and CLS.
4) The main algorithms (Penguin, Panda, BERT) were updated.
5) Weighing of ranking signals was changed according to new quality raters' data.
Pay particular attention to the quantity and quality of backlinks. As the results of the study showed, this is one of the main reasons for the decrease in positions and traffic.
Another goal of this update is content quality. So many losers were probably punished by both the Penguin and the Panda.
I finished my research yesterday. It was published on my blog.
Data source: SEMrush Sensor (Winners & Losers, USA, mobile).
The main conclusions:
1) This is not about E-A-T.
2) Core update affected Google Discover.
3) Google implemented and testing new metrics — LCP, FID, and CLS.
4) The main algorithms (Penguin, Panda, BERT) were updated.
5) Weighing of ranking signals was changed according to new quality raters' data.
Pay particular attention to the quantity and quality of backlinks. As the results of the study showed, this is one of the main reasons for the decrease in positions and traffic.
Another goal of this update is content quality. So many losers were probably punished by both the Penguin and the Panda.
SupremeSauce
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Really well researched article.Google May update — conclusions
I finished my research yesterday. It was published on my blog.
Data source: SEMrush Sensor (Winners & Losers, USA, mobile).
The main conclusions:
1) This is not about E-A-T.
2) Core update affected Google Discover.
3) Google implemented and testing new metrics — LCP, FID, and CLS.
4) The main algorithms (Penguin, Panda, BERT) were updated.
5) Weighing of ranking signals was changed according to new quality raters' data.
Pay particular attention to the quantity and quality of backlinks. As the results of the study showed, this is one of the main reasons for the decrease in positions and traffic.
Another goal of this update is content quality. So many losers were probably punished by both the Penguin and the Panda.
ignobleentity
Registered Member
- Feb 3, 2020
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Google May update — conclusions
I finished my research yesterday. It was published on my blog.
Data source: SEMrush Sensor (Winners & Losers, USA, mobile).
The main conclusions:
1) This is not about E-A-T.
2) Core update affected Google Discover.
3) Google implemented and testing new metrics — LCP, FID, and CLS.
4) The main algorithms (Penguin, Panda, BERT) were updated.
5) Weighing of ranking signals was changed according to new quality raters' data.
Pay particular attention to the quantity and quality of backlinks. As the results of the study showed, this is one of the main reasons for the decrease in positions and traffic.
Another goal of this update is content quality. So many losers were probably punished by both the Penguin and the Panda.
sorry what is LCP, FID, and CLS ? and how does google check content quality? i may have some rare spelling issues but apart from that articles are well written
ive found that LCP is largest content paint and fid is first input delay or something like that which has to do with webpage speed. is that it?
as for CLS i dont know what it is, google says nothing
seomotionz
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- Mar 5, 2016
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Anybody here seeing any improvement in the indexing problem?
Article link pleaseGoogle May update — conclusions
I finished my research yesterday. It was published on my blog.
Data source: SEMrush Sensor (Winners & Losers, USA, mobile).
The main conclusions:
1) This is not about E-A-T.
2) Core update affected Google Discover.
3) Google implemented and testing new metrics — LCP, FID, and CLS.
4) The main algorithms (Penguin, Panda, BERT) were updated.
5) Weighing of ranking signals was changed according to new quality raters' data.
Pay particular attention to the quantity and quality of backlinks. As the results of the study showed, this is one of the main reasons for the decrease in positions and traffic.
Another goal of this update is content quality. So many losers were probably punished by both the Penguin and the Panda.
I just investigated my -50% in traffic further and found out that:
Anyone experienced similar and can explain why this happened?
- Traffic from Rich Results
- Review Snippet
- Product Results
Anyone experienced similar and can explain why this happened?
dandan594594
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- Jan 31, 2013
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Yes, same thing here. All snippets gone. I have noticed they have been replaced by much shorter concise content, rather than pulling sections from long form articles. Not sure if this is across the board or not?
Our two websites from 2000 and 2006 has awesome backlinks. Everybody would dream of. We made no linkbuilding at all but have hundreds of edu links from studies, hospitals, newspapers, nonprofit organisations, insurance companies etc.. No hard anchors, just normal links... naturaly growin.
It could be everything but our links are perfect. If links, then the weight of links doestn count that much anymore.