I've noticed a pattern with the google update this month.

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I keep seeing people stating 50% drops in traffic after this update.

I've also lost roughly 50% give or take 2-3%

Why does this number keep popping up? I've seen a few graphs people have posted which represent this exact figure too.

Something else i've noticed too is, my two keywords bring in 100% of my traffic, both keywords are still in position #1. Meaning the similar keywords these pages are ranking for are the ones that have lost the traffic. Could this update be something to do with ranking pages for less keywords? Or from Google's perspective, lowering the strength of less relative keywords that was still bringing traffic in to that page?

devaluing the keyword cluster strategy?

Can anyone confirm if they are using keyword cluster strategy for creating their articles and have NOT lost traffic?
 
I don't agree with this as my specific keywords with longer tails are performing better than my actual niche keywords.
 
I keep seeing people stating 50% drops in traffic after this update.

I've also lost roughly 50% give or take 2-3%

Why does this number keep popping up? I've seen a few graphs people have posted which represent this exact figure too.

Something else i've noticed too is, my two keywords bring in 100% of my traffic, both keywords are still in position #1. Meaning the similar keywords these pages are ranking for are the ones that have lost the traffic. Could this update be something to do with ranking pages for less keywords? Or from Google's perspective, lowering the strength of less relative keywords that was still bringing traffic in to that page?

devaluing the keyword cluster strategy?

Can anyone confirm if they are using keyword cluster strategy for creating their articles and have NOT lost traffic?

First of all, your observations are 100% correct.

2nd thing, if you want to find out why traffic is down, you can see the ranking of similar keywords to investigate further.

But this is a really early situation for conclusion. Just wait for another week, might get back all the traffic!!
 
I will report back after a week, too early to call right now.
 
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