Wondering if any other people saw a dramatic jump in Google traffic two days ago? I know one of you did but I’m just trying to make sense of two disparate things that happened at the same time. Two sites both had a huge jump in Google traffic on the same day. One was my Spanish language site, Machos Calientes, which I launched a little over 2 months ago.
The other was an old, established site that’s had problems with Google recently. It’s as if two days ago was reconsideration day - sites were let out of the sandbox and penalties were lifted. Just odd that it would happen on such different sites on the same exact day. It’ll be interesting to watch to see if the traffic stays up or goes back down. (Let’s hope it stays up).
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See it regulary, amazing week with google, then down for months, then again amazing weekend with google… not last two days as such but over the last 12 months it has been very strange and erratic
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I had a spike on a fairly new site of mine, BestMaleVideos.com, it increased by 25%+ overnight. All of the new traffic is from 2 sources, Google and Facebook. Both has almost exactly doubled overnight. Thursday 4th was normal, then Friday 5th it suddenly increased. Still holding steady but knowing how google is, I wouldn’t be surprised that it drops again by Tuesday.
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Actually it’s more prominent today with increases in traffic.
I’ve compared two weekends, this weekend (5-7 Nov) with the previous weekend (29-31 Oct). And the results are quite interesting. This is increase or loss of Google Traffic:
I mentioned 25% before for BestMaleVideos, but actually when I compare the two weekends and look at only Google Traffic the increase is actually 125%!!
I still believe this is only temporary, I bet Google’s fiddling with something and some Sandbox filters have been dropped. Not sure but I guess older static sites could have been affected by a filter going down as they would possibly have lost traffic as they got pushed down in SERPs… or?
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Here are my numbers comparing Google organic over the two weekends… (Actually, I always see Friday as a weak day, and the weekend to me is Saturday through Monday since Monday is usually strong - but doing Friday to Sunday to match your numbers)…
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Google is strange. There are a handful of sites that I can tell how they are doing based on looking at about 10 keywords. There is a pattern there, I just don’t know how to crack it.
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After reading this post I had a look at the stats for my sites and yes, you are right, it did spike for me as well. Not sure what’s going on there but that’s Google for you. thanks for the heads up mate.
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Can you tell us more? How big was the spike (percentage wise over the time time the previous week)? And what are the nature of the sites (new or well-established)? Is your Google traffic usually pretty steady or does it jump around a lot?
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Google is definitely weird. My JockUSA blog has held the number one spot for “naked jocks” for well over a year, maybe longer. And there have been times when I haven’t updated the site for months. We’re constantly told that adding new content is one of the most important things to do to keep you on top, but at least with this site, that doesn’t appear to be the case.
My traffic to my sites from Google has been pretty consistent, but my blogs are in a growth phase. I haven’t seen any huge jumps (or declines) just steady growth.
but I’m just trying to make sense of two disparate things that happened at the same time. Two sites both had a huge jump in Google traffic on the same day. One was my Spanish language site, Machos Calientes, which I launched a little over 2 months ago.
