How to Recover if you were hit by the 2024 March HCU : A Strategy I haven't seen discussed anywhere

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spencer2011 said:
1. On this new website, you publish several articles per day?
2. There is almost no backlink that is to say, there is still a small amount of backlink, how much do you spend on links, what kind of links? If you don't link at all, will you have the same result?
3. What happens if use content that has already been posted on the old website on a new website or a new domain?
4. How much traffic is your website right now? Up or down?

Thanks.
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1. I publish 3 articles per week, but only if necessary and no filler articles
2. The site has 11 links, some are niche edits, Reddit and 2 of them were linked to me without any intervention from me.
3. I haven't reused and previously used content. The articles are similar to old domain but have been completely written from scratch.
4. I'm getting +/- 14k visitors per month but niche has also became more competitive
 
Ozzyzig said:
1. I publish 3 articles per week, but only if necessary and no filler articles
2. The site has 11 links, some are niche edits, Reddit and 2 of them were linked to me without any intervention from me.
3. I haven't reused and previously used content. The articles are similar to old domain but have been completely written from scratch.
4. I'm getting +/- 14k visitors per month but niche has also became more competitive
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How many articles are there on the site right now? How much does nich edite cost?
Whether or not you can try to get rankings and traffic without links？

Thank you.
 
spencer2011 said:
How many articles are there on the site right now? How much does nich edite cost?
Whether or not you can try to get rankings and traffic without links？

Thank you.
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I've got 60 articles on the site just now, and the niche edits were just under $100 each.

Considering the small amount of links I've got, it's definitely doable to get traffic and sales without a large backlink portfolio
 
Ozzyzig said:
I've got 60 articles on the site just now, and the niche edits were just under $100 each.

Considering the small amount of links I've got, it's definitely doable to get traffic and sales without a large backlink portfolio
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If you don't mind, I'd like to know，
are they permalinks or one-year links, and how did you find a site where you can place an edit link? How to find out the contact information of them?

Thank you.
 
Ozzyzig said:
I was in a similar case after the September HCU; the site was getting just over 30k visitors per month and then bam, pretty much wiped out. Despite revamping the content gradually, it really didn't move the needle to get it back to where it was before.
This February, I started a brand new site (brand new domain) and took the previously written but unused content for the old site and moved it to the new one. The result? It's ranking higher than the original site on the back of very little backlinks, and it's also outranking other more popular sites in the niche.
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Thanks for this! Did you 301 the old domain to the new domain or did you skip that? I assume you skipped it since you mentioned its ranking on very few backlinks.
 
spencer2011 said:
If you don't mind, I'd like to know，
are they permalinks or one-year links, and how did you find a site where you can place an edit link? How to find out the contact information of them?

Thank you.
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They're permanent links and it was an outreach company from here that I used before with great success.

Zombie Pop said:
Thanks for this! Did you 301 the old domain to the new domain or did you skip that? I assume you skipped it since you mentioned its ranking on very few backlinks.
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Nah I've still got the old domain which curiously enough still gets me sales in the US, but not the UK
 
Ozzyzig said:
They're permanent links and it was an outreach company from here that I used before with great success.


Nah I've still got the old domain which curiously enough still gets me sales in the US, but not the UK
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Can I know about this outreach company? Their URL.
Thank you.
 
elitebill said:
I did some research to see if anyone has successfully recovered from HCU (Helpful Content Update) and found some surprising insights.

Currently, a successful strategy involves buying a site that represents a real business and front-loading it with the content from the domain that was hit. According to a Google SEO leak, there appears to be a classifier for small publishers, making it futile to attempt traditional SEO tactics for recovery if your domain has been blacklisted.

I wanted to share this information as I’ve learned a lot from the forum.

Example:

Petkeen.com was severely impacted, dropping from a peak of 8 million visitors to just 2,000. Their recovery strategy? They bought an existing website of a real business in their niche, preferably one that is over 12 years old, and transferred all their content to the new site. For instance, they acquired Pangovet.com, added all the content from Petkeen.com, and on June 29, 2024, had zero traffic. However, within 12 days, according to SEMrush, their traffic surged to nearly 500,000.

You can see the details here: SEMrush Overview of Pangovet.

They've employed the same strategy with other domains like Dogster.com, and it seems to be the only way to recover. I plan to try this with a domain of mine that was hit.
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Thanks for sharing this, really insightful.
It’s crazy how traditional recovery methods seem ineffective post-HCU, and buying an aged real-business domain as a workaround makes total sense now.
Petkeen's strategy with Pangovet is a solid case study, and the traffic rebound is impressive.
Definitely keeping this in mind for any future recovery attempts—appreciate you dropping this gem!
 
I tried this exact method last month. Bought a 10+ year old domain from the same niche, moved the content elsewhere, and within 2 weeks the traffic was up. Not a long term guarantee of course, but better than sitting on a dead site. Now I'm monitoring it closely for stability.
 
This method work i tryed personally can be very usefull for someone who have a sudden drop in ranking
 
This aligns with what we’ve seen post-HCU — domain history and real business presence are becoming critical signals. Buying aged domains with real-world ties is no longer just an SEO hack; it's becoming a necessity for long-term survival. Appreciate you sharing the Pangovet case, it’s a smart play.
 
This seems captivating; I intend to investigate several closed enterprises in my field. I trust that these "new" domains will not be affected by the manual "small publisher" categorization.
 
Really interesting case moving content to an aged, real-business domain seems like a clever workaround. Just curious: did they update internal links or rewrite any content during the transfer?
 
elitebill said:
I did some research to see if anyone has successfully recovered from HCU (Helpful Content Update) and found some surprising insights.

Currently, a successful strategy involves buying a site that represents a real business and front-loading it with the content from the domain that was hit. According to a Google SEO leak, there appears to be a classifier for small publishers, making it futile to attempt traditional SEO tactics for recovery if your domain has been blacklisted.

I wanted to share this information as I’ve learned a lot from the forum.

Example:

Petkeen.com was severely impacted, dropping from a peak of 8 million visitors to just 2,000. Their recovery strategy? They bought an existing website of a real business in their niche, preferably one that is over 12 years old, and transferred all their content to the new site. For instance, they acquired Pangovet.com, added all the content from Petkeen.com, and on June 29, 2024, had zero traffic. However, within 12 days, according to SEMrush, their traffic surged to nearly 500,000.

You can see the details here: https://www.semrush.com/analytics/overview/?searchType=domain&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpangovet.com%2F.

They've employed the same strategy with other domains like Dogster.com, and it seems to be the only way to recover. I plan to try this with a domain of mine that was hit.
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If both websites have same content, does Google penalize one? New site will no more rank in my experince.
 
Most sites impacted by the March 2024 Helpful Content Update weren’t penalized for low quality — they lost because their audience focus became unclear.
 
This method looks good, but what will the final result be?
 
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