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Content decay
Know which page is truly declining—and which one simply had a noisy week.
SEOForge compares page and query cohorts across meaningful windows, accounts for seasonality and site changes, and prepares a diagnosis before recommending refresh, consolidation or observation.
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/guides/oauth · 12-week cohort
non-brand clicks
−31%qualified conversions
−18%
−31%qualified conversions
−18%
Evidence threshold
Decline is confirmed across more than one signal.
- Twelve-week page and non-brand query cohort
- Year-over-year and preceding-period context where available
- Impressions, clicks, CTR, position and landing-page conversion
- SERP intent and competing-result changes
- Deployments, migrations, analytics changes and known seasonality
Finished decay finding
Before: 4,180 non-brand clicks and 126 qualified progressions per 28 days.
Current: 2,884 clicks and 103 progressions.
Diagnosis: sustained loss concentrated in comparison-intent queries; page remains indexed and technically healthy.
Action: targeted refresh, not a full rewrite.
Decay workflow
Confirm the pattern before reserving change capacity.
- 01
Create stable page and query baselines
Evidence, owner and next state remain visible.
- 02
Detect sustained visibility, engagement or conversion loss
Evidence, owner and next state remain visible.
- 03
Check seasonality, tracking, indexation and deployments
Evidence, owner and next state remain visible.
- 04
Inspect which intents and sections lost relevance
Evidence, owner and next state remain visible.
- 05
Prioritize severity, confidence, business value and effort
Evidence, owner and next state remain visible.
- 06
Route refresh, consolidate, redirect or observe decision
Evidence, owner and next state remain visible.
Time context
Seasonality and observation windows remain visible.
Intent shift
SERP composition helps explain what the search task now rewards.
Confounders
Tracking changes, migrations and broad site incidents can invalidate the diagnosis.
Human review
Approve the diagnosis and recommended action before drafting. A decay alert alone cannot alter the page.
Capacity and outcomes
Historical ingestion and monitoring consume plan capacity. After an approved change, the same baseline cohort measures observed recovery or further decline.
Questions
Know the boundary before connecting production.
How long before a decline counts as decay?+
The window depends on query volume, seasonality and collection cadence; SEOForge exposes the threshold used.
Does every declining page need a rewrite?+
No. The correct action may be a small refresh, consolidation, redirect or continued observation.
Can analytics changes create false decay?+
Yes. Tracking and migration events are checked before a finding is confirmed.
What does a human approve?+
The diagnosis, action type, scope, baseline and capacity reservation.
Does a refresh guarantee recovery?+
No. The system measures what happens; search engines decide visibility.
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Find real decay before valuable pages quietly disappear.
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