Small local photography business, domain about 5 weeks old. The brand query (a 2-word personal name + "photography") ranked #1 on Google until Sept 9, then on Sept 10 the site vanished from the organic results for that exact query in France, US, UK, Germany and Spain. Directory listings and social profiles (Instagram, Pages Jaunes, Mappy) now show instead. What still works: - Same query in quotes: #1 - Same query + any extra word (e.g. a service name): #1 - Same query in Turkey with Turkish UI: #1 - Google Images for the same query: mostly my site - Bing and DuckDuckGo: #1 What I checked: homepage indexed, Google-selected canonical is the homepage itself, recrawled Sept 13, no manual action, no security issues, server logs show Googlebot getting full 200 responses, total traffic and non-brand queries are stable. What changed right before the drop (Sept 4-8): new Wikidata item, sameAs links added to schema, new directory listings (Pages Jaunes etc.), new LinkedIn/Behance pr...
Hi everyone, I’m desperate for some advice. For the last 9 months, I've tried everything to recover my Google rankings, but nothing is working. Context: I run an online shop for custom tool storage solutions and drawer slides (hookz.pro). It’s a very specific niche with low competition. Customers are extremely happy (nearly 0% return rate), but Google seems to hate me now. In 2025, organic search grew nicely, peaking in Nov 2025 (#1–#3 for main keywords). The Problem: In mid-December 2025, my organic traffic crashed by ~90% and hasn't recovered since. Naturally, organic sales completely collapsed alongside it, which is incredibly frustrating. Most of my current customers now come via word-of-mouth or direct brand searches. (See my first comment below for Google Search Console screenshots). What I’ve tried so far: Content: Replaced all AI-assisted text with 100% human-written content in Jan 2026. Keyword Optimization & De-cannibalization: Mapped distinct target ...