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Am I a victim of Google Dance?

by Anton543
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For the last three weeks I have lost around 30% of my traffic and was wondering if it could be the 'Google dance'. Just prior to this happening I did some linkbuilding (clean links, not spammy) and I think it might the sudden extra link activity relative to before that might have caused this.

Then again, I also did two other things roughly the same time. I rearranged a few of the categories of the blog (it did not change the urls as the category is not in the url itself) and also started showing a CPM banner ad at the same time. I made a backup of the site just prior to doing all these things and am thinking it might be better to restore to it back to that point as I will only lose a few posts but it will undo the changes, one of which may be causing the traffic loss issue.
#dance #google #victim
  • Profile picture of the author Anton543
    Any thoughts?
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  • Profile picture of the author Shout Out Digital
    This is a difficult one to judge. Last week there were many people reporting the same thing, that they had a drop in traffic and apparently a Google update was to blame. Google deny this update but many people had reported a similar drop like yourself, so it could be a coincidence that it happened at the same time a you doing these changes.
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    • Profile picture of the author Anton543
      Originally Posted by Shout Out Digital View Post

      This is a difficult one to judge. Last week there were many people reporting the same thing, that they had a drop in traffic and apparently a Google update was to blame. Google deny this update but many people had reported a similar drop like yourself, so it could be a coincidence that it happened at the same time a you doing these changes.
      My traffic drop happened 3 weeks ago, not last week.
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  • Profile picture of the author gearmonkey
    Did you get any messages in WMTs? Also what kind of backlinks did you build and how many?

    Too many variables to say. At first glance, based on what you wrote, it is a google dance.
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  • Profile picture of the author npakergy16
    Your in the post penguin world now. Things are different. VERY DIFFERENT.

    So, you want to improve your google search engine rankings without getting penalized? Then you need to focus on writing high quality, relevant and unique content and forget about backlink building.

    This is truly the only safe way to build your traffic and improve your search engine results without getting penalized.
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  • Profile picture of the author admin@subashseo.com
    Check in your webmaster account, is there have any messages received. What type of links you made for your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author LiftMyRank
    It's too hard to diagnose without seeing your site, PM me your site if you want me to have a look at it...
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  • Profile picture of the author retsek
    Doubt it ..since there's really no such thing as the Google dance.
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    • Profile picture of the author cisin
      Originally Posted by retsek View Post

      Doubt it ..since there's really no such thing as the Google dance.
      How can you even say that?
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  • Profile picture of the author Theeban
    As you have changed your On-Page SEO (As you re-arrange the things, some changes are there) & Off-Page SEO (As you get links). It is of course, resulted kind of "Google dance". It is better that you didn't change your URL.

    This method may OR may not work for you, just try & see, as there are various factors play a role in deciding :

    To over-come this, keep on getting backlinks everyday, get links to your inner pages, category pages, home pages and etc. Do NOT use your main keywords as your anchor text, use secondary keywords or "Click here" or etc... texts or long phrases to link back. Keep going.... I would recommend to go ahead on this way for a week or two and make sure you are getting links everyday and ping your links, so Google can see progress. Then, you may get your rank back... Good luck...
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  • Profile picture of the author Jose Princely
    30% percent traffic loss cannot be Google Dance. Must be Panda impact.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Williams
    Even though Traffic and Rank are strongly related, Google dance is not about the TRAFFIC, it is about the RANKINGS - e.g when your site's ranking position goes up and down. Have you been watching your rankings? What have they been? How much did they drop?
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  • Profile picture of the author Dani P
    What on earth is Google Dance!!?
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  • Profile picture of the author Alex Williams
    it's when your site's ranking position goes up and down on Google - it "dances" until it settles
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    • Profile picture of the author Ricky Dawn
      Originally Posted by Alex Williams View Post

      it's when your site's ranking position goes up and down on Google - it "dances" until it settles
      And sometimes it doesn't settle! One of my sites has been bouncing for just over a year.. Around every other week i'll see some sales so I'm not too bothered :rolleyes:
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  • Profile picture of the author Make Money Ninja
    Could be anything. I would need your site and a detailed list of changes.

    Last month i changed the design on one of my sites and i lost the rankings for all of my internal pages for about a week. They came back.

    There havent been any corresponding penguin or panda updates this week. So most likely it is something temporary. Its impossible to tell without taking a detailed look at your site and what you have been doing though.

    If you want me to take a look, feel free to get in contact.
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  • Profile picture of the author tommeh
    i'll have a look at your site too if you want to PM it.
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  • Profile picture of the author Do
    Dance is okay as long as it's not a 18 month sanbox
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