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Why did my Google rankings drop so much?
Ranking drops are often caused by large changes to a website. When you’ve migrated a bunch of pages, rolled out a (responsive) redesign or reworked a lot of content you’ll see big fluctuations in your rankings. This is natural, and should only worry you in ase your rankings don’t come back to their previous state.
Do you have to be in the Google index?
Therefore, in order to have websites rank within Google, the first step is to make sure your site is within the Google index.
Why does the index status of a website matter?
While the index status has been greatly improved, the actual ranks of each individual page needs to be improved as well. This will happen as the keywords are processed by Google and links are made to the site. Ready to boost your organic traffic?
Google rankings fluctuate based on a number of factors, and not all of them are within your control. Your keyword rankings might drop because you’ve done something wrong, or because your competitors are doing something right, or for no discernible reason at all. You can figure out why your Google rankings dropped.
How to know if your SEO rankings have dropped?
Just to calm yourself down, you can compare the stats by calculating an average SEO traffic fluctuation. For instance, you can plot your weekly SEO traffic for the past 12 months and calculate the average deviation. If the drop is still dramatic… you’ve come to the right page! And finally, see if the drop actually sticks.
Why did my site traffic drop in Google search?
That is, if your site is http://example.com, is your Search Console property defined as http://example.com or https://example.com? Mixing up http and https is probably the most common reason for “missing” search traffic; your traffic might not have dropped, you might just be looking at the wrong Search Console property.
What to do if your website drops out of search results?
First of all, search for a site: domain name query to quickly check if your website is still indexed. If your pages are still found in search results, that’s good news. If most of your pages suddenly dropped out of search engines’ indices, this could mean you have a manual penalty.