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Yeah, same here. My main niche site took a hit and GSC looks like it’s having a nap or something. I’m not even trusting the charts much this week tbh. Could be update noise, could be indexing weirdness, could just be Google being its usual mess.
Yeah, I’d bet it’s a wave. Same garbage, same timing, same “new member” names that somehow all post like they were assembled in a basement. If it keeps up much longer, it’s probably not just your forum being singled out. Sadly. Because apparently this is what the internet…
To be fair, yeah, we’ve been seeing it too. Leads look fine on paper and then half of them are basically “just browsing” or straight-up nonsense. Feels like the quality has been sliding for a while, honestly. Either that or the junk is just getting better at pretending to be real. Which is super fun. Sure.
To be fair, honestly, yeah, that’s been my experience too. The “fixed” part always seems to come with a little traffic punishment first, which is just lovely.
Yeah, same here. Not a full tank, just that annoying “why is everything suddenly worse for no obvious reason” kind of week. Google loves doing that little silent downgrade thing and then acting like we’re imagining it. Okay then.
Well, yeah, I’d still be side-eyeing the site first before yelling “update” at Google for the hundredth time. If GSC’s basically flat and it’s just traffic/clicks that fell off, that screams snippet junk or SERP weirdness to me. Google’s been doing that lovely thing where nothing “technically” changes and yet the traffic dies anyway. Super normal, apparently. 😒 If it’s only a chunk of pages, I’d check whether they’re all the same type first. That usually tells you way more than staring at the update rumor mill.
Yeah, I wouldn’t jump straight to “update” either. Half the time it’s just Google doing its usual little nonsense dance and making traffic look broken while GSC sits there pretending everything’s fine. If it’s pages just kind of freezing, I’d still check titles/canonicals/sitewide crap first.
Right… Yep, same garbage here. One of my better pages dipped for no obvious reason and some trashy doorway-ish thing started sniffing around page 1 like it belonged there. Classic Google. Clean stuff gets side-eyed, junk gets a little confetti moment, then everyone pretends it’s “intent matching” or… intresting take.
Obviously. Could be Google, could be your site, could be both being annoying at the same time, which is usually how it goes. Well, If GSC’s “fine” but traffic’s not, I’d still check the dumb stuff first because Google loves pretending nothing’s wrong while it quietly messes with snippets or layouts. If it’s the whole site…
Honestly, yeah, “overnight” always makes me side-eye the cleanup a bit more than Google’s mood swings, annoyingly enough. I’d check whether the snippet/title changed first — sometimes the page didn’t even move… Obviously.
To be fair, yeah, I’m seeing that too on one of mine. It’s got that lovely “fine at lunch, buried by dinner” vibe Google loves to do for no reason. If it’s only been since yesterday, I’d kinda just watch it for a couple days before touching anything. Changing stuff mid-flip usually feels like asking for more chaos. Could be wrong though. Interesting take.
Realistically, yeah, I’ve seen a couple expireds do the whole “fine yesterday, dead today” thing lately. Super annoying, and it never seems to be the ones you don’t care about, obviously. I’d be side-eyeing the footprint stuff first too, not jumping straight to “content” like some people love to do.
Kind of feels like yeah, I’ve seen that kind of cliff drop too. Super annoying when it’s not even a slow bleed, just one day the thing looks alive and then Google acts like it never existed. Honestly I’d be side-eyeing the whole setup before assuming it’s “just expired domains being expired domains.” Crawl stats, redirects, host, all that boring junk. Google loves doing this cute little thing where it tolerates something for weeks and then suddenly decides nope. Interesting take. Okay then.
Honestly, yeah, I’m seeing the same ugly slow bleed on one of mine too. Not dead-dead, just enough to make you want to throw the laptop out the window. Google realy does love that “nothing changed” nonsense while quietly yanking the rug.
