I lost my Google Traffic-Recovering From COVID-19

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Hi Wealthy Affiliates,

The last time I wrote, I discussed how some of my traffic was going down after the August 2024 Core update. Well, it looks like I did not recover from it.

That website is now DOA—pretty much. I can hear Lizzy's voice with a shrug: " Haha, didn't I tell you so? " Yeppers, you sure did. I am not doing any better on Medium or Pinterest.

I guess no one is interested in that niche, which is promoting WA. I think I am not doing something right. Google has de-indexed so many articles. I have done a lot of edits and rewriting, and still, Google refuses to budge. It refuses to index any of them again.

Several weeks ago, I got stricken with a skin infection on my legs and several boils on my buttocks. I sit in an electric wheelchair, so I had to be bedridden until that healed. Then, the staff who came to work positive for COVID-19, having no symptoms, spread Covid 19 to me and other residents. I was sick as a dog for a few weeks with Covid-19. It caused me to lose my taste, appetite, and sense of smell. Now that has returned. Whew!

I am in the recovery phase. I completed the facility's rules for the ten-day isolation. I feel more tired than usual since Covid 19 hit me. The skin infection and boils have cleared up. My immune system is out of whack. I have MS so that makes it much worse for my immune system. Frank, the doctor in this house, told me to rest and take it easy. I did listen to that. I spent a lot of time sleeping to get away from the illness that felt like I was dying. I also have asthma. It's a good thing I have my nebulizer mask so I can use that to help me breathe while dealing with the peak of COVID-19.

See screenshot from Google Search Console

I have a lot of impressions, a total of 97 clicks, but in the last 28 days, there have been zero clicks, so you can see September is down. I am not sure if I should continue to rewrite those articles, which I think will never be revived because Google refuses to index them because it doesn't think they're helpful, even though I think they are. I wrote in my own words and my experience. I guess that isn't enough. I am also not motivated to write new ones either. I am sure they will deindex those as well. I felt really down about this. I am thinking of just leaving it, not bothering with it.

I have my name as my domain and am considering using that one to start in a different direction and do something else in a different niche. I am just not sure where to go from here. Continue to try writing new articles on the one where I am losing traffic or start that new site with my name. It will be my brand, this time a different niche. I used to be confident about my writing, but not since I got sick. My brain is just not there. I thought it would get better if I focused on my brand.

Can I pick your brains here- what do you all think? I know you can't decide, but my ambivalence is intense. Not sure where to go from here. I know I need a motivational kick in my arse. I welcome it from all of you.

-BrendaMZ

PS- Have you lost your traffic since the August 2024 Core update?