Google releasing a large update today
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wiaderny01
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- Mar 3, 2015
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Same here. Been losing about 40 keywords daily plus many KWs dropping each day. Went from 3k to 1.7k already
Shopllc
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- Apr 13, 2017
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Yes, my new content has not been ranking for a whole month now, and looks like it's not getting indexed well.
seomotionz
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- Mar 5, 2016
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The bad thing is that, they are getting indexed for irrelevant keywords. We manage a lot of sites and its happening in many niches.
Shopllc
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- Apr 13, 2017
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Non of the indexers work, and force indexing through GSC doesn't work either.
mareks
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- Sep 23, 2013
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Here is what I think happened. Google AI messed up by 180 degrees - it's overlearning. Basically, if AI have too much data, it can go into incorrect direction and everything what seems good to human, can look bad for AI. So this is why SERPs could be messed up.
If google will see more better performance in sum, then we will have to live in this new reality. If not then we could see another update anytime soon.
So this is not anymore what humans think of content or quality, but about what data dominates internet. I might be wrong, but my gut feeling is that spam is what dominates. So it might be time to turn on xrumer again
If google will see more better performance in sum, then we will have to live in this new reality. If not then we could see another update anytime soon.
So this is not anymore what humans think of content or quality, but about what data dominates internet. I might be wrong, but my gut feeling is that spam is what dominates. So it might be time to turn on xrumer again
Shopllc
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LMAO PBN all the way! Their AI loves blackhat!Here is what I think happened. Google AI messed up by 180 degrees - it's overlearning. Basically, if AI have too much data, it can go into incorrect direction and everything what seems good to human, can look bad for AI. So this is why SERPs could be messed up.
If google will see more better performance in sum, then we will have to live in this new reality. If not then we could see another update anytime soon.
So this is not anymore what humans think of content or quality, but about what data dominates internet. I might be wrong, but my gut feeling is that spam is what dominates. So it might be time to turn on xrumer again
Best time to rank parasites too!
mareks
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- Sep 23, 2013
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One more thing could that they are cleaning index, basically - you had a links and those pages got deindexed - so ranks dropped.
seomotionz
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- Mar 5, 2016
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I know. Its like the AI is hell bent on indexing wrong pages.
kava
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- May 9, 2020
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From daily 6k visitors to 1.4k and still dropping. With this rate in the next 2 weeks, I will be on 0 visitors
Losing keywords, rank, lost all my rich snippets, I was removed from all featured snippets, trash sites are ranking higher, pages do not index, some posts are stolen from me and they are ranking higher than me.
Pinterest, youtube, Reddit are ranking better than me.
Posts with 100 words are ranking better than me.
On bing, I am in the first or second position...
Well this is so sad, I will continue with my site because it is fun for me but at the same time it is depressing to see how google rewards people who are creating unique and original content.
Hopefully they will fix it in the next 30 days if not I will do hardcore blackhat like my competitors.
I wish you guys good luck and stay strong.
Losing keywords, rank, lost all my rich snippets, I was removed from all featured snippets, trash sites are ranking higher, pages do not index, some posts are stolen from me and they are ranking higher than me.
Pinterest, youtube, Reddit are ranking better than me.
Posts with 100 words are ranking better than me.
On bing, I am in the first or second position...
Well this is so sad, I will continue with my site because it is fun for me but at the same time it is depressing to see how google rewards people who are creating unique and original content.
Hopefully they will fix it in the next 30 days if not I will do hardcore blackhat like my competitors.
I wish you guys good luck and stay strong.
YujinTan
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Dam, so how now? just be it than......?
mareks
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- Sep 23, 2013
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You have to check all your links, if still in the index. If it's this issue, then you need new links for sure.
YujinTan
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New links as ?
mareks
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- Sep 23, 2013
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Backlinks - links from other sites...
Himpy
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I thought Covid-19 and some PBN links expiring had the biggest hit on me, but looks like I also took a hit from this update. A combination of, or all three of these factors, have dropped my traffic 60%. Although Ahrefs has me dropping down on organic keyword positions every day, Analytics has my traffic climbing again this week. It's weird. Maybe more people are beginning to search for my niche again as Covid eases, I really don't know.
Waiting for those 'how to recover' posts. In the meantime, regular new content and strong links is all we can do?
Waiting for those 'how to recover' posts.
In the meantime, regular new content and strong links is all we can do?
soa0611
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- Apr 20, 2015
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Yep, indexing looking weird, number pages indexed instead of a new content. Wordpress sample page as well. GSC indexer not working anymore, though on 1 May i was able to index 20 pages in one day. Traffic dropping down. Longtails from 1st to 3rd-6th positions.
Looking good.
Looking good.
Sharky Blue
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- May 25, 2020
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You can try to check on Google Trends (https://trends.google.com/) if people are still searching for a specific keyword and compare with previous months.
In my case it is a full combination.
Less people searching for my niche, less indexed pages (Lost 30% of indexed pages in google), lower ranking (drop in almost all keywords).
On the Adsense side, Lower CPC and less ad coverage.
If Corona was not enough.....
Same. I'm losing keywords and positions every day according to ahrefs. Even though my traffic seems to be recovering since 23rd. - I'm also noticing an increase of the organic bing traffic since last week.I thought Covid-19 and some PBN links expiring had the biggest hit on me, but looks like I also took a hit from this update. A combination of, or all three of these factors, have dropped my traffic 60%. Although Ahrefs has me dropping down on organic keyword positions every day, Analytics has my traffic climbing again this week. It's weird. Maybe more people are beginning to search for my niche again as Covid eases, I really don't know.
Waiting for those 'how to recover' posts.