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WMT deleted and pages tank - serious?

by lucasbowen
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Hey,
Gotta question. For good or bad I decided to delete my WMT and almost instantaneously my main domain tanked about 100 positions. Soon after my inner pages began moving down ill (one jumped from #6 to close to #500). Now I deleted WMT on 1/20, drops began 1/21 and total washout today.

This could be a coincidence but

- I'm purely whitehat - just relying on PRs
- main domain and inner pages have been all stable for many months. I survived several algorithm changes

I'm seriously thinking that I'm being penalized for deleting WMT. Is this totally off? Anyone has similar experience?

Or did I miss a major algo change starting 1/20 or 1/21?

Rather puzzling. I don't see this as any dancing as the inner pages I focus on settled months back.

Ideas please? Should I wait it out or start recovery - e.g. reinstante WMT

Thx.
#deleted #pages #serious #tank #wmt
  • Profile picture of the author crete
    First question I have is why did you delete WMT?
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  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    Yes, you are way off. It's a coincidence.
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  • Profile picture of the author lucasbowen
    @crete - because I saw some peculiarities. I actually wanted to delete it an reinstate after a week or so. As example. On one site I have 250 posts/pages. WP. No tags used and all categories are non-indexed. Yet in WMT I see >1600 pages index. To me - weird. Thought error and hence decision.

    Then - any ideas? I see NO reason for this major jumping in SERPs across the board.... and before you ask - NO - my domain is NOT and EMD. Far from.
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  • Profile picture of the author lucasbowen
    @wolfmii - strongly doubt it. +/-50 inner pages tank overnight. I'm not taking about few places jumps up/down - I'm quite used to that. I'm talking #3 to oblivion (worst case). One would doubt that I was a victim to P&P but I really can't see how that can be - unless I the "guy being hit by the truck while walking on the pavement" - IYKWIM
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    • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
      Originally Posted by lucasbowen View Post

      @wolfmii - strongly doubt it. +/-50 inner pages tank overnight. I'm not taking about few places jumps up/down - I'm quite used to that. I'm talking #3 to oblivion (worst case). One would doubt that I was a victim to P&P but I really can't see how that can be - unless I the "guy being hit by the truck while walking on the pavement" - IYKWIM
      OK. Suit yourself. Sounds like you've already convinced yourself that it's related.
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      • Profile picture of the author lucasbowen
        Originally Posted by wolfmmiii View Post

        OK. Suit yourself. Sounds like you've already convinced yourself that it's related.
        Great and useful comment :confused: - in lack of any other suggestion (other than coincidence) how can I think/conclude otherwise?
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  • Profile picture of the author Make Money Ninja
    Ok, here is my viewpoint. Full disclaimer i have never had this happen to me so i don't know how informed this is, so take it with a pinch of salt.

    This may not be a coincidence. For example, in the past i changed my blog theme.. and overnight all of my rankings tanked on a site. This was 100+ pages and losing 300 a day traffic. I actually thought, ok its just a dance and it will come back. It didnt.

    I waited 2 weeks, then changed the layout back. My rankings came back after 3-4 days.

    Now what does this have to do with OPs case. Not much. But Google can do some strange shit sometimes. OP i would re-verify with webmaster tools.

    That being said, it could well be a coincidence and your site has got a penalty for some reason. Hope that helps, but there isnt really much i can say right now. I dont have enough info.

    Question, how quickly after you removed WMT did your site tank?
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  • Profile picture of the author lucasbowen
    @ Make Money Ninja - thanks. It's a good thought. I actually changed theme several times without any serp hits.

    My avg. traffic is 500 per day UV so lets see impact in terms of traffic over next few days.

    I will definitely reinstate WMT but will swallow some ice for a few days and monitor.

    To answer your question. 1) main domain saw first impact -20 positions or so without few hours, another -80 positions without 24 hours. Impacted inner pages - now about 50 - started tanking within 24 hours and real bad today - 48 hours or so after
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  • Profile picture of the author wolfmmiii
    You asked:

    "I'm seriously thinking that I'm being penalized for deleting WMT. Is this totally off?"

    I answered:

    "Yes, you are way off. It's a coincidence."

    You replied:

    "@wolfmii - strongly doubt it."

    Like I said. It sounds like you've already made up your mind so I'm not sure what else you want me to say. What I will tell you is that I own many sites. Some use WMT and others do not. There is no difference in ranking among them based on anything related to WMT.
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