Just Checked Analytics... Getting Tons of Traffic From Google, Little From Other Search Engines

trentonlaura · 07-29-2011, 09:50 AM

I haven't checked analytics on my site in quite awhile and I just checked to see that I'm getting thousands of visitors from Google organic searching each month but according to Google Analytics just a dozen or so combined from Yahoo, AOL, and Bing organic combined.

Is this because Google Analytics isn't tracking the other engines properly or... I can't imagine that the other engine's ranking algorithms are so different from Google or get that little traffic compared to Google.

Can anyone provide some insight here?

Presto Smith · 07-29-2011, 09:55 AM

My guess is that it is the power of google. There are just more people who use google as their search engine so you will see more traffic coming through that way. Also, it could be that google has ranked you higher in the organic results than the other search engines so you are seeing more action on google.

chrisen · 07-29-2011, 09:56 AM

Well, I get a little better ratio than that on a monthly basis, but not much better. Google just destroys all the other search engines in the amount of visitors sent my site's way.

trentonlaura · 07-29-2011, 10:08 AM

So it really is just a case of Google decimating the competition then?

I just checked my visits for roughly the last 2 months. In terms of SOLELY organic search engine visitors, I got 3,338 in total. 3,306 of that total came from Google!

That's a combined 32 visitors split between AOL, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask. That's ridiculously lopsided. I suppose most of my readers are webmasters so there might be a trend where webmasters predominantly are using Google themselves, but still!

Just out of curiosity is there any difference in what I should be doing to rank well in other search engines... or is it all pretty much uniform across the different engines?

tmoby · 07-29-2011, 10:10 AM

Usually the ratio is a bit better than that - but I guess it just goes to show Google truly is king. Are you ranked just as well in the other search engines as well? I know the algorithms do differ between each search engine.

fluffythewondercat · 07-29-2011, 10:20 AM

Okay, here's where it gets weird.

On my blogs, Google dominates seriously, with only a few visits from Bingahoo.

On my ecommerce jewelry site, it's business the way it's always been, with Google at a 29% share of traffic and Bingahoo at 12.4%.

The only difference I can think of is that Google is heavily biased in favor of blogs and Bing/Yahoo are not.

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07-29-2011, 09:50 AM	#1
trentonlaura HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 158 Thanks: 17 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Just Checked Analytics... Getting Tons of Traffic From Google, Little From Other Search Engines I haven't checked analytics on my site in quite awhile and I just checked to see that I'm getting thousands of visitors from Google organic searching each month but according to Google Analytics just a dozen or so combined from Yahoo, AOL, and Bing organic combined. Is this because Google Analytics isn't tracking the other engines properly or... I can't imagine that the other engine's ranking algorithms are so different from Google or get that little traffic compared to Google. Can anyone provide some insight here?

07-29-2011, 09:55 AM	#2
Presto Smith HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: CA Posts: 155 Thanks: 5 Thanked 19 Times in 19 Posts Social Networking	Re: Just Checked Analytics... Getting Tons of Traffic From Google, Little From Other Search Engines My guess is that it is the power of google. There are just more people who use google as their search engine so you will see more traffic coming through that way. Also, it could be that google has ranked you higher in the organic results than the other search engines so you are seeing more action on google.
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chrisen HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 104 Thanks: 8 Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Just Checked Analytics... Getting Tons of Traffic From Google, Little From Other Search Engines Well, I get a little better ratio than that on a monthly basis, but not much better. Google just destroys all the other search engines in the amount of visitors sent my site's way.
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trentonlaura HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 158 Thanks: 17 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Just Checked Analytics... Getting Tons of Traffic From Google, Little From Other Search Engines So it really is just a case of Google decimating the competition then? I just checked my visits for roughly the last 2 months. In terms of SOLELY organic search engine visitors, I got 3,338 in total. 3,306 of that total came from Google! That's a combined 32 visitors split between AOL, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask. That's ridiculously lopsided. I suppose most of my readers are webmasters so there might be a trend where webmasters predominantly are using Google themselves, but still! Just out of curiosity is there any difference in what I should be doing to rank well in other search engines... or is it all pretty much uniform across the different engines?

07-29-2011, 10:10 AM	#5
tmoby HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 122 Thanks: 4 Thanked 51 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Just Checked Analytics... Getting Tons of Traffic From Google, Little From Other Search Engines Usually the ratio is a bit better than that - but I guess it just goes to show Google truly is king. Are you ranked just as well in the other search engines as well? I know the algorithms do differ between each search engine.

07-29-2011, 10:20 AM	#6
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