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KristopherWho last edited by

I was checking my traffic history with SEM rush & I noticed that I took a big hit in traffic in the Spring of this year. I have lost a lot of traffic but rankings are still the same. Could it be Penguin, what should I do?

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HDDEPT @KristopherWho last edited by

SEOMOZ is a popular community and frequently updated website too, so it will have the fast crawl rates, that is the reason it appears fast on the Google.
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KristopherWho @DavidKonigsberg last edited by

This question is only a few hours old but it shows ups in Google SERPS. How is that possible?.
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DavidKonigsberg last edited by

First look at your analytics dont just trust semrush
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