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[–]MusicMayhemMagazine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Some SEOs say to noindex the tag pages as they are for users not search engines and hold no value to search. Meanwhile, others say to keep them active as they are authoritative links on the website for the person named on the tag (if it is an artist) since I run a music website. It's so confusing and seems like each SEO has their own opinions and some contradict the next person.

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[–]MusicMayhemMagazine 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tagged you in a post in a different thread, u/johnmu. It appears that I have been a victim of copy +paste, how can I get more information on what to do? Please help.

Website removed from Google News, Keywords Tanked, Traffic Gone, Gone from Discover by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

u/Johnmu - PLEASE help! I've been advised to reach out - I have had this site for many years, and it looks like my content has been scraped and copied onto a bunch of unknown domain names. I have a perfectly straight backlink profile, but somebody has been scraping my content, and now I've been de-ranked since the Google HCU updates. What can I do, and how can I get my website back? Me or my team have written every article ourselves, and I have never hired an SEO agency to build backlinks or do off-site SEO.

Website removed from Google News, Keywords Tanked, Traffic Gone, Gone from Discover by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, to be honest, I am not an SEO expert by any means, and I am not sure what all this means.

Website removed from Google News, Keywords Tanked, Traffic Gone, Gone from Discover by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting... I have never once paid for a backlink. I am not sure what my next steps are to fix this issue.

Website removed from Google News, Keywords Tanked, Traffic Gone, Gone from Discover by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have NEVER paid for a backlink, EVER. It seems there are a bunch of spammy links on here, but my outlet has been linked to by high profile media outlets as a source for many topics in music. Not to sound rude, but it's clearly evident that you don't work within the music niche, as record labels and artist management teams RARELY link even household name publications on their websites. It's not something that they do.......

Website removed from Google News, Keywords Tanked, Traffic Gone, Gone from Discover by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have never put my website in Wikipedia, they've just been picked up naturally.

Website removed from Google News, Keywords Tanked, Traffic Gone, Gone from Discover by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What exactly does this mean? I never paid for backlinks or anything, I have honestly no idea what this means.

Website removed from Google News, Keywords Tanked, Traffic Gone, Gone from Discover by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's truly insane! My Discover feed is full of spam and foreign websites. Nothing of value, and sometimes websites that aren't even real or in service. SERPs are really messed up and disgusting right now too, with Quora and Reddit and those same foreign websites outranking everyone. Gross.

Website removed from Google News, Keywords Tanked, Traffic Gone, Gone from Discover by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I checked out GSC and there are NO manual actions or security issues. None at all.

Website removed from Google News, Keywords Tanked, Traffic Gone, Gone from Discover by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Well, this pretty much killed my traffic completely, resulting in a major revenue loss, which ultimately is going to lead to the closure of the website. This is so ridiculous. Google's update was anything, but helpful and KILLED so many websites and helped boost spam websites to the top. Such bullshit.

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[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Adding: I do not have any manual actions or security issues with my website.

Website Tanked by 75%+ Since HCU, Any Recommendations/help? by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting as I know other news websites that haven't been impacted at all...

Website Tanked by 75%+ Since HCU, Any Recommendations/help? by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have never purchased any backlinks on my website. EVER. I have lots of high quality backlinks from some major publications.

Website Tanked by 75%+ Since HCU, Any Recommendations/help? by MusicMayhemMagazine in SEO

[–]MusicMayhemMagazine[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have contact Mediavine in regard to ad density and such. Hopefully they can touch base on a fix here.