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Hi Folks, This is my first post here.  Psyched to be part of this great community. I have a site that's seen a steady drop in Google organic traffic since September of last year.  Slow at first, then picking up speed in late January, then in a free-fall in May.  Things are finally flattening out, but I'm left with 30% of my former traffic.  See graph. I've been thinking that this was caused by Penguin.  Back in 2006-2009, I used free directory submission services, and it looked like I was finally getting penalized for it. However, from the research I've done so far, it looks like websites hit by Penguin see a decrease in traffic over a couple days, not six months.  Should I concern myself with disavowing those spammy directory links, or focus my energy elsewhere? There are other plausible explanations for the decline.  I haven't posted much content on the site in recent years, and have let my blog go fallow.  Obviously, this needs to be fixed.  My question is, in addition to my content development and quality linkbuilding efforts, should I be worried about those spammy links? For the record, this is a high-quality informational site with lots of high-quality links mixed in with the spammy ones. Thanks for any insight you can offer. qozm7Rr.png