7 Edits But Traffic Still Dismal for This Guide

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   eugbugposted 2 years ago

   
   One of the edits was a premium type. I've tried lots of different titles, but traffic has fallen from over 2000 views per day to 300. I'm not sure what I can do except maybe republish.
   
   https://owlcation.com/stem/Everything-A … and-Cosine

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      Kenna McHughposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      How would you republish?

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         eugbugposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         Just copy and paste? I'd lose my backlinks, but maybe traffic could ramp up again within a few months or a year. I don't know how much this is earning however and whether it's even worth the effort.

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      DrMark1961posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      I dont think that is going to do it. I did this with several articles back in July. Initial traffic was better but they certainly never rose to where they used to be.
      
      All I am seeing when I look at my stats page now is a bunch of blue arrows.

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         Kenna McHughposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         Dr. Mark,
         
         Don't you think the blue arrows are thanks to the end of the month?

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            DrMark1961posted 2 years agoin reply to this

            No, not at all. I see traffic lower on Fridays, but the other days it is okay, and there is no traffic change (for me) associated with days of the month,
            
            Also, I usually have some blue arrows but also have red arrows. That has changed here lately as traffic is crashing.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 2 years ago

   Yeah, I don't think republishing is a good idea. Like Dr Mark says, you might get some traffic initially, but it will likely fall back to low levels.
   
   While it sounds contradictory, having a time-established article is still generally a great thing, even if freshness can be a factor too.
   
   I've got articles that have suffered similar falls in traffic to yours. It's a case by case thing, but I generally believe that it's mainly due to technical reasons relating to the HP site and factors outside my control, and not the actual articles.
   
   The title that you had when the article was getting thousands of views was likely fine.

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      Diana Grantposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      I was also wondering whether deleting and republishing amended articles would increase traffic, as my traffic is dismal, so perhaps I shouldn't bother.

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   eugbugposted 2 years ago

   Here's another one that was edited seven times with one premium edit. It also had the featured snippet. It's now in 37th place. 2020 versus 2022 traffic.
   
   
   

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   eugbugposted 2 years ago

   The triangle article was quite long and I took a big chunk out that covered basic details and made a new article out of it for younger children. That new article only gets a few views per day. Meanwhile the original article has sunk from 5th place to 60th.

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      chef-de-jourposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Traffic is falling because our articles (or many others) are viewed by Google as low quality within their EEAT guidelines.
      
      I'm reading this:
      
      https://static.googleusercontent.com/me … elines.pdf
      
      But not for pleasure!

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         eugbugposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         I wonder do they base their EE asessment on the EE of individuals or a site as a whole? I guess it's an average, so lack of EE by authors pulls down the overall average. That would suggest that people just researching topics and writing articles about them isn't a good idea. I notice that on the Dengarden site. Some of those news articles read as though they're written by a machine. You can tell the authors haven't lifted a spanner in their life.

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            chef-de-jourposted 2 years agoin reply to this

            I suspect it's a combination of both, which is why those of us with long-standing articles which have stood the test of time have been hammered - a whole site scenario undermining individual experience and expertise.
            
            As veteran contributors with relatively strong ranking over the years some of our articles are still competing but the bottom line is as Google refines its EEAT capabilities low quality ads badly positioned will always be a burden.
            
            In the end, it's up to the HP team to act, or not.
            
            What I've read in 50 pages of the googleusercontent pdf reinforces the idea of trustworthiness as paramount for success. Loads of misleading ads just won't cut it.

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