Traffic from UK has almost disappeared

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   Beth Eaglescliffeposted 5 years ago

   This is just weird. For the last 5 years about 25% of my traffic has consistently come from google UK, but over the last few days this has all vanished. (I'm still getting traffic from all the other google sites including US and Canada.) 
   
   Is anyone else experiencing UK traffic disappearing?

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      chef-de-jourposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Everything normal for me, here in the UK. I've got the top five - USA, India, UK, Philippines, Canada - pretty much the same. Are you in the UK too?

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         Beth Eaglescliffeposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         Yes, I'm in the UK. My traffic from all other sources is as normal, it's just the UK I'm missing.

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            chef-de-jourposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Check out Analytics for clues and think back, make sure you haven't accidentally clicked or adjusted settings?
            I got through easily to one of your articles - Sunflowers and How to Grow Them - so there's no reason why others in the UK cannot.

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               Beth Eaglescliffeposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Thanks for checking out one of my articles. I regularly look at Analytics for trends and that's what alerted me to the change, but I haven't altered any of the settings. Ah well ... it's just one of life's little mystery's I suppose.

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      sallybeaposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Traffic from the UK seems normal to me, my second highest after the states.

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   theraggededgeposted 5 years ago

   Not sure if it's dropped or not. I don't keep track of it. Getting around 1100 over last 7 days, which is very little really.

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   Rupert Taylorposted 5 years ago

   My traffic has dropped from everywhere. I'm getting roughly the same traffic as two years ago, but the difference is I have a couple of hundred more articles up and running and almost all of them on niche sites. Income, of course, has plummeted as well. There's usually a seasonal drop after Christmas but nothing like this before. Boo hoo.

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      PaulGoodman67posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, things are really not good at the moment. Both for traffic and earnings. I'm guessing HP/Maven have a plan, let's hope things improve soon!

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      DrMark1961posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah, but you have to admit this writing gig is kind of fun. It sure beats going out and starting a rutabaga farm.

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   Glenis Rixposted 5 years ago

   My overall traffic slumped for about six weeks but is back to normal levels now. A couple of days ago traffic was slightly higher than is usual but earnings for that day  were very low - much lower than they have been for years. The situation seems to be worse since Adsense was removed and Google earnings incorporated into the hub pages earnings account.

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   eugbugposted 5 years ago

   Are you using GA?
   I know HubPages stats seemed to include untracked UK visitors and the values were a lot higher than what GA reported. Maybe they don't do that anymore.
   
   Edit, just noticed that's what you use.

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   Beth Eaglescliffeposted 5 years ago

   So, my google UK traffic has reappeared, although overall traffic is down.
   
   Looks like Google is rolling out yet another search algorithm update. The article below mentions that the UK has experienced particular volatility in search results from Feb 1st and ongoing for the rest of this week.
   
   https://www.usdigital.co.uk/blog/google … uary-2020/

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      Glenis Rixposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      My overall traffic is normal but CPM has plummeted for 2 months to levels lower than for the same months in previous years, so my earnings have taken a dive. It happened at about the time that personal Adsense accounts were removed. I wonder if that co-incidental or is Google paying Maven less for advertising space?

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         Beth Eaglescliffeposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         Also, the Corona-virus may be making businesses cut their advertising. Profits are going to be hit as people stay indoors.

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            Glenis Rixposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Apart from the Corona virus, nowadays I seem to catch colds regularly throughout the winter months  - so I think that as I grow older my strategy may be to spend less time in enclosed public spaces.
            
            My earnings have been so low recently that I will have to revert to taking a view that writing articles is a pleasant pass time, rather than income to fund efforts to stay forever youthful!

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