I Changed SEO Plugins & My Traffic Dropped.Here's What You Need To Do.
Published on June 24, 2019
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Hey there!
I thought I'd share a recent experience...
Recently I had to search hours for an answer that I never thought I would find.
I mean WA is like a treasure box...there is so much information here, sometimes, it gets hard to find the answers...
So, I figured this post could help someone out, if you ever end up in this situation.
Anyhow, I changed my SEO plugins ... I went from AIO to Yoast SEO...
Why?
I don't know....
...Sometimes, I get tired of AIO and then I switch to Yoast SEO and
vice versa.... I know I need to stop it but, hey, I wouldn't know what
to avoid unless, I test things out, right?
Well, a couple of days ago, I got into one of my SEO switching moods and made the switch to Yoast SEO, but, this time, my traffic had completely disappeared.
I didn't know what had happened... All I know is it didn't look good...
My first thought was Yoast SEO broke my site and dropped my traffic.
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I mean that would make sense to me because, in June 2018 Yoast caused rankings to drop on many sites...
By the way, I have nothing against Yoast I actually prefer Yoast...
Anyhow, I immediately took Yoast SEO off of my site and added my AIO back...
That didn't fix the problem...
So, I searched for a while and finally, found the answer within WA.
This same situation happened or was shared by someone 5 years ago. Funny thing, is I can't find that post anymore. :D
See the image below...
The numbers are too small for you to see but, I had 1 visitor that entire day....
Oh man, I almost panicked...
I thought I broke something or ruined my entire SEO for a long time.
Well, after hours of searching for the answer to fix this problem of mine. I discovered that the answer ended up being simple.
The Google Analytic tracking link broke or some kind of way disappeared.
So, if you ever change an SEO plugin and all of a sudden your traffic in GA stops or drastically drops.
Make sure to grab your Google Analytics code.
Then copy and paste it back into your theme header.
The next day, you should see traffic continue as usual...
Okay so, I am done switching SEO plugins...lol
Thanks for reading.....To your continued success
....onward and upward...
La'Kisha
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