We all lose Google traffic once in a while. It's not always easy to know if you've been hit by a Google penalty or a Google algorithm update. So, what can you do? In this video, I share exactly how you can check in Google Search Console if you've been hit by a Manual Google Penalty, an algorithm update, or if it's something else entirely. People often think it's a penalty when it's just a dip in traffic due to competitors, seasonality or simply because the topic is not trending anymore. You can use these steps to figure out what's happening when you lose traffic and rankings in Google. It's a 3-step process where we look at all the possibilities. Typically, I see that people worry too much about updates when it's rarely an update that hit their website or niche site.
