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I've built an authority site over the course of about a year. Currently, we publish about 3-5 posts a day, both short articles (600+ words) and long-form (3000-6000 words). That's DAILY.

Don't do any blackhat stuff, gaining links in a natural way. Recently have been accepted to Google News and so on.

My rankings have been dropping steadily for the last 1.5 month. Every week we're getting less and less traffic from Google, while we're publishing more and more, and gaining backlinks here and there.

What's going on?! Any ideas?

We're on a dedicated server, with a CDN, a CloudFlare, completely optimized for fast speeds and mobile usability. We're active on social media and get shares, etc. All content is original, from different writers, very well written and helpful. Some are plain whiteboard articles, others have a lot of engaging media - images, videos, etc. We're active on YouTube, updating the channel about 2-3 times a week with new videos, and very active on other social platforms with updates several times a day.

I keep a close eye on Search Console. We're not penalized in any way. Rankings just continue to drop steadily. And the pages or sites that are in our places now are definitely not better, neither in content, nor DA, nor publishing schedule, nothing. Our site is much more user-friendly, have a lot more content of high quality compared to others that are now outranking us, etc.

I'm not getting this. What's happening? I have literally no clue what else to do right now.
#confused
  • Profile picture of the author cbpayne
    WHat is the URL?
    Where are you getting backlinks from?
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    • Profile picture of the author TLondon
      Originally Posted by cbpayne View Post

      WHat is the URL?
      Where are you getting backlinks from?
      URL: moz.com

      I usually order my backlinks in containers shipped from Mexico.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dokemion
    A drop in rankings and traffic doesn't necessary mean you are being penalized there is this thing called "Competition" probably your site is slacking of in that area. Content is King but it's not everything. Go check on your competitors and see what they've been doing and how well they are doing it that cause your site to drop in rankings or traffic.

    Go back in time to 1.5month ago remember all the changes you made that might cause the problem or perhaps there's a need for a change in your approach due to the demand in your market or competition.

    Drop me a message here if I'm right. I maybe able to help guide you on what to do of course it wont be for free.. Since my hands are full so the best I can do is provide consultation services atm.
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