Anyone notice a 25% + drop in Google Traffic since the 23/24 August 2013?
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Hi Guys,
My site has seen a 25% drop in Google Traffic since Saturday the 24th August 2013. I see it being mentioned here: http://www.seroundtable.com/google-update-17268.html but not anywhere else really.
I want to find out if there is anyone else that has been hit and what it is we have been hit by.
Thanks
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No change in traffic to our sites, just normal weekly patterns.
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I actually got a good boost, mostly from sites with minimal (to no) link building. Just great onpage. So it's possibly a Panda. I havent really researched it much yet due to time constraints
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Howdy,
We monitor more than 50 websites from different niches. What I can see in the Analytics is that there are some small drop on 24-25 August but the traffic is back to normal (for August) on Monday (26th). Check your data in Analytics on 3-6 month base and compare it with the previous year. There might be a drop because of the weekend and because August is the Vacations Month is many countries.
Can you share the website URL?
p.s: Only the websites related to tourism have even better traffic than ever before...
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