As many of you know, I recently made the switch to convert my site to https...a project on my "to do" list for over 3 years. I was really excited about this as I was upgrading my hosting at the same time.
But, I was NOT expecting to see a major decline in my google rankings. That took me by surprise.
Apparently, when you make the switch, because the URLs have all changed, you can lose traffice...TEMPORARILY. I learned this after the fact, and it was quite shocking...and cost me a bunch of money as my ad and affiliate earnings declined. NOT FUN.
They all kept saying don't worry, it's temporarily and it should return or most of it should in 1 to 2 months. LOVELY.
I also had some other problems during the switch due to a problem w/ my old host.
So, I worked my butt of for 3 weeks to fix broken links, pictures, share on G+ and pinterest and do some backlinks. After around 2 weeks, I could see the traffic starting to return. And, at 3 weeks, I couldn't believe my eyes!
Before the switch, I was around 6,200 pageviews per day...and that declined to 3,800 after the switch. Holy cow that's bad. Now, though, I'm stronger than ever. For the last 6 days, I have had between 8,500-9,600 per day. Wow! I couldn't believe it.
I should be able to make up the lost income in no time. And, I'm more motivated to do the rest of the fixing that I still need to do.
Phew.
Oh, and if you want some tips on how to drive more traffic, check out this article with traffic building tips.
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