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Ranking decline, SERPs messed up
I used ClickRank now for a bit over one month and saw my average ranking initially creep up slowly for about 5 positions, but then the trend reversed and ranking is now below the starting point.
The initial audit had revealed a lot of missing title tags and warnings and I used some of the suggestions after editing and placing them in the back end of my WP site.
After that I used the automated option. It seems to work, but you lose control and don't even see what it does and you can't even edit anymore.
I googled my name and found the SERP for my author's page. My first name had been changed, and the text was the usual GPT rubbish, a bit loud-mouthed, not matching the tone of my website at all.
I immediately deleted the snippet from my site and will wait until the next audit in a few days. You can't just have an audit whenever you need one.
The audit should have happened by now as the next audit is scheduled for one month ahead. But the audit result shows a perfect score - despite having removed the snippet. Very strange.
As to the keywords and other data that are displayed, they are basically all taken from the connected search console with some hallucinated keywords added, which make absolutely no sense. Going to your search console you don't need this overrated tool.
I lost trust in this tool and believe it is, in fact, harmful.
I will return this tool.
I am pretty disappointed.
Clickrank.ai
Jul 15, 2025Hi kick_spurn.02,
I’m sorry the automated changes felt risky and that you saw a drop just as you started testing ClickRank. A few facts may help put what happened in context.
1. Google is in the middle of a broad core update
• Google began rolling out its June 2025 core update on 30 June, with volatility expected for up to three weeks. Many sites are seeing sharp, temporary swings in visibility while the rollout completes.
• Industry trackers reported ranking turbulence through the weekend of 13–14 July, which coincides with the timing of your review.
Given this update, a short-term dip is almost certainly algorithm-driven rather than caused by a handful of on-page tag edits.
2. How ClickRank’s Auto Optimise actually works
• The snippet adds titles and metas client-side; it does not touch your WordPress database.
• If you remove the snippet, Google re-crawls and falls back to the tags stored in WordPress. Any negative effect you think from our tags disappears on the next crawl cycle, which's we believe not your case.
• You can switch to Manual Mode so every suggestion is reviewed before publication or you even can edit them
3. Audit scheduling
• AppSumo tiers run a full crawl every 30 days by default. You can trigger a fresh crawl instantly by selecting pages and clicking Reanalyse. That is why the dashboard score may still show the previous state until a new crawl runs.
4. What we can do right now
Reactivate the snippet, then check everything before publish, edit it once you're happy publish it.
Once the core update finishes (Google says mid July), we can review rankings together and decide whether to keep, tweak or roll back any tag.
If you still prefer a refund, AppSumo’s 60-day guarantee applies and we will process it the same day.
Otherwise, let’s ride out the algorithm update and make data-driven adjustments once the dust settles.
All the best,
ClickRank Team