For the past few days I have been debating if I should cover what may have been a Google search ranking update that ticked off on Friday March 11th. There was super unusual update like chatter in the WebmasterWorld forums but the automated tracking tools showed nothing - nada.
So I waited and waited and it seems like whatever happened on March 11th that went through the weekend, may have reverted itself on Monday, March 14th. Like I said, I was on the verge of reporting a possible unconfirmed Google update but held back.
Now, what I am asking, is if you saw some really weird Google update like patterns for the sites you track on Friday, March 11th and then it flip back on Monday, March 14th?
SEO Chatter
Let me first start by sharing the chatter I saw over the past few days, starting off on Friday, March 11th. Again, keep in mind, this chatter looks just like what you'd expect to see from the SEO forums during a Google update. But it didn't last and something seemed to revert over time.
Absolutely massive 30% drop in search and 41% drop in direct traffic by 5:30pm today. USA -43%, UK -53%, even India is down -36% and that is never down. Anyone else seeing this?The massive traffic drop continues....down 60% for both USA and UK at 11:30am. Search is down 51%. My ranking is heading higher across the board for the last week
Drop since Thursday.
My global site's traffic was well down on Friday at 71%, Saturday was average and Sunday well above average resulting in the first 13...
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