Insofar as my global site is concerned my numbers are holding-up to average.
UK hotel site has seen a small decrease this week however realworld takings are ok, in fact better than anticipated.
RedBar
2:05 pm on Nov 29, 2022 (gmt 0)
Insofar as page views are concerned a slightly above average Monday continuing into today however RealWorld enquiries noticeably down at a time of year I would normally expect solid enquires for bulk shipments February / March onwards. Large trade aupply colleagues in several countries confirm seeing similar.
Martin Ice Web
2:34 pm on Nov 29, 2022 (gmt 0)
I think there was a revert on thursday, not an update, or some screws have been tightend on SPAM filter
ichthyous
3:53 pm on Nov 29, 2022 (gmt 0)
Yesterday traffic skyrocketed across the board, but this morning USA traffic is down 54%. Only USA is down...AGAIN. On days like this where USA traffic opens mysteriously low it tends to recover somewhat and close the day at just under break even.
My UK traffic is now almost 50% of my USA traffic, which is ludicrous. It was 10% for years. That's not due to extra UK traffic, but the loss of USA traffic over the years. USA traffic is so tamped down due to the intense competition from the number of ads and on page crap being run at any one time. In my field I am also seeing numerous new businesses running instagram ads...they all appear to be different brands, but look like clones and they are selling remarkably similar items at very low prices. Soon they will run each other into the ground.
ichthyous
2:40 pm on Nov 30, 2022 (gmt 0)
14% drop in USA, 30% drop in CA, and 50% drop in AU traffic yesterday. It appears to continue today with a -64% start to the day in USA traffic. UK is the only English speaking country with no drop. I am seeing a slow decline in ranking for myself both in mobile and desktop SERPS and for several of my competitors as well...we are all going down in tandem. Something is up.
RedBar
4:07 pm on Nov 30, 2022 (gmt 0)
I'm seeing steady and consistent traffic again and "assume" I'm back to normal for the moment. US traffic for the month is only slightly down on average and well within its normal range.
beaverman
11:21 am on Dec 1, 2022 (gmt 0)
@anubitez I have a question: by chance, have you been using Google Indexing API, the one intended for job listings and streaming services, to fast-track indexing of your content? It works for other types of content, too. However, some say that using this API for different types of content has caused their sites to be penalized and content de-indexed. I know many still use it if they have copycats problems. We have been using it as well for our content indexation.
So, I wonder if this could harmed us in the Spam Update.
RedBar
1:02 pm on Dec 1, 2022 (gmt 0)
November traffic for global site 97.6% v expected up 1.6% on 2021
For UK focussed site 110.1% v expected down 1.0% on 2021
Altogether with other sites November was much better than expected.
Good start for 1st December.
anubitez
6:02 am on Dec 2, 2022 (gmt 0)
@beaverman+
Yes, I used it about two weeks prior, maybe 3. I cannot remember since I wanted to beat scrapers to my site and I got lazy manually pinging the google bot. It is also interesting that I turned it off a few days after reading about what it was meant for. Also, a week before this, I updated nearly 200 posts since I had comments disabled somehow, which altered Google. It could be a significant factor; it could be nothing. I got zero ideas.
I am laughing at the blackhat websites I created doing everything you shouldn't. And now, compared to that video they did recently, god, they are so full of ****, or better yet, they have zero ideas what they are talking about/doing, or maybe it's a combo of both. Fyi, my test blackhat sites are hitting the major companies; I am not hitting real bloggers and not monetizing it now or ever; it's just my way of knowing I am not going insane with tin foil.
RedBar
11:06 am on Dec 2, 2022 (gmt 0)
Just checked my metrics for the past 7 days and my USA-only traffic is down 32% as a proportion of my overall traffic. Yesterday I was having a good day until US traffic hardly kicked-in at all.
mosxu
3:31 pm on Dec 2, 2022 (gmt 0)
Last 3 days for us many many zombies
ichthyous
10:21 pm on Dec 2, 2022 (gmt 0)
Always something new...today a 40% drop in direct traffic. Search is at break even. The drop in direct traffic must be image search.
anubitez
6:06 am on Dec 3, 2022 (gmt 0)
Hopefully, a December core update comes soon. Fingers crossed..
christianz
11:51 am on Dec 3, 2022 (gmt 0)
Hopefully, a December core update comes soon
I think it's already rolling out (unannounced). Started on December 1st. I have had big swings with traffic disappearing and reappearing and it just disappeared again tonight.
ichthyous
2:26 pm on Dec 3, 2022 (gmt 0)
Something massive is happening since midnight Sat. From midnight to 9:30am so far traffic vanished. Search traffic is down 49% and direct is down 57%. It appears to be hitting EN language traffic...USA -72%, UK -67%, CA -61%, AU -43%. I have never seen drops like this so hopefully it will be short lived.
