Has Google Abandoned my website?
I have a newer website that when first created, Google seemed to like my website and I was having my posts indexed regularly.....that is up until November of last year. Then for some reason, indexing of my posts stopped after that. Not sure why. I did get some messages that Google did for some reason think my website was dangerous, but I've since corrected the issue and Google acknowledged that it was fixed, but still, none of my posts since November are getting indexed and what little traffic I was getting to this site has dropped dramatically. Anyone else have this problem and find a solution to it?
I think I may move away a bit from Google for the time being and get indexed and ranked with Yahoo and Bing until there is some solution to what is going on with Google. I'll start watching some training videos here to get my website recognized by Yahoo and Bing.
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That sounds really frustrating!
Have you tried manually requesting indexing through Google Search Console?
Sometimes resubmitting your sitemap or using the URL inspection tool to request indexing can give things a push.
Focusing on Bing and Yahoo in the meantime sounds like a solid plan too!
That's exactly what I've done is request indexing through Google Search Console and nothing. I did realize about a month ago I didn't submit a sitemap, but I've done that and it still has not indexed my posts from the last couple of months.
I have learned to request indexing for all content I post by using Google Search Console - URL inspection feature. I now do the same with Bing.
That's exactly what I've done, I've always requested indexing through Google Search Console and never had an issue with it until the last 3 months when no matter what new articles are posted and then request indexing through, they have not indexed any of those articles. It has me baffled because I've never had this issue with my other 2 websites.
I like Boris's idea of resubmitting your website sitemap, request indexing again, and see if that helps.
I had the same experience. I just keep posting and trying new avenues and techniques! Quitting is not an option!
Thanks for your input. Don't worry, I definitely will not quit, but it is kind of frustrating if you're seemingly doing something right. I'm still going to continue to add content and move forward.
Beautiful! Best of luck to you!
I had a guitar teacher once who gave me some great advice: Seek counseling and instruction from someone you know and trust, someone who has succeeded where you want to be. You can practice every day, but if you practice wrong you will continue to do it wrong, and people will not pay attention. I like what I hear from our instructors here at WA, failure is just a road to success, if we don't quit, we will eventually win.
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Google is certainly being a bitch right now my friend...
Diversification is key.... try out as many social media platforms as you can, this is where the traffic comes from these days... find what works for you then rinse and repeat!!! :-)