backdraft7 - 1:45 pm on Dec 24, 2012 (gmt 0)

@ mihomes & diberry - thanks, I also turned off Adwords last night. In another desperate move (from the zombie thread), I figured I'd go all in and up my bids. All it did was allow them to max out my daily budget. No improvement in traffic whatsoever. For those who are ready to say "it's you site then", let me add that I am still seeing the obvious, now VERY occasional ON periods (conversions within minutes), followed by 24 hours+ of OFF. I'll leave it at that.