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Sudden drop of 20% in my Google traffic

by nicolasodc
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Hi guys,

I post this here since it's about Google traffic... But I'm not even sure this topic belongs here.

My site usually receives 5k traffic from Google every day, but since Saturday, I have seen a sudden drop of 20% approx of my Google traffic - compared to previous Saturday, previous Sunday, ....

I checked everything, and it's all good :
- no manual penalty on Google Webmaster
- i checked my two analytics system (Clicky and Google Analytics) and both show the same drop
- my site runs fine
- my SEO rankings haven't dropped for my most important important keywords. - they actually improved for some of them
- no alert on my Wordpress
- my niche is not seasonal... it's in the MMO niche.

I thought it could be an effect of Halloween + All Saints day, maybe people are busy doing something else - but this has never happened before on other bank holidays, and, today 2nd of November, I can see the same trend...

Any idea? Something I should look into?

Thanks in advance

Nicolas
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  • Profile picture of the author DABK
    Bank holidays are not Halloween... It really could just be the holiday. You need to wait till next week-end to be sure.

    People do different things on different holidays... Some of them, for the people who visit your site, might be... no internet, too busy for internet...

    Originally Posted by nicolasodc View Post

    Hi guys,

    I post this here since it's about Google traffic... But I'm not even sure this topic belongs here.

    My site usually receives 5k traffic from Google every day, but since Saturday, I have seen a sudden drop of 20% approx of my Google traffic - compared to previous Saturday, previous Sunday, ....

    I checked everything, and it's all good :
    - no manual penalty on Google Webmaster
    - i checked my two analytics system (Clicky and Google Analytics) and both show the same drop
    - my site runs fine
    - my SEO rankings haven't dropped for my most important important keywords. - they actually improved for some of them
    - no alert on my Wordpress
    - my niche is not seasonal... it's in the MMO niche.

    I thought it could be an effect of Halloween + All Saints day, maybe people are busy doing something else - but this has never happened before on other bank holidays, and, today 2nd of November, I can see the same trend...

    Any idea? Something I should look into?

    Thanks in advance

    Nicolas
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  • Profile picture of the author nettiapina
    Do you have actual stats from previous Halloween? That's the obvious point of comparison. It's also possible that people are not in the full "making money online mode" instantly after a holiday.

    In my opinion you should see at least a couple of normal weekdays before reacting to this sort of thing.
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    • Profile picture of the author nicolasodc
      Originally Posted by nettiapina View Post

      Do you have actual stats from previous Halloween? That's the obvious point of comparison. It's also possible that people are not in the full "making money online mode" instantly after a holiday.

      In my opinion you should see at least a couple of normal weekdays before reacting to this sort of thing.
      Hi,

      Well yes, I could check last Halloween. But I'll guess I'll just wait some few more weekdays, although I still see this trend so far!

      Thanks
      Nicolas.
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      • Profile picture of the author hmartin90
        It's important to compare apples with apples and not apples with oranges so to speak. One of the most overlooked aspect marketing in general for many businesses is how a day/month/year/holiday is compared to the previous day/month/holiday/year. You can only grow if you now the stats
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        • Profile picture of the author yukon
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          Originally Posted by hmartin90 View Post

          It's important to compare apples with apples and not apples with oranges so to speak. One of the most overlooked aspect marketing in general for many businesses is how a day/month/year/holiday is compared to the previous day/month/holiday/year. You can only grow if you now the stats
          Agreed, one weekend of data is nothing.

          Look at the BIG picture.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rima09
    I post here since it's about Google traffic..One of the most overlooked aspect in general for many businesses.
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  • Profile picture of the author mrlucifer
    if this weeken traffic down, now increa??
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  • Profile picture of the author SnackMemory
    Originally Posted by nicolasodc View Post

    Hi guys,

    I post this here since it's about Google traffic... But I'm not even sure this topic belongs here.

    My site usually receives 5k traffic from Google every day, but since Saturday, I have seen a sudden drop of 20% approx of my Google traffic - compared to previous Saturday, previous Sunday, ....

    I checked everything, and it's all good :
    - no manual penalty on Google Webmaster
    - i checked my two analytics system (Clicky and Google Analytics) and both show the same drop
    - my site runs fine
    - my SEO rankings haven't dropped for my most important important keywords. - they actually improved for some of them
    - no alert on my Wordpress
    - my niche is not seasonal... it's in the MMO niche.

    I thought it could be an effect of Halloween + All Saints day, maybe people are busy doing something else - but this has never happened before on other bank holidays, and, today 2nd of November, I can see the same trend...

    Any idea? Something I should look into?

    Thanks in advance

    Nicolas


    Its normal to bounce around in ranking...Give it a week or 2 before you get too concerned. Google might just be testing out some new site in the serp or making a few changes to the sever your on to experiment.
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