Capturing the clues before a website is downgraded is like smelling the smell of a storm in advance - once it's detected early,You have a chance to avoid a catastrophic ranking dropEven surpassing competitors when they are caught.
Below isCommon precursor signals of weight reduction+analysis methods for early warning+list of practical suggestionsHelp you make repairs before the website is truly 'hacked'.
The originally stable main keywords fluctuated violently in the short term, such as:
Today's homepage → Tomorrow's page 3 → Coming back the day after tomorrow
Ranking shows a roller coaster trend
hazard level: ⚠️ centre
describeSearch engines are testing/reevaluating the trustworthiness and content quality of your page
Normal website indexing should have a steady and slow growth
If you find:
Sudden decrease in inclusion (especially when old content is deleted)
Site map not included after being pushed
hazard level: ⚠️ tall
describeThe content has been judged as low-quality or duplicate by search engines, which may have triggered quality algorithms
View log tools or Baidu Webmaster/GSC data
Recently, there have been:
Baidu/Google crawling frequency significantly decreases
Originally crawled dozens/hundreds of times a day → turned into single digits or even stopped
hazard level: ⚠️ tall
describeSearch engines may 'decrease interest' in your website or be negatively labeled
Use Baidu Analytics and GA to view certain core pages:
Bounce rate>80%
Average dwell time<20 seconds
hazard level: ⚠️ centre
describePoor user behavior indicators mean that the page content cannot meet the search intent and may be judged as low-quality by the system
Monitoring of external links:
The main external link website has been penalized (downgraded)
The friend link page has been nofollowed, deleted, or redirected
hazard level: ⚠️ Medium to high
describeOnce there is a problem with the dependency external chain, your weight will be affected
The site appears:
A large number of dead links 404
Pop up ads obscure the main content
Hacked advertising page/medical/gambling content
hazard level: ⚠️ tall
describeThe algorithm will consider your website to be "out of control" and affect trust ratings
tool | Monitored content |
---|---|
Baidu Webmaster Tools | Inclusion, indexing, crawling exceptions, dead links, mobile adaptation, indexing exceptions |
Google Search Console | Coverage status, capture frequency, abnormal notification, manual penalty reminder |
5118/Love Station/Webmaster's Home | Keyword ranking trends, loss of external links, and fluctuations in vocabulary size |
Log Analysis Tool | Distribution of spider crawling frequency, status code, and page visit frequency |
Regularly review the following 5 data changes every week:
index | monitor mode | Warning threshold |
---|---|---|
Total amount included | Baidu Webmaster/Google Search Console | Decrease by more than 10% for three consecutive days |
Main keyword ranking | Ahrefs/5118 | Within a week, more than 5 words or core words have fallen out of the top 10 |
Capture frequency | Log/GSC/Baidu Tools | Significant decrease of over 50% |
bounce rate | Baidu Analytics/GA | Continuous increase exceeding 10% |
External link abnormality | Ahrefs/Baidu External Link Analysis | Suddenly losing a large number of external links or anchor texts unrelated |
Warning signs of problems | Priority operation |
---|---|
Ranking fluctuations | Update page content to enhance semantic relevance; Reduce keyword stuffing; Enhance internal chain stability |
抓取减少 | 提交新站地图、修复死链、确保站点打开速度、服务器状态正常 |
收录下降 | 提高页面内容原创度与可读性,避免大量雷同页;加强内链指向 |
用户体验差 | 减少广告、弹窗,增强页面可读性;内容结构清晰;加入视频/图表增强吸引力 |
外链丢失 | 构建更多自然引用外链,停止依赖“垃圾友链”,主动拒绝垃圾外链(Google Disavow) |
排名波动 ≠ 降权,但频繁波动是早期信号
抓取频率和收录量是搜索引擎“兴趣”的晴雨表
内容质量 + 外链质量 + 用户体验,三者同步才真正安全
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