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HubSpot’s SEO traffic decline is attributed to targeting unrelated keywords, suggesting Google increasingly rewards topical focus/niche authority.

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This is the all time SEO traffic for HubSpot. It hit its peak in January 2023 and then just rapidly declined. The leading theory is that HubSpot wasted a lot of resources targeting keywords that didn't matter to them. As Google's algorithms got better, Google cut the articles that were unrelated to HubSpot. Unfortunately, it hit a lot of their other conte...

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HubSpot has lost a ridiculous amount of organic Google search traffic. The leading theory is...

@@build_in_public · 2025-07-25

This is the all time SEO traffic for HubSpot. It hit its peak in January 2023 and then just rapidly declined. The leading theory is that HubSpot wasted a lot of resources targeting keywords that didn't matter to them. As Google's algorithms got better, Google cut the articles that were unrelated to HubSpot. Unfortunately, it hit a lot of their other conte...

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This is the all time SEO traffic for HubSpot. It hit its peak in January 2023 and then just rapidly declined. The leading theory is that HubSpot wasted a lot of resources targeting keywords that didn't matter to them. As Google's algorithms got better, Google cut the articles that were unrelated to HubSpot. Unfortunately, it hit a lot of their other content. Niching down and topical authority has become extremely prioritised in search engine optimisation. This is the result of not taking it seriously. I go in de...