Getting Hammered by Google

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My site was finally starting to pick up a little bit of steam in September, had my largest organic traffic month and now my traffic has almost disappeared. I did some sleuthing on the internet and apparently I am not alone, as September 27 was Google's Happy Birthday update. The past 10 days my traffic has just about disappeared, it's very frustrating. I know the Medic update was released recently also, effecting health/medical sites, but I didn't see any change from that update. Is anyone else having trouble, or have any insight?

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Yes, I'm kind of late to this post but my site traffic dropped around 40% due to the medic update but I am in the health niche. So frustrating when already I was having a tough time competing with the big guys that dominate all the key words and now this update gives them even more of the upper hand (most of them). Kind of lost now. Can never rely on google.

I am still working through the kinks, but that update definitely hurt. I am still trying to improve my site, and continuing to write. I feel like more quality content is the only defense.

Thanks for sharing.

Google's in that business now

Mine has dropped significantly as well... 30-40 percent, but just in the last couple days so too early to tell if it's a trend. The main keywords I track seem to have held their rank... but it's always a little depressing when traffic drops like that. A reminder that as good as search engine traffic is... it's always good to diversify your traffic strategy.

Very good reminder, thank you.

My all sites have a reduced traffic, in one of them it is reduced to 1/3 of what I had in July. This is partly seasonal but it was not so last year so something bad is happening for sure.

I have not experienced any changes and hopefully not.. All the best.

So far I haven't experienced anything like as of yet but you never can tell with Google either. So I don't know what to tell you about this but I realize that it is frustrating let's just wait it out and see what happens.

Mary

Yes, I think that's about all I can do at this point, is wait and see.

:):)

Hi Steve, I have noticed a reduction in Pinterest traffic, despite the fact I was doing a lot of posting and trying to build followers, Best Alan

Some say that those sites that weren't affected by Medic update, were affected by G's Birthday Update. Especially those sites related to health.

I lost approximately 1/3 of my traffic for sure since the latest update, though I am in technology, not health area.

Thanks for clarifying, this is so frustrating!!

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