SEO Advice: My website is losing traffic

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I run a career blog, career.com.ng.. I notice that my traffic has been going down lately and recently decided to install a new theme. I notice that the content from my new website don't rank in google unlike my previous theme where by article rank faster after posting. What do i have to do to get back my ranking? i don't want to change the theme... i prefer the new theme.
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  • Profile picture of the author ksummers
    You need to pinpoint exactly when the downturn began. For example, does it align with a Google algorithm update? Is it a seasonal change? Or does it seem to align with the change of theme? Only when you know the cause can you take remedial action.
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    • Profile picture of the author krestup
      Originally Posted by ksummers View Post

      You need to pinpoint exactly when the downturn began. For example, does it align with a Google algorithm update? Is it a seasonal change? Or does it seem to align with the change of theme? Only when you know the cause can you take remedial action.
      I notice the website started going down 3 - 4 months ago, then i was paying less interest on it and was not constantly updating it
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  • Profile picture of the author chrisnos
    Originally Posted by krestup View Post

    I don't want to change the theme... i prefer the new theme.
    You and Google have a disagreement & you want to make the choice, which you get to, but Google gets to choose the results.
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    • Profile picture of the author krestup
      Originally Posted by chrisnos View Post

      You and Google have a disagreement & you want to make the choice, which you get to, but Google gets to choose the results.
      Just installed the new theme a week ago and my website has been losing traffic before then
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  • Profile picture of the author muhammadsheroze
    Well I think your new theme is not mobile friendly google boost website with mobile friendly feature in higher rank.
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    • Profile picture of the author krestup
      Originally Posted by muhammadsheroze View Post

      Well I think your new theme is not mobile friendly google boost website with mobile friendly feature in higher rank.
      The theme is mobile friendly and it's a responsive theme
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  • Profile picture of the author Point Blank
    Its hard to diagnose without seeing the site. All too often, I see many webmasters saying, "Finally, I'm at the top.. Now I can finally stop building links." Truth be told, there's always competition lurking just beyond the horizon. In any case, keep it simple stupid always be building more links.
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  • Profile picture of the author PBScott
    Your contrast ratio on the website is horrible, white text on bright yellow backgrounds makes my eyes bleed. You may be colorblind... as am I... or maybe your monitor is darker than normal and it works from what you're looking at. There are color scheme websites to help you with this. Black text on a darker yellow would be an improvement, but those are not colors I would use, you should look up some of the psychology of colors charts and try to figure out what you are trying to achieve.

    This could cause a huge bounce rate which Google might see as a bad thing, or Google might eve be reading contrast ratios since it is not difficult to do.

    Your homepage has:
    33 Errors, 8 warning(s)

    in https://validator.w3.org/

    This may or may not have effect on your ranking except that I only looked because the page did not scale well in my browser, which would personally make me discredit any text on it, and cause me to bounce.

    In short, it might be the poor appearance of the website that is causing secondary effects on your SERPS. It could be nothing to do with it also, but I would still highly suggest fixing this.
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  • Profile picture of the author KylieSweet
    Originally Posted by krestup View Post

    I run a career blog, I notice that my traffic has been going down lately and recently decided to install a new theme. I notice that the content from my new website don't rank in Google unlike my previous theme where by article rank faster after posting.
    What was your activity while running your career blog? Usually this must be analyze first then the competition in the field.
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  • Profile picture of the author news2cash
    You have a very functional site and it is pleasing to the eyes. What I would do is spend 25 bucks and do Five Fiverr Gigs to bring some focus and attention back.

    1. Write an article which will attract reporters and bloggers. Do a PR Blast on fiverr with that article.
    2. Create and intro video on fiverr and do a video submission blast
    3. This kind of blog would do well with guest post because it is helpful.
    4. Do a classified blast for the city involved. (example: https://www.fiverr.com/dgallimore/do...1-f79b2166ca06.
    5. Have an RSS IFTTT Recipe made for SEO to keep news current.
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  • Profile picture of the author ruhul7020
    It is good to address some points fist. I guess you might need some authority link in lesser amount, and then you can try to make indexed them by many free sites on the internet. Hopefully, this would help.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rajnisht
    Always put great content and then promote it! Boost posts, create ads, and promote your fan page. By using such things (together with quality content) we doubled our traffic in a month.


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  • Profile picture of the author EugeneWalton
    As others have said, google gets to choose what is really good for your site, don't be afraid to change the theme if it's gonna end up boosting your ranking in return!
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  • Profile picture of the author fiverrsellerpro
    I think you have to spend much time to know if you can be getting organic traffic to your website because that is going to make you to get a very good result,if your method of getting traffic is dubious i get your rank will drop.
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  • Profile picture of the author legendcrest
    I think the best thing to do is to carry out a comprehensive audit on your website
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