Sudden increase in one-page views

No referrer

[anallawalla]

I have an old site that is not actively promoted or SEO'd. It is well-indexed simply because of its age. It usually gets about 100 uniques a day.

For the past week or two (I don't check its traffic), it has had a 5-10 fold increase in visits, with most being to the entry page and never beyond it. No referrer.

There is no other pattern to the domains of the visitors - ISP dialups, business domains, various countries, IP address only, etc.

I know there are a few email-borne viruses abroad, but what could be causing this sudden interest in a very ordinary site?

[Mark_A]

perhaps it has been put onto someones blog page and for some reason no referrer is showing.

[anallawalla]

Thanks.

But if that were the case, there would be the usual variable visitor pattern - some would visit a further 1-2 pages, sometimes more. But these hits never go past the entry page.

[Macguru]

Are visitor's IP specific to some particular Country?

[ytswy]

Could it be something like this?

[webmasterworld.com...]

[anallawalla]

Thanks, I will follow up in that other thread. My visits aren't all Win98 UAs like that lot.

Ash