Recent traffic increases

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  1. PaulGoodman67 profile image95
    PaulGoodman67posted 11 years ago

    I seem to have had a slight boost in traffic the last couple of days.  Whether it is HP changes (crackdown on the numbers of Amazon capsules etc.) or a Google change to the algo, or a combination of both, I don't know.  I hope it continues, however...

    Anybody else seeing increases?

    1. TIMETRAVELER2 profile image77
      TIMETRAVELER2posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I've had a slight increase but am still 30% behind the eight ball and CPMS are also less.  Not much for all the work I've put in here.

      1. sabrebIade profile image79
        sabrebIadeposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        Oh the CPMS is crap.
        I dont think I have ever seen it this low on mine.
        Its so low I'm thinking about switching back to HP Ads and letting them have a go at it.

    2. sunilkunnoth2012 profile image65
      sunilkunnoth2012posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Recently we all were in a panic situation of less traffic, less revenue, hubs getting not featured, etc. Anyhow it is a welcome trend and give us some sort of confidence. Let it prevail so and last longer. God bless all.

  2. Stacie L profile image87
    Stacie Lposted 11 years ago

    Ever so slightly..they rise a little and then fall.
    I'm waiting for the big jump! smile

  3. Journey * profile image64
    Journey *posted 11 years ago

    Yes, I have also experienced a slight increase the last couple of days.

  4. moonlake profile image88
    moonlakeposted 11 years ago

    Two days and views are up some. I'm holding my breath and the hubs I have planned to wait and see what happens.

  5. poshcoffeeco profile image71
    poshcoffeecoposted 11 years ago

    Yep, mine are back to normal, so are my earnings. Long may it continue.

  6. LeanMan profile image73
    LeanManposted 11 years ago

    Have got about a 10% increase after my 50% drop so still far below where I was a month or so ago... Will be interesting to see how things pan out over the next few months.

  7. PaulGoodman67 profile image95
    PaulGoodman67posted 11 years ago

    It could just be the spike before the next big fall, of course...  wink

    1. LeanMan profile image73
      LeanManposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I guess you have to go uphill a bit to get a good plunge at the start of the roller coaster.. lol

      1. viryabo profile image83
        viryaboposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        LOL!!!

    2. sunilkunnoth2012 profile image65
      sunilkunnoth2012posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, there is chance for that too.. But let's hope for the best

  8. Rock_nj profile image86
    Rock_njposted 11 years ago

    What is with the new Amazon policy?  I just spent a lot of time trimming my Hubs down to two Amazon products per capsule and then suddenly they went ahead and trimmed them all down to just one Amazon product per capsule without me doing anything.  That would have been nice if they had done so from the get go and saved me a lot of time, but only one produce per capsule?  Sometimes that just doesn't cut it for what you want to advertise, but HP wants to please G, so they set the rules.

    1. PaulGoodman67 profile image95
      PaulGoodman67posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Google deemed pages with too many Amazon capsules to be "spammy".  Those pages hurt the site (and effectively other hubbers), so HP has no choice but to clamp down.

      1. Rock_nj profile image86
        Rock_njposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        I understand.  It just would have been nice if they did it globally from the start, instead of idling Hubs for having too many Amazon links.  After I spent a great amount of time weeding down Amazon links from Idled hubs to two, they immediately did a global change and made all Amazon capsules contain one link.

        1. Will Apse profile image91
          Will Apseposted 11 years agoin reply to this

          We can all complain (and have good reason to, lol) but staff haven't thrown in the towel yet, for which I am personally grateful.

      2. Barbara Kay profile image74
        Barbara Kayposted 11 years agoin reply to this

        I'm not so sure it was Google that deemed it spammy, but a wild guess on the part of Hubpages. My traffic is up just a tiny bit, so possibly it helped.

        1. PaulGoodman67 profile image95
          PaulGoodman67posted 11 years agoin reply to this

          With respect, if you are "not sure that it was Google that deemed it spammy", then I would speculate that you probably don't read the emails that HP send you, or have awareness of the detailed feedback that is available through Google Webmaster Tools.  There is actually solid information out there in this specific case (Amazon capsule numbers hurting pages), no wild guesses required.

  9. Will Apse profile image91
    Will Apseposted 11 years ago

    This Monday was a third up on Monday, last. It certainly helps but I need more.

  10. srsddn profile image92
    srsddnposted 11 years ago

    There is a gradual increase. But we need to observe it a little longer to assume it as a trend.

    1. Rock_nj profile image86
      Rock_njposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I agree.  This recent traffic increase makes sense in the context of children returning to school and people returning from vacation.  Time to hit the Internet search engines again.

  11. FatFreddysCat profile image83
    FatFreddysCatposted 11 years ago

    I've had a bit of a "bump" over the past week, which is encouraging, but now that we're heading into a long holiday weekend I fully expect my views to tank again....

  12. Kittymeowmeow profile image61
    Kittymeowmeowposted 11 years ago

    I have seen small increases in my views. Happy with whatever I can get, so keep doing what your doing.

  13. Silva Hayes profile image75
    Silva Hayesposted 11 years ago

    I've seen a small increase also; still not up to par.

  14. sabrebIade profile image79
    sabrebIadeposted 11 years ago

    Damn....I thought it was all the revision work I was doing.
    So I could have just slacked off and it still would have went up?

    1. Silva Hayes profile image75
      Silva Hayesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I don't know, 'cause I have done a lot of tweaking myself.

  15. habee profile image91
    habeeposted 11 years ago

    My traffic is up some.

  16. NateB11 profile image85
    NateB11posted 11 years ago

    Yes, I saw a bit of an increase yesterday and I was surprised and glad. I figured it was a back to school, end of summer vacation thing. I certainly hope it continues too.

  17. Bestlife profile image82
    Bestlifeposted 11 years ago

    My traffic also increased latest by by 40% compared to first two weeks of August. Hope this will keep continue.

  18. Will Apse profile image91
    Will Apseposted 11 years ago

    Just getting this thread ahead of the spam....

    1. LeanMan profile image73
      LeanManposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      damn... reminding us all about traffic... it was all lost behind the spam.. lol

      But I will say one thing... having reviewed some of my hubs that have lost traffic I can see why when I look at them critically with what i know now (not what HP is telling me to do I hasten to add). I have made so many mistakes in the past, it really is time to revisit some of my old hubs...

  19. PaulGoodman67 profile image95
    PaulGoodman67posted 11 years ago

    I'm still seeing red arrows, despite it being a Friday and a holiday weekend here in the US.  No dramatic increases, but still some hope that it will turn into a gradual upward trend - my hopes of a sudden, full recovery are small, however.  We are entering the busiest four months of the year, so I am crossing my fingers at this stage and hoping for the best...

    1. NateB11 profile image85
      NateB11posted 11 years agoin reply to this

      Me too. My traffic dropped briefly, then went back up. I'm thinking it's a good sign, and glad that the next four months are hopeful.

  20. Cardisa profile image91
    Cardisaposted 11 years ago

    After the recent Google update last month my traffic increased by about 30%. Recently I have seen another huge jump by about another 30% which means it has almost doubled from where it was stuck for the past year.

  21. janshares profile image94
    jansharesposted 11 years ago

    Things are definitely looking up, traffic increases are beginning to stabilize, as well as earnings. Thank God. smile People are back to work, back to school, searches are up, 'tis the season.

  22. quiterandom profile image68
    quiterandomposted 11 years ago

    It seems to me there are mass ebbs and flows in general internet interests. That is to say, somebody posts something, somewhere, that tickles someones fancy, and there are slight viral uptakes in interest in a certain subject, so people google that stuff for a little while, and our hubs come up in those searches. Just a kind of small, short term exponential bump in internet activity on any given subject. Would be hard to credit any single thing, really, in my opinion. I think it's a buzz of interest in the internet hive-mind, though, nothing more, nothing less.

    1. janshares profile image94
      jansharesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      I tend to agree with you, quiterandom. Much has to do with the fickle, "flavor-of-the-month," "what's trending" phenomenon of searchers that makes one have an article that will get hits one day and none the next. There is only so much control we can have over internet behavior.

  23. NateB11 profile image85
    NateB11posted 11 years ago

    I was pleasantly surprised to see a decent boost in traffic last night. I've come to the conclusion that these fluctuations are normal and you'll see more dramatic fluctuations during Google algorithm changes and have to ride them out. I've only been doing this about 16 months, so my observations are new; I'm thinking you need to do this at least a couple years to understand traffic fluctuations and other things. Nothing happens overnight and often only time will tell.

    1. janshares profile image94
      jansharesposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      +1 well put, NateB11.

 
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