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    Lost 50% google traffic in one day - panic?

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    • dean1986
      dean1986 @AlanMosley last edited by

      already mentioned on the post Alan

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      • AlanMosley
        AlanMosley @dean1986 last edited by

        Yes just noticed, i thought we were all talking of the last over-op update

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        • SherWeb
          SherWeb last edited by

          Your websiteis not de-indexed from google , it simply fell down in SERP as you still show for your branded keywords..

          https://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&sclient=psy-ab&q=site:eseyo.com+%22seo+in+brentwood%22&oq=site:eseyo.com+%22seo+in+brentwood%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=hp.3...18169.25075.1.25530.25.24.0.0.0.0.243.4049.1j17j6.24.0.GLBZBoFXI_c&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=160a46efcf63646c&biw=1454&bih=762

          Did You recieve any sort of notice in Google Webmasters Tools ?

          Regards ,

          Yan Desjardins

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          • dean1986
            dean1986 @SherWeb last edited by

            "simply fell down in the SERP"

            you say it like it means nothing....

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            • SherWeb
              SherWeb @dean1986 last edited by

              Dear Dean, i know it mean a lot and its a pain in the A**, i hope my comment didnt offended you.

              However , u might want to take advantage of that time to review your linking neighboor , your on-site optimisation and all your website agnosic features.

              It happenned to me too , but after some long hours , i was able to get back where i was before the BOOM. Good luck , im sure you can do it too !

              A little wink wink that i can give , is that on my side , i moved away from html 4 to html 5 to better segment my website with

              <header>,

              <footer>,

              <hgroup>and so on.

              Best regards,

              Yan Desjardins

              </hgroup>

              </footer>

              </header>

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              • GeorgFranz
                GeorgFranz last edited by

                Damn, it's the penguin update...

                http://searchengineland.com/the-penguin-update-googles-webspam-algorithm-gets-official-name-119623

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                • GeorgFranz
                  GeorgFranz last edited by

                  Google provides a form where you can them that your site was hit by error: http://searchengineland.com/penguin-update-peck-your-site-by-mistake-googles-got-a-form-for-that-119698

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                  • GeorgFranz
                    GeorgFranz last edited by

                    After a very hard night and a lot of thinking, I've an idea.

                    We are using a lot of "keyword links" on our site.

                    It's - by the way - http://www.schicksal.com - an astrology site. We have lost 72% visibility - according to figures of sistrix.com.

                    So, we are doing this:

                    Zodiacs

                    Description of Zodiacs

                    Now a list with zodiacs

                    Aries (longer, descriptive title

                    short description of aries

                    In that case the "aries" keyword in the description is getting the link to the article.

                    I think, google doesn't like this after pengiun.

                    So, what is better:

                    a)

                    Aries

                    description

                    b)

                    Aries

                    description ... read more

                    What do you think?

                    Best wishes,

                    Georg.

                    link-spam.png

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                    • AlanMosley
                      AlanMosley @GeorgFranz last edited by

                      i dont think what you have is wrong at all. nor do i think the google example affects you.

                      Do not use read more, as you want to pass relevant link text to the page.

                      I think Bobs advice is need edhere, dont panic.

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                      • activitysuper
                        activitysuper @AlanMosley last edited by

                        I wouldn't be surprised Alan looking at his website that a lot of links were built naturally by people linking to his site as it looks like a good resource.

                        I've got a website were I built some links to gain a good position and left it, over a few months that exposure built tons of new links without me knowing from all over the web.

                        Now if those little sites have been hit, lets say a fair amount had been wiped out then I can see how rankings could be lost.

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                        • activitysuper
                          activitysuper last edited by

                          no one has actually said to do anything but wait, I will go against the fold and say strip out all those adsense units down the left and maybe even dump that sharing tool bar at the bottom of the page, you already have a load of social sharing buttons on each page and that bar at the bottom looks like its holding up load times.

                          Go into webmaster tools and request a crawl.

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                          • GeorgFranz
                            GeorgFranz last edited by

                            More info about penguin at search engine land - Google Penguin Update Recovery Tips & Advice

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                              • AlanMosley
                                AlanMosley @AlanMosley last edited by

                                The update he is refereing to is for un-natural text, keyword stuffing, i dont think he has anything to worry about there, un-natural in-links is another story

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                                • GeorgFranz
                                  GeorgFranz @Guest last edited by

                                  Hi Josh,

                                  it's www.schicksal.com

                                  I've altered the source code meanwhile, I've removed some keyword links. I will report this later on.

                                  Best wishes,

                                  Georg.

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                                    • GeorgFranz
                                      GeorgFranz @Guest last edited by

                                      Hi Josh,

                                      have a look here:

                                      http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/schicksal.com

                                      Best wishes,

                                      Georg.

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                                      • GeorgFranz
                                        GeorgFranz last edited by

                                        Hi,

                                        now I've removed a lot of seo onpage tweaks. We will see if this would help something. I will write a detailled report later on.

                                        Best wishes,
                                        Georg.

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                                          • Dr-Pete
                                            Dr-Pete @GeorgFranz last edited by

                                            Just want to let people know that I believe this is just an overall quality control form. It's worth a try, but I don't expect they'll take action on individual sites (I could be wrong, but don't get your hopes up, in other words).

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