Traffic has taken quite a significant hit!

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   hclpdposted 4 years ago

   Is anyone else noticing the same trend? The traffic has been on a steady decline - something I have gotten used to - but it has plummeted today.

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      chef-de-jourposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      All ok as far as I can tell on Owlcation. Google updates are ongoing - some of these 'hits' are major but most minor. It's fascinating and often frightening to read some of the articles on these updates, which must affect us all eventually one way or the other. It's like being out at sea waiting for the waves to grow higher and hoping not to get swamped.

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      promisemposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      My traffic is down lately too, but for a reason. Traffic from the U.S. often drops between Thanksgiving and New Year's because of vacations and people busy with holiday shopping.
      
      If you use Google Analytics, try comparing the last 30 days with the same period a year ago. My traffic is actually up.

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         NessMovieReviewsposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         I didn’t think to do that. I haven’t noticed a decline on Hubpages but my website is down in stats

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            promisemposted 4 years agoin reply to this

            It may simply mean that your website is more sensitive to holiday declines than your HP account because of differences in content.

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      JayeWisdomposted 4 years agoin reply to this

      My traffic (to all hubs that usually perform significantly better) is about 70% lower than what has been normal for more than a year. I wondered if other hubbers are experiencing a traffic drop and, if so, does HP Admin have a reason for it?

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         JayeWisdomposted 4 years agoin reply to this

         Actually, mine dropped some in December, but much more this month.

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   CYong74posted 4 years ago

   Same for me.

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   viking305posted 4 years ago

   Yes it has been very bad these past few weeks

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   eugbugposted 4 years ago

   It was dropping all during November, My views are down across the board 40% since September, but have improved somewhat during Friday. Apparently there was an update on 4th December. It depends I suppose on what site you write on.

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   paradigmsearchposted 4 years ago

   Search engine machinations never end!
   
   And then there is the seasonal factor. Yep, my traffic is also grim. All we can do is wait until January.
   
   And then sometimes there is the theft factor where the search engines inadvertently put the copy ahead of the original. Personally, I've learned to check for that every now and then.

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      DrMark1961posted 4 years agoin reply to this

      But...you said that all we had to do was wait until December!

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   paradigmsearchposted 4 years ago

   Your thread prompted me to do some checking. The hackers are still fooling Google in spades. What a pain in the neck, it just never ends.

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   Nell Roseposted 4 years ago

   Me too sigh.....

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   Kierstin Gunsbergposted 4 years ago

   Bad traffic, worse Google results. I've said it so many times - the Google updates this year aren't intuitive and I have to go past the first page of SERPs to find what I want. Really frustrating as a creator and a searcher.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 4 years ago

   Yes. One doesn't need to rely on one's own stats either. You can go to a site that monitors traffic to websites (eg Ubersuggest) and see how there's been falls to niches beginning in September. I hope HP has a response plan. It would be nice if they told us. We don't seem to get much info nowadays.

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    john000posted 4 years ago

    My traffic is down about 50%. It might be seasonal. Let's hope so.

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    Ben716posted 4 years ago

    I started experiencing a drop in traffic and earning rate for November 2019. The difference in views between November-December 2018 and November-December 2019 is not huge but the earning rate has decreased significantly. I earning 50% of what I used to earn.

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    eugbugposted 4 years ago

    The January 2020 Core Update has been in progress since Jan 13th, so this may account for recent drops in traffic.

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       Kierstin Gunsbergposted 4 years agoin reply to this

       Interesting, Eugbug! My traffic is mostly up the past couple of days so perhaps the core update explains this.

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       OldRosesposted 4 years agoin reply to this

       My traffic is up compared to the same period last year.  Earnings are about the same though.

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    FatFreddysCatposted 4 years ago

    I had an epic couple of weeks due to one particular article suddenly blowing up, but the burst seems to have ended cuz my traffic has fallen off a cliff over the past few days. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.

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       theraggededgeposted 4 years agoin reply to this

       Mine's down a couple of thousand - it was doing okay up till yesterday.

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          FatFreddysCatposted 4 years agoin reply to this

          Yeah, my slide continues even as I type this. Yikes! Sherman, set the Way-Bac Machine for two weeks ago when I was rollin' in them Benjaminz!

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          Jeremy Gillposted 4 years agoin reply to this

          Same for me, but it happens every year around mid-January.

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    paradigmsearchposted 4 years ago

    I worked up the energy to do Analytics charts from Dec 1, 2019 thru yesterday for both my website and HP. Both have doubled from my December lows. Barring any catastrophes, I expect the trend to continue. As we all know, it's all about topic selection and time-of-year. I'm feeling downright optimistic.

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