I don't react to traffic drops anymore. I watch for the wobble before the drop.

I don't react to traffic drops anymore. I watch for the wobble before the drop.

By the time clicks crater, you've already lost months. The early signal shows up weeks earlier.

What I watch: average position drifting from, say, 4.2 to 5.8 while clicks still look 'fine.' That drift IS the warning. The click drop is just the lagging confirmation.

I flag any money page that loses a full position of average rank over 28 days — and refresh it before it falls off page one.

Caught 3 pages mid-slide last quarter. Refreshed each, all recovered to top 3.

Watch position, not clicks. Position moves first.