Using Cloudflare Proxy Drops Google Position Ranking

Website, Application, Performance
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I am having a weird issue for all websites on Cloudflare when I am using Cloudflare proxy. The ranking will drop each time I turn on Cloudflare cache and proxy.

But within a few hours of turning it off ranking will improve.
This is not a one-time thing.

I have ran tests for this multiple times for multiple websites with the same issue and result. But once I turn off cache and DNS proxy, the ranking will get back to within hours not days.

Here are the settings when this happens:

  1. Cache Level = Standard
  2. Browser Cache TTL = Respect Existing Headers
  3. Page Rules
    A. (asterisk)domain.com/(asterisk) (Cache Level: Everything) - I even tried removing the asterisk at the front and doing www and non www.
    B. (asterisk)domain.com/wp-admin(asterisk) ( Cache: Bypass, Security Level High, Diable Apps, Disable Performance). I even tried removing the asterisk at the front and doing www and non www.
  4. DNS Setting = Proxied

I even went pro and still all the issues persist.

Can someone who has dealt with this and solved it please help.

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What ranking are you referencing?

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Page rank as in drop in position.

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When you proxy through, you are enabling a lot of security features. I would check your firewall settings to make sure you aren’t blocking SEO crawlers.

You can exclude good bots from being blocked, if need be, by excluding verified bots.

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I doubt that’s the issues but thanks for your input.

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