
Why Did My Website Traffic Drop? A Forensic Checklist to Find the Real Cause
Why did my website traffic drop? In most cases, for one of six reasons: a technical or indexing problem, a Google algorithm update, a security issue, a spam issue, seasonality or falling demand, or a site migration. A seventh cause is a tracking error that only looks like a drop. The fastest way to find yours is to read the shape of the drop in Google Search Console, then rule causes out in order, starting with the ones you can prove.

