Bad traffic on 1st April, anyone?

Discussion in 'Google' started by MikePrice, Apr 1, 2009.

  1. #1
    This 1st April is really bad traffic from google for all my site, it is only 10% compare then usual traffic.

    Anyone has the same case or it is only April Fool's Joke from google?
     
    MikePrice, Apr 1, 2009 IP
  2. brian65

    brian65 Active Member

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    Same here. No emails either strangely. Whether it's because the new financial year s about to start (I'm UK based) or not I don't know, but things are very quiet indeed, whereas last week was my busiest ever.
     
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  3. vansterdam

    vansterdam Notable Member

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    #3
    My traffic is normal today. I have heard other people mentioning some google dancing going on lately. So you might just be experiencing some temporary ranking shifts. You should be analyzing your logs or analytics to see which keywords aren't sending you traffic today. Sometimes it isn't just the Google dance and really a very serious issue with your website. There is a good chance that your rankings will come back, but you should be fully aware of the entire situation so that you can make counter measures if necessary.
     
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  4. Reviewz

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    #4
    Not noticed anything unusual going on for April 1st.
     
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  5. abbaby_80

    abbaby_80 Banned

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    #5
    my site is just ok;
    but i just see some more keyword ranking in top pages in google search
     
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    #6
    I think the sudden change of traffic is not a joke from google. It is more probably because of the conficker worm which is announced to be out in the internet on April fools day. Almost all security related company such as antivurs and antispyware, and even microsoft announces a warning about this computer worm. Because we don't know how can the virus invade our system, many users just decided not to use the internet on April 1.
     
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    amerigohosting Peon

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    #7
    The traffic actually dropped off around the 30th for most sites.

    Google is going through a major update, continue working on your site, and ignore your traffic for the next week.
     
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    #8
    Traffic is normal but people rarely click ads right now. Maybe scared of the Conficker/ April fools virus.
     
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    #9
    Nothing out of the ordinary. People probably scared about that virus which only infects people who open random attachments in random emails.
     
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    micksss Notable Member

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    #10
    Good call didn't think of that :)
     
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  11. Random Guy

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    My traffic tanked too. I doubt it's just that conflicker hoax, but definitely weird. Hope it picks back up for us soon!
     
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    #12
    One of my site traffic increased on April 1st.
    Might be because of April Fools Article.
     
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    #13
    what hapenned?
     
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    #14
    same here. Actually they sandboxed me on 31st march.
     
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    lindamood1 Active Member

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    #15
    some of my website affected.
     
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    #16
    my site is not that effected the link still high and my page rank is not drop ,maybe it need little changes with the script submission but it is oke,little droping but it is oke
     
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    I got decent traffic today but bad earnings.
     
    hambels, Apr 2, 2009 IP
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    #18
    count me in, my keywords are gone and traffic is down...hopefully everything will be back to normal soon
     
    vishenda, Apr 2, 2009 IP