Eurovision Song Contest Traffic Dip

Are we prepared for the traffic blip downwards?

[david_uk]

As we know the Eurovision Song Contest happens at 8pm GMT tonight. Millions upon millions of people will be watching it. So are we prepared for the dip in earnings whilst it's on, and who will be the first to post a "My stats have dipped" thread?

I'll be sat there with my crate of beer. As an ardent fan of the annual jamboree I love it, but can't watch it sober!

[Dayo_UK]

Royaume-Uni - Nil points.

Ahhh - Greece will give Cyprus 12 - Cyprus will give Greece 12 etc etc.

>>>I'll be sat there with my crate of beer.

That is probably the best (only?) way to get through it :)

[great_9]

biggest event? hmmm... I preffer the oscars instead of eurovision. Especially this years oscars :-D with Jon Stewart.

Anyway, there are some countries that shouldn't compete this year. For ex. croatian "Stikla" by Severina.

it's... catastrophic and unbelieveable.

But, to be on topic, I don't think that earning are going to "dip".

[garyr_h]

And I thought the World Cup was the largest...

[Tearabite]

The Eurovision WHAT?

I dont think this will effect my (U.S.) earnings very much..

[Essex_boy]

From what Ive seen in past years Id expect a massive up ward trend!

[mzanzig]

Dip? What Dip? I am looking for an increase!

People will LOVE to look for travel advice on and photos from Finland once the Fins have won the contest. Maybe only to see where these guys actually come from, and whether it is safe to go there... ;-)

[Dayo_UK]

>>>The Eurovision WHAT?

Indeed - I guess for you - you have a similar stance to us when people start talking about the Soup Bowl - or whatever it is called.

Soup Bowl never effected my traffic.

[Hobbs]

To prevent this thread from being moved to the foo or comunity forums, someone quickly post last years stats on the expected % drops in ctr ecpm epc ...

[greatstart]

This should not affect the USA though. Most people here will not be watching it, at least not me.

[OptiRex]

someone quickly post last years stats on the expected % drops in ctr ecpm epc ...

Pleased to advise an increase in both CTR and eCPM with a reasonable Saturday's earnings...just like the Soup Bowl:-))

[mack]

This should not affect the USA though. Most people here will not be watching it, at least not me.

Well this is WebmasterWorld :)

Mack.

[Eazygoin]

Well I am in Ibiza, Spain, and we have been invited to a BBQ tonight, followed by the EV song contest. Now, something tells me there is more I should be doing on a Meditteranean island with sun, sea and ......!
Hey ho....gotta keep the family happy :-((
..and it's in Spanish...but a few glasses of wine should do the trick!...or maybe a noose and the nearest tree!

[OptiRex]

Who's going to win then?

Belgium's babe or Finland's 1980's rock monsters?

[Zygoot]

Belgium's babe or Finland's 1980's rock monsters?

Belgium's babe? As usual Belgium didn't even make it to the finale :P

[malachite]

Not expecting a downturn. If 20M watch it, that's still 35M or so folk in the UK who could be surfing, even allowing for the 10M or so who'll be down the pub ;)

[OptiRex]

Belgium's babe? As usual Belgium didn't even make it to the finale :P

You must be jesting? That was by far one of the best songs...must go search...

[OptiRex]

On Lordi, Lordi, Lordi...looks as though Das' babes will have to do instead!

Haven't seen the Ukrainians dressed in black leather though, that should be good...:-)

[moltar]

I think the biggest event is gonna be when world cup starts. a whole month of low earnings.

[humblebeginnings]

Biggest TV event on the planet

Even my Chitika stats are more arousing...

[Hobbs]

more arousing?
humblebeginnings you don't get out much do you?

[gamiziuk]

Must be some Euro thingy.

I'll stick with StarTrek.
:-P

[OptiRex]

a whole month of low earnings.

I don't understand the rationale of this.

Sure, it's on for 5 weeks however for a maximum of two matches per day at very convenient times to watch (for me working from home) with plenty of time either side of the matches for those "slacking" to do their Internet bits.

Meanwhile all those not interested will be typing away taking advantage of the computer not being dominated by whomsoever...

Equal and opposite reactions and all that:-)

Certainly our 2002 traffic logs showed no major discernible loss of traffic during the qualifying rounds nor during the latter stages.

I do not have the logs for 1998, such was my great filing system at that time I think they're on a ZIP disk somewhere.

[humblebeginnings]

humblebeginnings you don't get out much do you?

Not true, I leave my computer room all the time to get some beer from the frigde.

[Hobbs]

lol

[JoeS]

The American Idol finale is next Tuesday and Wednesday which should be the biggest TV event in the U.S. since the Super Bowl.

[walkman]

Sometimes I wish my life was simple enough to care for eurovision. But most of the time I don't though ;)

[3kaday]

so far the "traffic blip" is upwards - way better than friday on the current trend.

[greedy player]

up and down irratic traffic at the moment.

[Chris_H]

Think good 'ol Terry Wogan's charm is pulling my visitors away from the internet. Damn your dry wit, Tel ;)