GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 33 - October 2015

#17 mla0712 Public Member Originally Posted by WagerPod Are they themed keywords, such as football? Do you have Google Webmaster Tools? Try Google Trends on your dropped keywords to see if they have dropped. It’s not only specific keywords, it looks like a general traffic drop. And if it wasn’t because I haven’t received a warning, I would have thought it was some kind of penalty. But the more I think about it and the more feedback I get from you guys, among others, the more I think it’s a general quality issue based on 1) content, 2) back link profile and 3) lack of mobile responsiveness. Another thing: For the past three months, we’ve been running a pop-up/pop-under. Obviously not something Google would be fond of. Anyone have experience with getting lower rankings because of that? “ Reply With Quote #24 mla0712 Public Member Originally Posted by wonderpunter You are still number one for the main keyword. You might have lost rankings for variation keywords for that page, or may have lost rankings in other data centers globally. Now, that is strange. I just checked a few keywords and it looks like I’m still ranking for them in the U.S. “ Reply With Quote #19 mla0712 Public Member I’m trying to get our developer to check our logs to see if anything from our development could have caused it. “ Reply With Quote #25 John Anthony New Member It is very likely that this is a problem with inbound links. Your profile link is not natural, as you mentioned your forum has received a large number of links from Russia. The second possible problem is the Google algorithm update, but I do not think it would reflect such large downturns. Check the search panel even if you have not imposed any filter. “ Reply With Quote #20 wonderpunter Private Member I never use pop-ups, but it could also be that. Are your impressions still the same in WMT? And is it a lot of return traffic missing? Maybe visitors know you have annoying pop-ups and don’t click through; it’s the main reason I never click through answers.com. Or it could be a combo of different things that give you a low quality score. I have had various losses that all seem to be algorithm based, but I’ve always dug deep in and have always tried to improve everything that deep down I know shouldn’t be there or could be improved. Think like a visitor and not like an SEOer. “ Reply With Quote #21 wonderpunter Private Member Originally Posted by mla0712 I’m trying to get our developer to check out logs to see if anything from our development could have caused it. You are still number one for the main keyword. You might have lost rankings for variation keywords for that page, or may have lost rankings in other data centers globally. “ Reply With Quote 33 From the GPWA Forums