Lower Traffic?

what could cause it?

[cyberfish]

Happy Holidays to all.

I have a web site that has been growing in an almost predictable pattern the last few months. I read the posts in this board, I keep my site clean, and I add about 5 pages with good researched content on my topic every week or so. The site has been indexed by Google and I have enjoyed a steady flow of visitors from Google searches, to the point of growing by almost 1/3 every month.

During the last Google update I saw the usual growth (reflected by the new pages indexed by Google) but suddenly beginning on the 15 of December my traffic began dropping steadily to about 1/3 of last month’s traffic.

Google still has all the pages indexed (from the previous crawl), my PR6 has remained, and the fresh bots visits my site daily to scan a multitude of pages.

I thought it might be that holiday traffic is lower (that much lower?), but I also thought it might be a good idea to get some answers from more experienced webmasters in this forum. I read many posts but I found nothing that could point me to an answer.

Would I be wise to blame the drop on the holidays, or on the everflux, or should I really be doing something about it (and what would that be?)
For now, I keep adding my content and waiting for the next Google update.

Thank you in advance for any ideas or leads,

Thomas

[wreck3d]

My traffic the past 3 days or so have also been really low. Hopefully that'll all jump back with some umph behind it after the new year.

[jimbeetle]

Many different types of sites experience drops in traffic around the holidays. There was a thread here last week (which I of course can't find now) on the same topic. Looked like things were slowing down pretty much across the board starting a week or two before Christmas (unless you sold RC mini cars with a 12-hour delivery).

Jim

[Bradley]

The holidays definitely have an impact on traffic. I'd focus on building your business model and website till the end of the year (and beyond). Come January 15th, take a look at your traffic statistics and see where you stand.

[dcheney]

Likely to be just holiday slowdown - quite normal.

[Woz]

Yep, my sites are very quiet at the moment. A good time for maintenance.

Things should be back to normal early New Year.

Onya
Woz

[cyberfish]

Thank you all for the quick and reassuring replies.
With all the horror stories a read here about dropped sites and the such I was a bit nervous.

It is good to know that people take the time to enjoy the holidays and don't surf as much. Not good for the internet, but great for humanity :)

Happy holidays,

Thomas