Which Google updates did this?

Turbo B.

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It is an adult site in the screenshot. There are tons of other adult sites with the exact same rise and drop.
As being adult sites, they do not have content on pages by nature.

 

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BH45454

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Find the exact date it dropped, then line it up with the date on this list: https://developers.google.com/search/updates/ranking

 

tiiberius

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There was a Review update in July but I doubt that's it. Something unofficial happened too.

Adult is not the only niche seeing this.

 

Mr Positive

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Maybe google didn’t consider those sites videos helpful, some enginee at google was pissed seeing their quality

 

Turbo B.

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Begin of traffic drop - August 9.
Begin of keywords drop - August 31.
Next big traffic drop - September 20-21.
There is not big keywords drop on that date.
How much Semrush data late?

July 27, 2022
Released the July 2022 product reviews update for English-language product reviews. The rollout was complete as of August 2, 2022.

August 25, 2022
Released the August 2022 helpful content update. The rollout was complete as of September 9, 2022.

September 12, 2022
Released the September 2022 core update. The rollout was complete as of September 26, 2022.

So review update killed the traffic, the helpful content update killed the keywords and the core update killed the traffic again.

SEO is dead

 

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Ababba2

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I have seen a similar site before in the adult niche. In my opinion, the reason for the drop is with the backlinks not with an update.
Also, DMCA.

 

Turbo B.

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Ababba2 said:

I have seen a similar site before in the adult niche. In my opinion, the reason for the drop is with the backlinks not with an update.
Also, DMCA.

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DMCA is not possible in my opinion, since such sites has millions of pages indexed.
Yes, backlinks can be the reason:

 

Black Belt Spodermen

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Can be a result of many factors not necessarily a direct effect of an update.

 

Turbo B.

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sarfrazk9 said:

Can be a result of many factors not necessarily a direct effect of an update.

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But the same drop is on many sites.

 

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Mr Positive said:

Maybe google didn’t consider those sites videos helpful, some enginee at google was pissed seeing their quality

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So you mean Fresh Quality New Videos Will help??

 

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lotsofmoney

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Why do you think an update did this? It can be because of some other issue as well.

 

Alyssa Turner

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maybe julu update

 

Black Belt Spodermen

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My site and some of my competitors got 2-3 hits but not between the updates. They were essentially a bug. However, things are pretty complicated these days.

The traffic drops can be due to algorithm, bugs or a mix of both.

 

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BRKV

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Turbo B. said:

DMCA is not possible in my opinion, since such sites has millions of pages indexed.
Yes, backlinks can be the reason:

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I don't believe backlinks are still a matter for ranking, maybe it is another issue.