Huge decline in traffic

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   myeffortsposted 8 years ago

   I have recently noticed a huge decline in traffic for my hubs. Is it only with me or everyone is having the same experience these days. Has there been any change in Google search. 90% of my traffic is organic and comes from Google search...all help is appreciated.

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      NateB11posted 8 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, it happened after the Panda update in September. What I noticed is that I lost just a few positions in the SERPs, but it was enough to significantly reduce traffic. But it wasn't quite as tragic as I thought. A little bit of a rebound as others are saying. Still writing, because I think you never know. Spending a bit more time on my own sites though. Fact is, ups and downs are a bit "natural" on the Internet.

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   donotfearposted 8 years ago

   Yes, it is a huge decline for everyone, I think.  Mine has plummeted to half of what it was.

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      Stacie Lposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      My traffic has rebounded today..nothing spectacular but better than the past few weeks....

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         Sharlee01posted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Mine also rebound today. I was surprised at this, I checked GA and it showed  a traffic increase.

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            ologsinquitoposted 8 years agoin reply to this

            Mine has rebounded a bit as well. It's hard to tell what's going on. Maybe we won't get a good read until things settle down.
            
            Meanwhile, I'm trying to implement Writer Fox's suggestions, which include:
            
            - Putting in alt tags on my photos. On HP, this simply means filling in the captions. I also took out the photo capsule headline.
            
            - Getting rid of too many links back to two of my blogs.
            
            - Putting in authoritative links to other sites, not more HP articles or Wikipedia.
            
            I've also taken out a few affiliate links, although I stay well under the limit. I'm continuing to add content during this update, because I don't want the search engines to think I've stopped. I'm trying to update and improve my articles on my main account. Maybe this well help, maybe it won't.

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         myeffortsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

         Good to know that.

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   Rik Ravadoposted 8 years ago

   My traffic remains pretty steady even when others announce big falls. 
   
   Could it be because I have been here a long time and all my Hubs are 'mature'?  My daily traffic rate and earnings have risen slightly in the last month but a seasonal rise in the run up to Christmas is quite normal.

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   101Ways2Lifeposted 8 years ago

   I have experienced a drop in traffic and in earnings, however, I have fixed an issue that Google had identified (via Google Webmaster Tools), on some of my hubs. Now I am hoping for traffic to return to normal. Fingers crossed.

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   PaulaHenry1posted 8 years ago

   Went from earnings every month to $0 the last 2 months...wth?

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   paradigmsearchposted 8 years ago

   Halloween was a fiasco, but that was to be expected. Otherwise, I remain alive and well.

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   ChrisGibsonposted 8 years ago

   Yeah that September plummet destroyed my October numbers. That Sept problem hit, and I limped on until a week or so ago when I started to climb back up. All of October was -20% across the board though. =P

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   LindaSmith1posted 8 years ago

   Traffic is still down almost half of what it had been.

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      myeffortsposted 8 years agoin reply to this

      that's right. Traffic is still low for me as well.

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   chriscamaroposted 8 years ago

   I got hit hard but most of the hit was DUE TO other people getting hit.  Everyone else's numbers fall, so I lost all my link juice from them.  My pathetic organic numbers stayed the same, lol.

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    myeffortsposted 8 years ago

    So I am not the only one here... everyone is facing the same issue.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 8 years ago

    Yup, welcome to the club.

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    sundaramponnusamyposted 8 years ago

    approx. 70% decline....

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    LindaSmith1posted 8 years ago

    traffic in the toilet, but earnings are a bit better.

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    blueheronposted 8 years ago

    My traffic dropped by half after the Panda update. I was just starting to think a monthly payout might be in reach--with a few more hubs! Nope.

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    LindaSmith1posted 8 years ago

    With you there blueheron.  In past few months I have added over 30 new hubs, yet everything still stinks.  So apparently, whether you have 10 or 1000 hubs,, it makes no difference.

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    Didi Zhelevaposted 8 years ago

    Here is a break down of the new Panda update and what it means for you and how your pages perform http://in2.so/1wXEpL2

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