Anyone else had a sudden and massive rise in visitors and views?
-
-
Getting in late to the discussion of this, but have noticed the oddest stats/”visits” for some time on my blog posts. So this is what’s going on.
Having been on WP for some time, I just figured it was another quirky thing/update/experiment/ownership adjustment that always seems to happen around Nov-Dec-Jan. Real life was intruding so I was blogging less, so just laughed/ignored it. But the stats are pretty useless now. That’s somewhat annoying .
Appreciate all those who took time to comment here and offer info on the situation.
Hopefully the New Year will bring some change. But it is WP ( even though I do pay for a plan, it seems pointless/stupid to pay any more when it’s always been difficult to get attention about problems.) Not sure the WP “engineers” are what they were in the beginning.- WP certainly is very different animal now.
Just having to roll with is, keep a sense of humor, and ignore some of it – just don;t have time or energy to deal with it .
Sorry for those who are using WP as a money source.
Thanks for the heads up Disperser – and your calm sensible repeated efforts to get to the bottom of it.
-
My blog has received 45,000 views from different IP addresses since January 1st! It started in November and has tapered off over the last two days. Most of the traffic is coming from North Bergen, NJ, and Singapore. None of it comes through search.
I really wanted to go viral this year, but not like this!
-
I had 151K in December, so you’re just getting started.
It has tapered to only 6K this month, of which only a tenth are likely legit.
Such is the blogging life in the age of AI.
-
-
You and I both wish . . . if you look at earlier conversations, you might spot the place where I speak about that.
Basically, the way it works, and similarly to WordAds, the system checks for non-human patterns and engagement metrics. The short answer is that it’s not likely to be fooled by bots.
Besides, you would need even larger numbers for it to make any significant money. At the peak of my traffic (approaching 15K per day), if they would have counted the bots as legitimate, it might have made enough to make it worthwhile.
But, you can try it. Personally, I didn’t want to litter my blog with ads just to test if it would work.
-
That’s good news for me since they’re so annoying for readers.
I guess we just ride the bot tide!
WordPress.com Forums 