quizprep - 8:13 pm on May 4, 2009 (gmt 0)

I've continued to dig... the long and the short is that this is not an isolated issue.

I'm a statistician... I actually teach statistics at the local university. I've been in ecommerce for 8 years. Trust me, this is a statistically significant event without a simple explanation.

I own, have a share, or consult directly with several ecommerce shops. Some are stable, some are growing, and some are losing traction... they all have one thing in common: increased daily revenue variation that began in October 2008.

I'm seeing record revenue days followed by record revenue lows 2 or 3 days later... all of this with no logical rhyme or reason, and across dozens of unrelated web properties. The most frustrating piece is that if the reason(s) for the new found variation could be uncovered, it could likely be harnessed...

Bumfuzzled.

and rachel123: if Brian Willams would wear pink (as we've requested in countless letters), our sales (and yours) would triple.