The Hidden Triggers Behind Your Website’s Traffic Plunge—and How to Beat Them Fast

If you think links are to blame for the sudden drop in website traffic, you can take a two-pronged approach:
- Contact the original linking site to try to restore a lost high-quality link. If that isn’t possible, strengthen your backlink profile by publishing content that other sites want to link to.
- Submit a disavow file in Google Search Console for links from spammy, low-quality, or irrelevant sites.
Plan and implement your recovery strategy
You’ve done the detective work, so it’s time to turn insights into action. This final step is about moving from diagnosis to recovery, with a plan that addresses root causes and sets your site up for long-term growth.