My side project was annihilated by Google

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2 months ago

I created Pillser. It's a database of supplement research that I've been enriching for couple of years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Probiotics/comments/1s2kxpy/for_over_2_years_ive_been_using_ai_to_analyze/

I used to get thousands of users every day and the project was growing daily.

However, something happened last year and the search traffic just completely tanked. It's now down to just a dozen of clicks per day, and no amount of product updates or blog posts is moving the needle. New content is not being indexed. I suspect that the website was labeled YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) by Google and as a result practically delisted. Even if you Google the name of the website, at this point you are finding links from other websites to the website, rather than the website itself.

This was meant to be a consumer facing product where people discover and research supplements by searching for research papers. Now it feels like a dead end.

What are my options?

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