Reply To: Weird traffic drop after cleanup

[pixelwitch]

Yeah, been there. “Cleanup” on a site is weirdly often followed by a wobble, like Google needs a minute to figure out what you just did. The annoying part is you never know if it’s just normal churn or you actually broke some stuff. Removing thin pages can absolutely tank a few long-tail drips for a bit too, even if it was the right call. I’d give it a little time before touching anything else. If you keep fiddling with it every day, it just gets messier. I mean, That’s how I look at it.