Rant: My client's organic traffic dropped 40% in two weeks after a core update they ignored.

They refused to fix the thin content I flagged in January, and now we're scrambling to recover from a manual action penalty Google just confirmed.

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charlesj461d ago

Ugh, that's rough. Just a quick note, a manual action is different from a core update hit. The manual action means Google actually reviewed and penalized the site. A core update drop is algorithmic. Both are bad, but the fix can be a bit different.

david8212d ago

My own stubborn client once cost us three months of rankings over a similar issue. It's the classic case of paying for the ambulance instead of the band-aid. Now I just send the warnings and let the traffic chart do the arguing for me.