Fifty per cent increase in views

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   Will Apseposted 7 years ago

   According to Google analytics, I am seeing a fifty per cent uptick in traffic compared to previous wednesdays, mainly courtesy of Dengarden and Owlcation.
   
   Anyone else basking in the benign glow of the great god Google's love?

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      Jesse Drzalposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Very exciting! I only have one Dengarden jam.. I will have to keep an eye on it now.

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      eugbugposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      One of my hubs on Dengarden which had its views halved after "Fred", seems to be getting a steep increase in traffic over the last 5 days. Views are heading up to what they were pre March 10th.
      Maybe it's just that everyone's out and about doing gardening, DIY. home maintenance etc. For me, peak viewing last year was on 14th May. Maybe the increase in Owlcation views has something to do with students studying for exams at this time of the year?

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      NateB11posted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, I'm definitely seeing a marked improvement. Happy about it to say the least.

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   Paul Edmondsonposted 7 years ago

   For the folks that have been around for a while, we try and not get too excited or too down when algo updates move traffic. Starting two days ago, a pretty significant update started rolling out. This time it's very beneficial.
   
   What we try and do is stay focused on our short and long-term strategy of helping people create and update content to be relevant and improve it for years to come.

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      Sherry Hewinsposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for letting us know that this is a site-wide improvement. At least we get some highs along with our lows. That's good advice not to get too emotionally vested in the fluctuations. Hopefully it all evens out in the end.

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   Will Apseposted 7 years ago

   Everytime we get a boost like this we get more inbound links accruing and we are better fixed to survive a less favorable Google change. So up the slippery, jam-covered pole we go.

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   jansharesposted 7 years ago

   Everything's coming up roses, Fred is dead.

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      jansharesposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Just wanted to emphasize, everything's still coming up roses.

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         eugbugposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Except CPMs....grumble grumble...

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            jansharesposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            See below.

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   Will Apseposted 7 years ago

   Are people seeing improvement across all the sites? I am not seeing much improvement on my pair of Delishably pages.

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   Glenn Stokposted 7 years ago

   I'm seeing a 33% increase, mostly due to TurboFuture and Owlcation.

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      Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I will admit that there are some random factors in the fifty per cent figure I gave. Like a few pages suddenly finding their feet, irrespective of Google changes, so thirty per cent might be closer to the overall figure. Not to be sniffed at, though.

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   lobobrandonposted 7 years ago

   Overall traffic, when compared to last week, is 100% up. Earnings are following the same trend for once
   
   For now:
   
   Caloriebee has finally recovered
   Dengarden is doing amazing (Tomato season is helping, but the rankings have jumped a lot! Some terms from being on #4 since dengarden first went live are now #1).

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      Jean Bakulaposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      I see an upswing in traffic compared to last month.
      
      Also, once a new piece gets moved to a niche site, it seems to me that it takes about 6 weeks to get "noticed." I think we need to hang in there. And summer does lessen traffic, people are out more.

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      Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Olwcation is seeing big rankings jumps too. Can't complain about 100 per cent, lol.

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         lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Haha me and my big mouth. It's at 90% now

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            viryaboposted 7 years agoin reply to this

            Lol!

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   Dolores Monetposted 7 years ago

   I was so glad to see an upswing in traffic earlier today. Now, somehow, I had less visitors than I did 4 hours ago. Hmmmm.

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   Chriswillman90posted 7 years ago

   Views and CPMs are both up, CPMs have actually risen considerably since March/April.

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    lobobrandonposted 7 years ago

    CPM's way up here too.

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    eugbugposted 7 years ago

    Mine were 60% higher this time last year. 5 years ago, they were 100% to 200% higher. Am I missing something?

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       lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

       Mine were 4 times this a few years ago. Right now we are comparing the CPMs with earlier this year and not the previous years.

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          Jan Saintsposted 7 years agoin reply to this

          You mean yours is 1.25 or less? I'm asking this because I hear 5.00 is the maximum CPM!

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             Will Apseposted 7 years agoin reply to this

             I have seen CPM's of twice that (ie 10) in years gone by. This is not a great year, so far.

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                lobobrandonposted 7 years agoin reply to this

                For a few years at the start I did have a consistent CPM of around 12. Sadly I didn't have many "well ranking" hubs back then.

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             Chriswillman90posted 7 years agoin reply to this

             I had CPMs of over 10 this past December.

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    Sherry Hewinsposted 7 years ago

    I was down in the dumps so far last month. My views and earnings for April were 1/4 what they were in Feb.
    
    Now they have bounced back. My views are back where they were or better. Although my earnings have not quite caught up, they are still already double what they were in April.
    
    So, maybe it's not the best year, but in my view it's a pretty good month.

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