: Big traffic change for top URL My site was stable doing fine for last 2 years, but just 2 weeks back it's traffic dropped all of sudden by 35-50%. After 4-5 days of this I received this
My site was stable doing fine for last 2 years, but just 2 weeks back it's traffic dropped all of sudden by 35-50%. After 4-5 days of this I received this message(below after --- line) from GWT.
For the last week I've been trying to figure out the problem but to no avail. I've checked for malware etc but nothing found. I understand something abnormal has caused Google to send me this notification, which isn't due to any algorithmic updates. Any guess what could be the reason? In my shared account other sites have been stable.
GWT Notification
goo.gl/oV9l9 : Big traffic change for top URL
Search results clicks for goo.gl/EMASI have decreased significantly.
The number of clicks that your site receives from Google can change from day to day for a variety of factors, including automatic algorithm updates. However, if you have recently made significant changes to the content or configuration of your site, this change may be an indication that there are problems.
Recommended action
Check the Search Queries page in Webmaster Tools
Investigate whether the traffic change affects the whole site or just a few pages. Configuration changes are likely to affect the whole site
Some content is popular only for a short window of time. If the change in traffic affects only this kind of content this message may not be indicative of any problem
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Two weeks ago? It sounds like you were hit with whatever Google launched on May 7th. Here is a thread at WebmasterWorld from some other people that lost traffic that day: www.webmasterworld.com/google/4577573.htm
From the thread:
most important pages on my site have vanished from [Google], while my less important pages continue to rank
some kind of Google Update on May 7. So far, their spokespeople have been silent about it when asked, but it seems clear it was not some kind of "early Penguin" test.
The notification that you are getting in WMT is just a reaction to your loss of traffic, and a notification to you that it happened (if you hadn't already seen it in your analytics). Those messages appear whenever you lose traffic, even from Google algorithm changes.
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