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Organic Traffic Decreased by 70% but Google say blog not penalized...?

by apcpk
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Hi to all experts
after the Google Penguin update last month my blog organic traffic decreased by 70% when i contacted Google they said that blog is not penalized....so what should i do now,kindly help me in this regard.
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  • Profile picture of the author paulgl
    Putting sites where they should actually be is not a penalty.
    Too many people think penalty, when they have no logic in this
    thinking.

    Your site did not always exist online. So, if and when you made it to
    #1 or whatever place, it displaced a site. So, what did google do
    to penalize that site that you replaced? Nothing?

    But then, if you believe in penalties, then you probably believe that
    you can remedy them. Okay. SO what happens when the sites that
    you displaced work on their sites, remove the penalty, and once again
    move you off the map.

    Google does not rank sites due to negatives of the other sites.

    That would be crazy thinking, but it seems many people believe that.

    There are so many things changing on google search on a second by
    second basis. But people only think they do updates every so often.

    They don't. The people searching today are not the same type of
    person searching today. Or last hour.

    Look at the news to see how quickly things change.

    If 20 other sites are now looked upon as being better than your
    site, that's not a penalty. That's just getting beat.

    Paul
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    If you were disappointed in your results today, lower your standards tomorrow.

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    • Profile picture of the author apcpk
      thanks but what should i do now,because i have observed sudden drop in traffic (up to 70% in five days) after Google Penguin update last month.
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      • Profile picture of the author online only
        Originally Posted by apcpk View Post

        after Google Penguin update last month.
        Well, I guess you got it now.

        You built low quality links or used some public private network and your site got tanked AKA replaced by better site, with more realistic links.

        What kind of links did you build? Blog comments, forum profiles or ... ?
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        • Profile picture of the author tantivy
          have you checked your backlinks? I too experienced the same issue and been talking with google with the same question of penalty. but they said there's no penalty. When I did check my backlinks, there's a huge dip of their numbers the same time the algo update happened. go check your backlinks and see whether it has a correlation with your organic traffic.

          if there's none, then go look for other problem issues in your site.
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          • Profile picture of the author apcpk
            Originally Posted by tantivy View Post

            have you checked your backlinks? I too experienced the same issue and been talking with google with the same question of penalty. but they said there's no penalty. When I did check my backlinks, there's a huge dip of their numbers the same time the algo update happened. go check your backlinks and see whether it has a correlation with your organic traffic.

            if there's none, then go look for other problem issues in your site.
            ok which kind of backlinks should i check? I have many repeated no follow backlinks from one link.
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            • Profile picture of the author nettech
              Quick question,

              How old is your site? If it's new, could this be as a result of something very simple such as seasonal trends? Just some food for thought!

              Thanks
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              Zaheer

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              • Profile picture of the author apcpk
                My blog is nearly two years old. I don't know why there was a huge drop in traffic just in 5 days after Google Penguin update. Will you kindly spare some time and have a look at the backlinks.
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        • Profile picture of the author apcpk
          actually i have done lot of blog commenting,and avoid spam commenting,also all comments are on high PR sites normally >2
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    • Profile picture of the author trade4861
      Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

      Putting sites where they should actually be is not a penalty.
      Too many people think penalty, when they have no logic in this
      thinking.

      Your site did not always exist online. So, if and when you made it to
      #1 or whatever place, it displaced a site. So, what did google do
      to penalize that site that you replaced? Nothing?

      But then, if you believe in penalties, then you probably believe that
      you can remedy them. Okay. SO what happens when the sites that
      you displaced work on their sites, remove the penalty, and once again
      move you off the map.

      Google does not rank sites due to negatives of the other sites.

      That would be crazy thinking, but it seems many people believe that.

      There are so many things changing on google search on a second by
      second basis. But people only think they do updates every so often.

      They don't. The people searching today are not the same type of
      person searching today. Or last hour.

      Look at the news to see how quickly things change.

      If 20 other sites are now looked upon as being better than your
      site, that's not a penalty. That's just getting beat.

      Paul
      I wouldn't say its about being "beat." Personally I would say Google understands that their algorithm sucks! The remedy is to place more emphasis on authority sites to solve the problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by apcpk View Post

    Hi to all experts
    after the Google Penguin update last month my blog organic traffic decreased by 70% when i contacted Google they said that blog is not penalized....so what should i do now,kindly help me in this regard.
    How about doing SEO & stop contacting Google every time the wind blows.

    Your pages are either indexed or they're not, you can check that yourself (site:domain.com) without contacting Google.
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  • Profile picture of the author LiftMyRank
    I would say that your pre-existing links were devalued resulting in a re-rating of your rankings, not a penalty, to get back up you'll need high quality links.
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