{"id":2081,"date":"2021-12-18T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seopolarity.com\/blog\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2021-12-18T17:04:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T17:04:22","slug":"why-shouldnt-you-rely-on-google-discover-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seopolarity.com\/blog\/why-shouldnt-you-rely-on-google-discover-traffic\/2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Shouldn&#8217;t You Rely on Google Discover Traffic?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google&#8217;s John Mueller responded to a question about the disappearance of Discover traffic. Mueller provided several reasons why Discover traffic might dry up before cautioning against building a business on Discover traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-does-google-discover-mean\">What Does Google Discover Mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Google Web &amp; App Activity feature is enabled, Google Discover is a content feed based on a user&#8217;s web and Google search activity. Google Discover displays a personalized list of content relevant to the user&#8217;s interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If users are searching for how to make specific types of recipes, sites about those recipes will begin trending for users in their Discover feed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the feed is personalized, no single website will tend to dominate in Google Discover because there are so many people searching for different things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is what contributes to Google Discover traffic&#8217;s somewhat random nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other reasons why Google Discover can&#8217;t be relied on for consistent traffic are listed by Google&#8217;s John Mueller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Website Experiences Collapse in Google Discover Traffic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The person who asked the question explained that the website is a Brazilian news site that receives consistent Google Discover traffic. He&#8217;s curious as to why the traffic has suddenly slowed to a trickle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is how the individual described their situation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe\u2019re going through a huge drop in the delivery of our content through Google Discover.<\/p><p>\u2026Google Discover is our main acquisition channel. But in the last ten days the delivery of our content through Discover has dropped to practically zero.<\/p><p>Our normal audience was kind of a thousand active users in real time. And now it\u2019s about ninety or a hundred active users.<\/p><p>And we didn\u2019t change anything technical or editorial. And our Search Console did not report any problem.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The person who asked the question went on to say that their Core Web Vitals performance and CrUX reports are all excellent, and their site is served with AMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was perplexed as to why Discovery traffic would dwindle when everything remained the same and nothing had changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read <a href=\"https:\/\/fileproinfo.com\/blog\/are-html-heading-tags-h2-h6-used-in-google-ranking\/2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are HTML Heading Tags (H2-H6) Used in Google Ranking?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Traffic Is Variable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The person asked:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWhat do you think could be happening with us?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>John Mueller began his response by confirming that Google Discover Traffic is not a consistent source of traffic in general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John Mueller answered:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI think it\u2019s always tricky with Discover because it\u2019s\u2026 at least what I hear from people, it\u2019s very binary in that either you get like a lot of traffic or you don\u2019t get a lot of traffic from Discover.<\/p><p>And that also means that any changes there tend to be very visible.<\/p><p>So my main recommendation is not to rely on Google Discover for traffic, but rather to see it as an additional traffic source and not as the main one.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Causes Google Discover Traffic to Disappear?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>John Mueller then moved on to talk about general issues that might affect Google Discover traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mueller:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWhen it comes to Discover there are a few things that kind of play in there\u2026 you mentioned some of the technical things that I think are good practices.<br>One of the things that also plays in there is, for example, the core updates also play a role.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Discover Traffic May Be Affected by a Core Update<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, Mueller stated that the core update may have an impact on Google Discover traffic. He didn&#8217;t say what exactly within a core update might affect traffic, but it could be related to improvements to algorithms related to understanding content. It could be a variety of other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mueller continued his answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe recently had a core update, maybe from a timing point of view that matches what you saw there.<\/p><p>So that\u2019s something where if you do see an effect from the core update, then I would double check the blog post that we have about core updates with the large number of tips and ideas that you could focus on.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Discover Content Policies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mueller then mentioned Google&#8217;s Discover content guidelines as influencing what types of content will receive Google Discover traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mueller explained how the policies influenced traffic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Also, with Discover, in particular, we have a set of content guidelines that we try to adhere to in an algorithmic manner.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, depending on the website, it may be that some of these content guidelines are borderline for your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an example\u2026 I don&#8217;t know the content guidelines by heart, but I believe there is something about clickbait-y titles, clickbait-y content in general, or adult-oriented content, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it&#8217;s possible that your website is on the borderline in terms of how we evaluate it in that regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then it&#8217;s possible that our algorithms will say, &#8220;Oh, well, a large portion of this website is just clickbait or one of the other categories listed in the content guidelines.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we&#8217;ll be a lot more cautious about how we display the website in Discover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So\u2026 if I didn&#8217;t know your website, that&#8217;s where I&#8217;d go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider the core updates on the one hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, we have content guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, I would recommend that you do not rely on Discover for your overall business because it can change quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it&#8217;s something where there aren&#8217;t always pure technical reasons for the changes.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Google Discover Is An Unreliable Traffic Source<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The main takeaway is that Google Discover is an extremely untrustworthy source of traffic. 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