Google no longer is promoting my website!

[PatriciaBeth]

My traffic just fell off the cliff and I can not figure out what has happened!  Help!

[MichaelC-15022]

Do you have any messages in Google Webmaster Tools?  Maybe a penalty?

[jesse-landry]

What's the URL?

[PatriciaBeth]

I have no messages on Webmaster.

[KeriMorgret]

Have you made any changes to your website? Could it be that perhaps the analytics code was removed from a few pages?

Your title says Google is no longer promoting your website. Has your traffic from Bing or Yahoo changed? Has direct traffic changed?

[PatriciaBeth]

The analytics code is up, the site is being searched.  Direct traffic just went off the cliff.

[jesse-landry]

Just direct traffic? Not organic?

[Raydon]

wait, direct traffic has nothing to do (or actually very very little to do) with your "google" and other SE organic traffic.

Did you use to run any offline or other marketing campaigns or deals? Any groupons? Those campaigns ending can instantly get reflected in direct traffic drops per my experience.

also, do you know if this is historically a dead season for the type of site you are referring to?

[PatriciaBeth]

OMG!  Omid, you are so right on!

I will look at both of these suggestions and report back.  Thank you!

[Raydon]

any time!