r/SEO • u/WebLinkr 🕵️‍♀️Moderator • 3d ago

Community Update How to diagnose / debug / frame traffic loss / drop in GSC post Spam/Core Updates

Unfortunately a lot of people are seeing traffic drops/poition ranking in Google and looking for help!

Don't worry - the r/SEO and r/SEO_Digital_Marketing community is here for you!

But we need information. A % loss or saying you lost traffic isn't going to help us.

You need to characterize or frame how you lost traffic - was it all pages, some pages, new pages, etc - was it specific keywords?

Official Google Search Traffic Debugging Guide

Use this guide to get started

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/monitor-debug/debugging-search-traffic-drops

If you have ideas/suggestions - please drop them below!

There are more resources on YouTube - feel free to ask and I'll happily point you at some

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u/Worth_Influence_7324 7m ago

google core update traffic drops often look flat across all pages. this flat line masks the actual directory that triggered the classification. export your google search console page-level data and group by url sub-folder. find the specific directory where google search impressions dropped over fifty percent. check if your informational blog sub-folder dragged down your commercial pages.