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In my opinion, Anyone else getting random drops on pages that were doing fine for months? I’ve got a couple affiliate posts that just fell off a cliff after the last update, and honestly it’s getting old I mean,. Nothing crazy changed on my end, just normal updates and a few internal links. What’s annoying is some junk pages are still hanging around while the ones actually making money get hit. If you’ve seen this too, did you actually recover anything or just wait it out?
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I mean, yeah, same here. affiliate pages seem to be getting whacked way harder than they used to. Honestly I’ve had the best luck just waiting it out and cleaning up the obvious junk, but some stuff never really bounces back. Also “nothing changed” on your end usually means Google just decided the page wasn’t good enough anymore, which is annoying as hell. If the money pages got hit but thin pages survived, that’s pretty normal lately tbh.
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Well, yeah, same nonsense here. the weird part is exactly that — junk stays up forever and the pages that actually earn get slapped. i’ve had a couple recover a bit after doing basically nothing for a few weeks, but others just never came back. honestly at this point i don’t think “wait it out” is a strategy, it’s just coping lol. I’ve had better luck trimming obvious fluff and making the money pages look less affiliate-y, but even that feels random.
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Realistically, yeah, same boat. feels like the more “affiliate” a page looks, the faster it gets kicked in the teeth. i’ve had a couple come back a bit after basically just making them less thin and less salesy, but it’s not some magic fix. half the time google just seems to pick random victims and call it a day lol.
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Yeah, because Google’s not “random” so much as it’s just punishing the stuff it thinks smells affiliate-y. And honestly the “wait it out” crowd drives me nuts. Sometimes it does bounce back, sure, but a lot of the time the page just got tagged and that’s that unless you change something real. I’d be looking at: – title/snippet bait – overdone product blocks – samey intro crap – internal links that scream “money page” Junk pages hanging around while actual earners… Honestly,
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Yeah, same here. It’s the stupidest part — garbage pages hanging around while the ones that actually make money get nuked Well,. I’ve had a couple recover after I toned down the “buy this now” vibe and cleaned up the intro, but a few just stayed dead. Feels way more like a trust/affiliate-signal thing than anything you can “wait out” tbh.
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Yeah, I’ve seen that too. It’s always the same garbage — the pages making actual money get smacked while some deadweight fluff sits there untouched. I don’t really buy the “just wait it out” thing anymore either. Sometimes it comes back, sure, but half the time it’s just sitting there bleeding clicks for weeks while Google does whatever the hell it wants. Personally,
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In my opinion, No offense, but honestly, Yeah, same crap here. Feels like once a page gets that “affiliate enough” smell on it, Google just decides it’s disposable. I’ve had a couple come back after I stripped out some of the obvious salesy junk, but a few never really recovered. Honestly I’m not even convinced “wait it out” does much unless the page was only lightly hit. You seeing this on fresh updates only, or are older pages getting dragged down too?
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Kind of feels like yeah, I’ve seen both, and it’s usually the older pages getting dragged down too, not just fresh stuff. The annoying part is there’s never some clean pattern like “affiliate pages got hit.” More like Google just picks a few winners and the rest get to sit in the penalty box for no obvious reason. I’ve had pages recover after basically doing nothing, and I’ve had others stay dead even after trimming the obvious salesy bits like Mason mentioned. Honestly, the whole “wait it out” thing is only useful if you’ve got patience to burn. If it’s a real hit, waiting sometimes does jack all. If it was just wobble from the update, sure, it can bounce back. But good luck knowing which one it is without wasting a month.
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Yeah, I’ve seen that too. The annoying part is it’s not even always the “worst” page that gets clipped, it’s just whatever Google decides looks expendable this week. I don’t trust the “wait it out” thing much unless the drop was clearly tied to some temporary wobble. If it’s been sitting dead for a few weeks and the logs/coverage/indexing look normal, I usually assume it’s not just gonna magically bounce. Honestly,
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From what I see, Realistically, yeah, I’m seeing the same kind of nonsense. Had one decent affiliate page just get kneecapped out of nowhere while a couple half-baked junk posts keep limping along like nothing happened. The “wait it out” advice feels pretty useless half the time unless it was a tiny wobble. If it’s been dead for a few weeks, I’m usually not holding my breath Honestly,.
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In my opinion, Yeah, same garbage here. The weird part is it’s never the pages I’d expect, it’s always some money page getting clipped while some trash stays alive for no reason. I’m not holding my breath on “wait it out” anymore unless it was a super obvious temporary dip. If it’s been weeks, I usually start assuming Google just decided it doesn’t like the page this round.
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Personally, Yeah, I’ve seen it. If it’s been more than a couple weeks, I wouldn’t just sit on my hands either. I’d check whether the drop is actually rankings or if Google just started ignoring the page for whatever reason. Those “junk pages survive, money pages die” situations are annoyingly common. Could be wrong though.
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Honestly, Yeah, same here. The annoying part is when you check logs and it’s not even like Google’s gone wild on crawl — sometimes it’s just decided the page is “meh” and that’s that. I’ve had a couple affiliate pages recover after tightening internal linking and cleaning up the fluff, but honestly a lot of the time it’s just a slow bleed until the next crawl cycle or core update. “Wait it out” is fine if you like doing nothing and hoping.
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From what I’ve seen, to be fair, yeah, I’ve seen the same crap. It’s always the pages making money that get smacked while some useless fluff page hangs on for dear life. I don’t really buy the “just wait it out” thing unless you’ve already seen this exact pattern recover before. Half the time it just turns into a slow bleed and people keep pretending it’s temporary because they don’t want to admit the page got downgraded. If the drop was sudden, I’d be looking at intent shift / cannibalization / internal link dilution before I’d blame the update fairy. But honestly Google’s been so jumpy lately that sometimes there isn’t even a clean reason. Just one day the page is fine, next day it’s buried under garbage. I’ve had a couple come back after tightening them up, but I’ve also had ones that never really recovered until the next big shakeup. So yeah… “wait it out” is only useful if you enjoy staring at charts.
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