Traffic stories
I thought it might be fun to see hubbers' different 'traffic stories' since joining. Actual number removed to protect the innocent and respect the TOS. Please add your own! It seems like people have had all kinds of different experiences and I would love to compare and contrast.
Mine are very boring. Panda doesn't seem to know I exist. But then, on Hubpages, neither does Google!
Hubpages:
This is what my traffic looks like when I don't bother much with SEO.
Another article site:
This is what my traffic looks like when I use basic on-page SEO.
And meanwhile, on my blog where I don't worry about SEO, I'm getting another 10,000 visitors a week and making almost zero money on the few ads I've got there. What's wrong with this picture?
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