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Thank you for the time you took to research this question and for sharing your findings and thoughts on this! Yours is the most helpful reply I've received. If

by ap_org 8y ago

Thank you for the time you took to research this question and for sharing your findings and thoughts on this! Yours is the most helpful reply I've received. If I interpret things correctly, the Google Search Console Beta suggests that the situation is worse than I imagined. I have taken a screen shot that you can view here: https://antipolygraph.org/graphics/google-search-console-ap-org-polygraph-18-months-2018-06-30.png https://antipolygraph.org/graphics/google-search-console-ap-... As you'll note, over the past 16 months, Google reports 147,000 impressions for the search word "polygraph," with an average position of 8.4, but only 381 total clicks. And the number of impressions and clicks flatlined somewhere around March. What do you make of this?

SyneRyder 8y ago
Yikes, it does appear Google stopped showing your page in most results for that keyword. (Hey, at least they've confirmed it!) If you now click where it says Average Position, you'll get a purple chart of your average position/ranking for that specific keyword over time. (You can actually click on each of those boxes to turn the graphs on & off.) In my case, some of my keywords have a very obvious & sharp drop in ranking beginning around March 7 / 9. My guess is you'll see something similar. If I'm right about the March Google update, then there isn't anything wrong with your site. It's just that people aren't clicking on your site when they search for "polygraph" (0.3% CTR is rather low, as you can see compared to your other keywords) or Google feels your page isn't the most relevant to their query. You could try making a page on your site focused specifically on that keyword, but you'd be fighting against Wikipedia & Merriam-Webster for the niche.