30-40% drops in organic Google traffic starting early/mid Feb to Now??
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Hello All:
I would really appreciate any insight that can be provided into this dilemma.
I've ruled out bad links issues - we don't have them and never engaged in grey to black hat SEO linkbuilding.
I cannot find the cause for this drop off.
Maybe I'm missing something because I am so close to it?
The site is markspace
Thanks in advance for any and all help or insight!!
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That's exactly what I have found as well Kane - that you so much for your time and insight!!
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You've got high PA/DA, your anchor texts have plenty of branding present, there's no glaring 404s in your top pages, you show up fine for searches for your brand name, I see over 800 pages showing up for a site: search, and I see you ranking on page 1 for generic searches like "iphone sync software."
In other words, nothing pops out at me. At this stage I'd be doing a deep dive in Google Analytics to see if landing pages dropped, number of keywords dropped, traffic for top xx keywords dropped, etc.
Also, you're in a relatively sensitive niche as far as being on top of current trends. If your GA research doesn't come up with anything, I'd bet that it's a seasonal issue. Tons of people got iPhones and iPads for Christmas, and bought gadgets during Dec/Jan, and traffic sloped off after that. Just one possible macro trend that could explain your situation.
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