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    • inhouseseo
      inhouseseo last edited by

      I had a downward slide in Google organic traffic at the beginning of April (around 8-10th). It doesn't coincide with any of the algo updates, and I can't figure out what the cause it.

      Has anyone else experienced such a drop?

      Any suggestions as to finding the source/cause?

      TIA

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      • Andy-Halliday
        Andy-Halliday last edited by

        Hi

        Do you have a manual penalty in webmaster tools, also Google I believe on average do around 3 updates a day to their algorithms, so it is always possible you was hit by a tweak.

        Did you make any changes to your site around this time, did someone in your development team accidentally stop bots from crawling etc.

        Did you get any new competitors around this time, if you private message me your url I will take a look and see if I can spot anything and come back to you.

        Thanks

        Andy

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        • Christy-Correll
          Christy-Correll last edited by

          Hi there, were you able to sort this out? We would love an update, thanks!

          Christy

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          • inhouseseo
            inhouseseo @Christy-Correll last edited by

            No, never got a clear answer. Still not sure what the problem is.

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