Massive decrease in search listings - why?

[Mark Chapman]

HI

I run a site - www.bettercareguide.org - which has been slowly building traffic over the last year.  Two weeks ago the traffic dropped off a cliff as shown by this graph.

I made no changes (that I am aware of) to the site.  I have realised that one of the external sites I have many links to changed their format at some point, so I had many broken external links (now fixed).

Can anyone suggest what may have caused this change (or anything else I can do)?

Mark

[Google expert Michael Wilson]

Hi there

1 huge problem I see is that google bot can't access much because your index is asking data input.... The bot can't type anything. 

I see what you are trying to do but I can think of 10 better ways. You need a pro. 

Michael

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[Colin King]

[Penny Ciocchi]

Hi Mike, What do you mean index is asking data input?

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Subject: Re: Massive decrease in search listings - why?
From: mikewi...@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 14:32:05 -0400
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[Google Expert Michael Wilson]

its asking zip code etc

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[Chris Wheeler]

Hello Mark
You have a number of issues with the site. However, it is simply possible that your competitor's have overtaken you and therefore your site has suffered. Issues I see include website validation errors in the programming code, low search numbers, low page views, and yout top naturally searched key phrase is "l20 4qc" - which to me does not sound like much of a money spinner!  More detailed analysis will reveal more I guess, but unless you understand your competitors' sites and how they are built, their links etc, you are never going to achieve page 1 rankings. That said I focus on conversion, not just rankings, so you may find with more help that you can achieve some "quick wins". I run 3 groups on LinkedIn under the subtitle of "for the bewildered"..There is an SEO one "seo for the bewildered". This was created as an antidote to all the self-proclaimed "experts' and "gurus" who tell you lots, charge you loads and deliver you nothing. An alternative is to checkout our website - http://www.metalfrog.co.uk/seo.html and contact me for help and free advice, if required. All the best. Chris