FIXED: Traffic processing issues

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   ilscherzoposted 11 years ago

   From Google I get -1 today, in the table under Traffic Sources. What's that even supposed to mean? A negative referral? Something like my articles referring a viewer to a search result?
   
   So strange.

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      Simone Smithposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      It's probably just a bit of bugginess in the way we measure referrals. I'll check with the team to see if they might have any more detailed explanations.

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   rumanasaiyedposted 11 years ago

   Even I had once got such negative visit. Don't know what does it mean.

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   ilscherzoposted 11 years ago

   Thank you.

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   skearposted 11 years ago

   I see a -1 sometimes as well, a few almost always show up when I sort by last 24 hours.

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   Simone Smithposted 11 years ago

   Just heard back from Paul Deeds. The odd number is caused by "operational issues with traffic processing", so the cause is pretty much what I originally suggested, but said more accurately and smart-like!

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   BeatsMeposted 11 years ago

   Hi, just curious. If a negative number appears in the stats, is the total number of views also being deducted? I don't really take note of the total views in each search category but I'm starting to wonder if the total views are also being deducted due to these negative numbers.

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   Moon Daisyposted 11 years ago

   Hi, I am also getting many negative numbers in my traffic sources, coupled with a sudden dramatic drop in views to all my hubs.  My overall view figures recently dropped suddenly from hundreds per day to double figures.
   
   I guess if my numbers hadn't dropped so dramatically I wouldn't have seen the negative figures, so I think dropping numbers is my main problem here.
   
   Is that a known issue too?  Or something to do with Google or my hub popularity?  Some other people have said their figures have gone down a lot too on the thread that I started about this problem.  http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/111447

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      Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      @Moon Daisy
      I looked at your account and see the negative traffic source numbers to which you are referring.  I am doing some additional research and will let you know what I determine.
      Thanks for your patience.

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         Moon Daisyposted 11 years agoin reply to this

         I'm really glad that you're looking into it, thank you for your help.

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            Matthew Meyerposted 11 years agoin reply to this

            Negative values for traffic sources is a known issue.
            I started a forum thread for it here:
            http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/111524

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