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Well, since February, or better, since the Yahoo!'s move from Google to Inktomi, I began to notice a little but progressive decrease of the traffic (and consequent sales) on my website. Now, after about 5 months, my traffic is still going down. This is the first time a such issue happens after 5 years where my traffic and sales constantly increased.
After a long research I visited alexa.com where anyone can have trafic information on any website and I discovered that the most part of the sites are experiencing the same traffic decrease: Google, Amazon, AOL and may others are experiencing the same issue since February (you can try yourself starting from alexa.com and entering any site to have statistics of it). In the other hand, there are sites that are always constant like Yahoo! or MSN (Sitepoint has been also enough constant in traffic) and others increased (friendster.com and others). But the most part experiences my same issue.
What can be the cause of a such decrease? Maybe I have misinterpreted the Alexa's data or is it a coincidence?
Any idea and speculation (as well personal experiences) on this issue is very welcome!
Thank you in advance for your attention.
Sincerely,
Fabrizio
I personally have seen a very steep drop in hits since June, which I attribute in part to summer distractions. However, it might also be because of some other changes. I would love to know if others experience summer drop-offs.
One site I have had for 3+ years has had a drop off in traffic for a three month period covering the summer months for all three years it has been online - having said that the traffic has increased year on year.
a drop off in traffic for a three month period covering the summer months for all three years it has been online
This has also been my experience for commerce sites.
