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Yeah, same here. It’s been that gross little wave of junk accounts that all look like they came out of the same script. What’s annoying is half the time they’re not even trying to be sneaky, they just keep hammering the same weak spots until you patch one and they move to the next. Slowing reg helps a bit, but yeah, it’s just buying time like hankroot said. I’ve had better luck making the signup flow just annoying enough that the lazy stuff dies off fast. Not perfect, obviously. But if you’re seeing the same usernames and link patterns, it’s probably one of those bot batches that’s been recycled across a bunch of forums again. Honestly,
From what I’ve seen, yeah, I’m seeing it too. New stuff just sits there while some random junk gets picked up right…
I mean, yeah, same here. One site got a dumb tag page crawled before the actual money page, which is… classic Google nonsense. I’m not buying the “just a weird week” thing either, this has been happening enough that it feels like they’re just drifting again.
Fair enough. Realistically, yeah, I’d still be looking at the site output before blaming the update itself. If impressions are swinging around that hard, something’s probably changing on Google’s side of the crawl/indexing picture, even if the front end looks fine. I’ve had “nothing changed” turn out to be a plugin update or some weird canonical nonsense more than once. I mean,
Yeah, I’d still want to see GSC before assuming it’s just another Google mood swing. If rankings “looked fine” but traffic fell, that usually means CTR got hit or one section/template got borked I mean,. Seen that way too many times. Yeah,
Yeah, Kind of feels like yeah, I’d still be looking at GSC first before I start blaming “Google being Google” again. If rankings looked mostly steady but traffic tanked, that usually means either: – CTR got wrecked – impressions dipped before rankings made it obvious – one section/template got messed up and the rest is masking it I’ve had stuff where the homepage or a big category was fine, but one money-page template got hit with some dumb canonical / indexing issue and it dragged the whole site down more than I expected. Annoying as hell. Also worth checking if it’s a specific device or country. Sometimes the drop looks sitewide until you realize it’s just mobile or one SERP layout change killing clicks. If you’ve got screenshots from GSC, I’d trust those more than “rankings looked okay.” Google’s been sloppy enough lately that the visible positions don’t always tell the full story.
Yeah, I’m seeing that too. Had one page jump a bit midweek and then just… vanish again, which is always a lovely little reminder that Google’s basically running a slot machine. Impressions with no clicks usually makes me think the SERP changed more than anything on your end. Like you’re still getting seen, but the thing above you is swallowing the click, or the snippet/title isn’t matching what people want. I’d check the usual boring stuff first — title rewrites, competitors suddenly pushing more aggressive comparison pages, and whether your page got shoved below a bunch of junk. I’ve had a couple affiliate pages do that lately where Search Console looked “fine” but traffic was dead because the actual clicks got stolen by ads, PAA, or some random giant brand result. Could be update noise, could just be Google being weird again. Hard to tell anymore, honestly.
Honestly, yeah, been seeing the same kind of nonsense. One day it’s up, next day it’s back in the mud like Google’s just messing with the dial. Impressions with dead clicks usually means the SERP’s doing something weird, or the snippet’s not pulling its weight. Hard to tell anymore if it’s an update or just the usual churn.
Well, yeah, that’s pretty much been my experience too. Feels like you can’t trust anything to stick for more than a few days lately. And the annoying part is it’s not even the same across sites. One money page climbs, another one with basically the same setup gets nuked. Makes…
Fair enough. Yeah, I’ve seen that too. Usually it’s not some magical new bot army, it’s just one of those annoying waves where they find a weak spot and keep poking it until u patch it. If it’s the same pattern — fresh signup, blank profile, junk post — I’d be looking hard at first-post approval / link restrictions. Those “basic anti-spam” setups always feel fine right up until they’re not.
Yeah, same here. It’s like they found the most boring way possible to be annoying. Slowing signups helps a bit, but it never really stops it, just makes it less stupid for a day or two.
Yeah, that’s usually not “plugin X is cursed,” it’s cache serving something stale or half-broken. I’d be looking at object cache/CDN before gutting more plugins. Random pages is the annoying part, because it’s always some dumb template or query getting cached wrong. Honestly,
Honestly, yeah, I’d still be looking at the boring stuff first before I start blaming Google again. I’ve had that exact “nothing changed and traffic died” thing and it ended up being a plugin update messing with canonicals / cache. One stupid setting can make the whole site look fine to you and dead to Google. If it was me, I’d check: – recent plugin updates – cache/minify – noindex/canonical nonsense – server errors If you’re on one of… Honestly,
I mean, I mean, yeah, I’ve seen that too. Usually it’s just Google being weird for a bit after u clean up a bunch of stuff, but every now and then one “fix” is actually the thing that caused the dip. If it was me, I’d be watching…
