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RasmusHe Jul 21, 2023

Hi!

This was the performance on my site in Discover once a time (you also see when Google did samthing so the traffic dropped). My question: is it passible to come back to this amount for the site in Discover (and start surface again on Discover as there is zero traffic from that right now), or is it best to just turn the site down?

Thanks!
Have a great weekend!
//Rasmus

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John Mueller Jul 21, 2023

@rasmushe @searchliaison If your site depends on Discover traffic, that sounds bad regardless of your specifics. In our documentation, we mention "Given the serendipitous nature of Discover, traffic from Discover is less predictable or dependable when compared to Search, and is considered supplemental to your Search traffic. Our ongoing work to improve Discover’s user experience means sites may see changes in their traffic unrelated to the quality or publishing frequency of their content."

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RasmusHe

@johnmu @searchliaison When we talk about the trolls. I see that the site appears in Discover again (but for an article published 11 july, and it was starting to get traffic three days later). As you can see, the CTR was very high. Is the CTR something Discover calculates if it should show more articles from a source or not?

Thanks!