Comments on: 5 Reasons Why Your Google Traffic Might Have Dropped

By: Rose

Rose — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:08:55 +0000

Our visitors seem to rise and fall without reason, one day we get high mu,bers next day none. I have given up trying to undersatnd google!

By: bbrian017

bbrian017 — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:04:43 +0000

Thanks for the info! I had a decrease in traffic from Google like crazy!

I’m thinking it’s due to the amount of dead link I have on my website!

many of the blogs submitted no longer exist!

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:23:55 +0000

Thanks for the info, yes my site was fine until a few weeks ago, I noticed a big drop in traffic to the site, I still have a few 1000 pages in Goggles index but many of my key pages don’t seem to appear now. Perhaps you are right in that Google is getting tougher on directories, I was No1# on Google for Best Local Directory for the last seven years, but now when I check this criteria Google seems to rank random pages, I still appear on the first page. Lets see what happens over the coming weeks to see if things change back, sometimes I think many people react to quickly to the sudden drop or disappearance and immediately start changing content and adjusting Title Tags and Content Descriptions, thinking that the algorithm has changed, in my opinion its best to wait it out for a couple of months. Relevant criteria will always win in the end.

By: Pittsburgh SEO

Pittsburgh SEO — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:51:11 +0000

This will serve as a great resource. Thanks!

By: Ruben Zevallos Jr.

Ruben Zevallos Jr. — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:47:55 +0000

Thanks for the tips… I’m reading at forums, lot’s of people are being penalized over the last months… even my web site was… and I still do not know what… my competitors still the same… I think Google change it’s rules without advice…

By: Ann Smarty

Ann Smarty — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:52:04 +0000

@Olavi Tonisson, I don’t think .info domains can be penalized… Rumor has it that Google “likes” them less than other TLDs but still this is not confirmed.

By: mark rushworth

mark rushworth — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:51:28 +0000

… if you’re talking about the recent drop in traffic then its down to the Google DEWEY update which seems to have re-written several rules to push google books into top positions for multiple terms, expect something similar when KNOLS, googles wikipedia competitor goes fully online. Google only do an algo change if it benefits them!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:39:10 +0000

None of these claims can be substantiated. With such thin content you might as well take up political commentary.

~Jeff

By: SEO Mentor

SEO Mentor — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:33:10 +0000

Thanks for the great list of reasons why our Google Traffic may have dropped!

By: Olavi Tonisson

Olavi Tonisson — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:43:03 +0000

Thats interesting. Are .info domains somehow penaltized?