Is Google doing something different lately? They're not due for an update till Jan or Feb. So I'm lost... One of my sites has been bumping in G since the end of October. Since then, my site has been increasing google traffic about 100 extra unique visits per every 4 days consistently (so in 12-16 days, my site increased an additional 400 Google visits per day), then yesterday ended with a record high for my site with about 300 more visits from yesterday's record high statistics. And since the last 2 hours tonight, since the analytics reset, my site has been getting insane amount of google traffic. I cannot find the reason for this. Anyone else noticing changes? by no means am I complaining. I'm extremely happy. I just want to know whats going on. P.S. My site shot up in Alexa rankings and one source says that my site is now worth $4.1 Million buckaroos.
When the trash is dropped from the index, the people who were being driven to it have to go somewhere.
Ah, that makes sense. It's annoying clicking a site from the top 10 in Google and it being useless information or spam.
It could be a whole host of things, some of the sites that appear above yours may have been deleted, repositioned etc, this then push's your site closer to the top and thus increasing traffic. Other than that theres a lot of other aspects, keywords, listing position, sponsored links etc can all effect how much actually comes your way in the end. If you have further questions: please feel free to send a PM (Private Message) and i will help you.
Besides google, I noticed a significant difference in 'direct traffic'. It actually increased 4 times from last week. However, my 'returning visits' have decreased about 6%. Maybe it's the weather.