Google December 2024 Core Update Wiped Out 99% of My Website Traffic

Traffic is down about 99% since Google’s December 2024 Core Update.

I started a new website in August 2024. I finally decided to niche down and focus on travel. My first posts went live on August 11.

I wasn’t affected by the August 2024 Core Update because my website was brand new. I only had about 10 posts.

I was slowly growing my website and seeing organic growth.

In December 2024, we took a trip to Hawaii. Then the holidays were upon us. I took a break from updating/posting.

Heck, I didn’t even login during those couple weeks.

Around mid-January, I got my act together and made a plan to begin posting again. This is when I finally realized that my website wasn’t receiving any traffic.

I have gone from 7k impressions per day to about 20, maybe.

Google released the December 2024 Core Update on December 12 and December 2024 Spam Update on December 19.

I have no Manual Actions or Security Issues in Search Console. But my website isn’t being shown in Google serps…

When I do a site:(my website) all pages are indexed still.

I checked the Pagespeed Insights, but besides a couple too-large images everything else seems to be okay enough.

Bing search results are still growing.

On February 4, 2025 I tried to disavow links to my website. I will update at a later date to see if this improved traffic.

I also deleted Grow.me by Mediavine because maybe it looks spammy.

Future PLANS
1. Rewrite all content using the EEAT and SPEAR framework.