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Yeah, I’d be looking at Google first too. If Search Console isn’t throwing anything obvious, the boring stuff I’d check is: – pages accidentally set to noindex – canonicals pointing somewhere dumb – robots.txt not blocking something weird – cache/minify plugin doing something ugly to the HTML – sitemap actually still clean Cheap hosting can make crawling slower and all that, but a sudden drop after an update usually feels like algo noise more than “your WP install is broken.” I’ve had sites go from steady to absolutely random with zero changes on my end. Super annoying. Also, don’t trust rankings on just a couple URLs right now. Look at impressions by page in GSC. If the same group of posts got hit, that’s probably not a plugin issue. If everything tanked at once, even more likely update-related. Honestly I’d leave Yoast alone unless you changed settings recently. Cache plugins are the only ones I’d side-eye a bit more.
Yeah, that’s been happening to me too. Google will happily vacuum up the trash pages first and then act weird about the stuff you actually want indexed. I don’t think it’s always a “content quality” thing either. Sometimes it’s just crawl priority being dumb, or the junk pages are easier to discover because they’re linked a bit more cleanly / less blocked / less buried. Honestly Google has been extra stupid lately lol. That’s been my experience anyway.
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.
From what I’ve seen, yeah, I’ve seen a couple expireds get smacked like that lately. Not even a slow bleed, just boom, crawl drops off and the pages stop moving. Could be Google being extra picky with old-link equity stuff, or the redirects tripping some trust/filter thing. I’d check host logs first though, cause sometimes it’s not “SEO drama” at all and the crawl just falls apart after a server hiccup or weird response chain. If they were on the same setup and both tanked at once, I’d lean algo/filter more than “bad content” nonsense. Expireds have felt touchier than usual for a while.
Yeah, it’s been messy. I mean, I’ve got a couple posts just sitting there for no obvious reason while some random thin page gets picked up in like an hour. I don’t think it’s *just* content quality either, before somebody starts with that. Feels more like crawl/indexing prioritization is all over the place lately. I mean, Sometimes a sitemap refresh or a few internal links helps, sometimes it does absolutely nothing, which is super fun.
Well, honestly, yeah, same. mine’s been doing that annoying “crawled, now go away” thing for days too. expired domains definitely seem to get the fast lane more often, which is kinda ridiculous if you’ve ever built a normal site the boring way. I don’t think it’s just content quality either, because I’ve had decent pages sit there while trash gets in quicker. Could be trust, could be some throttling nonsense, could just be Google being moody again. I’ve noticed if the site’s a bit slow or bloated with plugins it…
I mean, yeah, same here. Google seems to love indexing the junk first for whatever reason. I’ve seen parasite/spam pages get crawled basically instantly while normal posts sit in limbo for days. It’s infuriating, but I don’t think it means the real pages are “bad” necessarily — sometimes Google just grabs the easiest stuff first and ignores the pages you actually care about. Honestly,
Yeah, same here. Indexing feels way slower than it should be lately. I’ve got a couple pages that got crawled basically right away and then just sat there for days. Meanwhile some random junk on weaker domains gets picked up fast. Makes zero sense. Could be trust, could be crawl budget, could just be Google being weird…
Yeah, I’ve seen that too. Indexing’s been weirdly lazy lately, especially on newer stuff or pages that don’t already have some trust. The “crawled, not indexed” thing is basically my favorite little joke at this point. Expired domains seem to get a pass way faster than normal sites, which is annoying as hell, but it’s not exactly new either. Could be throttling, could be quality filters being extra picky, could just be Google being Google. I wouldn’t assume it’s all content-related if the same pages are getting crawled and then sitting there for days.
Kind of feels like yeah, I’m seeing the same kind of messy drop. Not the clean “one page fell off a cliff” thing, just random wobbling everywhere. Honestly I’d leave it alone for a bit unless you’ve got a super obvious technical issue. Google’s been doing that annoying shuffle thing a lot lately.
Yeah, kinda. But I’d say the win is mostly from better structure, not “AI magic” or whatever. I’ve seen a couple pages move after cleaning up internal links and anchors, but it’s never been super consistent. Usually the pages that already had decent intent match just got a nudge. The AI part is mostly useful for not missing obvious links, imo. On affiliate stuff, I’d still do anchors manually. Tools love weird exact-match anchors in places that read clunky as hell. Google probably tolerates it, but users sure don’t.
Yeah, seeing the same thing tbh. My rankings haven’t really moved much either, but CTR is doing this annoying little rollercoaster thing. Feels like SERP layout changes more than “real” demand sometimes. One day you get a fat snippet, next day Google shoves a forum result or some junk above you and clicks just vanish. The pages with tighter titles + comparison tables are the only ones that seem to hold up for me too. The fluffy intros definitely get hurt. AI pages are still alive on my end, but only if they’re cleaned up hard and not obviously generic. Affiliate-wise, review/comparison stuff is still carrying everything. Info posts are mostly just impression fodder right now. At least lately.
Realistically, yeah, I’ve been seeing the same kind of dumb inconsistency. Some stuff gets picked up in hours, other pages just sit there forever even when they’re clearly linked and not trash. I don’t think it’s just you. Search Console’s been basically useless for me on a couple sites too. Kind of feels like Parasite stuff can work faster, sure, but that’s not exactly a fix, it’s just Google being weird in a different place lol.
