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Weird Results in My Traffic Stats - Any Ideas?

by TiffanyLambert
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So I'm looking at the cpanel traffic stats for one of my sites that also has a blog on it and for the first time I see hundreds of weird results on the "Keyphrases used on search engines" section (this tells you how your site is being found in SEs).

Normally it's a word or phrase, but this time, someone went to the trouble to go through my blog, copy the URL of the exact post, and search for it in Google.

They ALSO went and searched for a tons of affiliates.

So let me show you an example - I'm curious about how and why someone seems to be spying on me - this isn't your normal prospect traffic:

1.) An example of a blog post Search Engine query:

http //socialmarketing101.com/blog/making-money-on-squidoo/what-questions-do-you-have-about-squidoo.php

(THAT'S what they're typing into Google - the whole URL.)

2.) An example of a Search Engine query for one of my affiliates:

]http //www.socialmarketing101.com/?hop=[edited out affiliate ID]


So out of curiosity, how would a competitor use this information cuz I know my customers aren't? They obviously went to a lot of trouble because I have many blog posts and they're going back 2 years now.

Just curious about the battle plan and tactics!
Tiff
#ideas #results #stats #traffic #weird

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