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Tons of visits from t.umblr.com...??

by m52go
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I recently launched a site. I've gotten lots of traffic from reddit & some other forums, but this morning, I'm getting a ton of traffic from "t.umblr.com." There are no other details.

I've tried searching Tumblr for my site but can't find any posts.

Any idea what this could be? Is there a service that wraps links in "t.umblr.com"? Any idea how can I figure out where these visits are coming from?
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  • Profile picture of the author DABK
    There's a umbler.com site, a hosting site in a Spanish speaking country, it seems. Might it be them?


    Originally Posted by m52go View Post

    I recently launched a site. I've gotten lots of traffic from reddit & some other forums, but this morning, I'm getting a ton of traffic from "t.umblr.com." There are no other details.

    I've tried searching Tumblr for my site but can't find any posts.

    Any idea what this could be? Is there a service that wraps links in "t.umblr.com"? Any idea how can I figure out where these visits are coming from?
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    • Profile picture of the author m52go
      Originally Posted by DABK View Post

      There's a umbler.com site, a hosting site in a Spanish speaking country, it seems. Might it be them?
      Interesting. The address t.umblr.com redirects to Tumblr, so I'm assuming they own it / are somehow using it.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sid Hale
        Originally Posted by m52go View Post

        Interesting. The address t.umblr.com redirects to Tumblr, so I'm assuming they own it / are somehow using it.
        As you said, t.umblr.com (a subdomain of umblr.com) redirects to tumblr.com, but may have nothing to do with "ownership".

        I would guess that one or the other owner identified the potential confusion that might ensue if a visitor accidentally inserted a "." when trying to get to tumblr and the problem was resolved by the staff at umblr.com simply creating a subdomain with the redirect.
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        • Profile picture of the author m52go
          Originally Posted by Sid Hale View Post

          As you said, t.umblr.com (a subdomain of umblr.com) redirects to tumblr.com, but may have nothing to do with "ownership".

          I would guess that one or the other owner identified the potential confusion that might ensue if a visitor accidentally inserted a "." when trying to get to tumblr and the problem was resolved by the staff at umblr.com simply creating a subdomain with the redirect.
          Nice theory, and if true, that's mighty considerate of them. It didn't cross my mind that strangers on the internet could be so nice to each other
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  • Profile picture of the author Marc Lawrence
    The only thing I am using with Tumblr is auto-posting to it directly from my Word Press blog. Hmmm your getting a lot of traffic from it you say? Well I think I may have to taker a closer look at what's going on over there lol. Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Froggys
    How much traffic you get? Have the same "problem" on my own site, it's fresh site i got like 2-3k daily visits with 2-3mins session on my site...
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    • Profile picture of the author m52go
      Originally Posted by Froggys View Post

      How much traffic you get? Have the same "problem" on my own site, it's fresh site i got like 2-3k daily visits with 2-3mins session on my site...
      Not a whole lot. 683 that day I posted, than sharp drop-off to 50, 40, and then ~0. I don't think they're from robots. I actually got activity, signups, and new users from that bump.
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