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Weird visitor behavior question

by AlessaH
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Hi there,

I've been working on my fashion/beauty/health blog for a while now (about a month of constant updates) and in this time I've observed a really weird thing on Analytics. The visitor flow has increased since I began posting articles (about 300 words per post) but they all seem to view the posts within a single hour a day... In other words, all my traffic happens between 9PM and 10 PM. There's a spike of 200/300 visitors everyday, all happening within an hour. After that peak, it all goes downhill to 3, 4 visits per hour, if any at all...

This seems somehow really strange. After I post an article, I tweet it, share it on FB, Pinterest, Stumble Upon and maybe Digg or Reddit and then leave it alone. I comment daily on a couple of high pr related blogs - no spamming btw.

The articles are all individually optimized and of (very) good quality.

Is this a normal behavior in the first few months of "life" for a blog or am I doing something wrong?
#behavior #question #visitor #weird
  • Profile picture of the author IM Ash
    Are you doing the social sharing just before the traffic surge?

    You should check where your traffic is coming from in GA, if it is all coming from the social sites where you are sharing your content then this may be you answer!
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    • Profile picture of the author AlessaH
      Originally Posted by IM Ash View Post

      Are you doing the social sharing just before the traffic surge?

      You should check where your traffic is coming from in GA, if it is all coming from the social sites where you are sharing your content then this may be you answer!
      Yes, I do the social sharing exactly after posting. The majority of my traffic comes form Stumble Upon. Now, Stumble Upon should theoretically display my posts more than just once per day (soon after I've shared the article)...

      Guess I need to approach this in a different way
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  • Profile picture of the author IM Ash
    Hey, as long as you are getting traffic... some people struggle to get 3 visitors/day
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