[Question]SEO URL Change and Rank Impact

[akiratoya13]

Hi.. I have questions..

I made content in my site with "2016" .. For example : best lolipop 2016, and the url is : http://blsample.com/best-lolipop-2016 and it is ranked at number 2 on google..

When it change year, I change the title and url to : http://blsample.com/best-lolipop-2016-2017 ..

I'm using wordpress, so it automatically redirect from 2016 to 2016-2017 page.

Couple days after that, my rank is gone and my traffic halved.

Can people explain to me about this? And how I fixed this incident so I can get my rank back?

Is it really a mistake to change it ( url ) like that?

Thanks.

[jjohanson]

I think don't change url If you are on top.

[hillsborowd]

By the link changed you might have messed up the seo I have seen that happen for sure

[fantin]

Currently it seems that google does not appreciate much when it associates keyword with the domain of the site.

[akiratoya13]

Hi. Thanks for the answer all of you.. For the future reference, I won't change URL when in the top anymore >_<..

But, for now, is there any solution? Should I go back to the old URL? Thanks..