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November is proving to be a very bad month for me in terms of traffic sent by Google. I don't know if it related to me creating a Sitemap last month or what, but traffic dipped by a good 50%! Anyone else seeing this?

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A short, practical diagnostic and recovery checklist that builds on the observations from , and . The aim is to isolate whether the drop is measurement-related, technical, content-related, or a result of Search policy/algorithm action, and then take focused steps to restore visibility.

Quick verification (first 48–72 hours):

  • Confirm the fall is organic-search specific by comparing the Organic channel to overall traffic and to the same period previously (account for seasonality).
  • Inspect Search Console for messages, Manual Actions, Index Coverage errors, and sitemap processing results.
  • Use URL Inspection / Fetch-as-Google on a handful of previously high-traffic pages to check index status and last crawl.
  • Check server health (uptime, 5xx spikes, slow TTFB) and review server logs for Googlebot errors or blocked requests.

Technical and content checks:

  • Look for accidental noindex/meta robots/X-Robots-Tag changes, robots.txt blocks, or a misapplied rel=canonical that points pages away from themselves.
  • Audit recent CMS, template or plugin changes that could affect templates sitewide (headers/footers/robots tags).
  • Verify redirects, mass soft-404s, or content thinning; check for link loss or a sudden drop in referring links that could influence rankings.

Recovery and monitoring:

  • Prioritize fixes that restore crawlability and indexation, then resubmit sitemaps and request reindexing for fixed URIs.
  • If a Manual Action is present, follow the steps in Search Console and prepare a concise reconsideration submission after remediation.
  • Track impressions and clicks in Search Console to measure recovery; expect a timeline from days to several weeks depending on severity.

Note: volatility happens and reports here are mixed; concentrate on verifiable signals rather than assuming external motives.

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Member Avatar for newonlineinfo

Hi,

I don't find any changes in the traffic sent from Google !

Member Avatar for Dani

The only other thing I could think of is that I spent a lot of AdWords dollars in September and October and put it on pause at the beginning of November. Maybe Google is hoping that by sending me less traffic, I'll restart my AdWords campaign!

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You're going to start conspiracy theories!

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