Drop in views of Home page/Archives
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Over the past couple of months, the number of visits to my Home page/Archives has dropped significantly. In the past, that category was almost always at the top of the list. Now, the top post is always a particular post from February, 2013. That post had normal traffic until October, when it suddenly started getting a lot of traffic. Overall, my site stats are up, possibly because of this particular post. Should I assume that this is spam or just something caused by the now-hidden Google search terms? Thanks for any insights!
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This is almost certainly because of a change in search terms, but your dashboard will tell you that. What does it say on your stats page under Search Terms? How many clicks?
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Thanks! Total search terms = 136, with 121 of those being unknown. The number of unknown search terms matches the number of visits to the suddenly popular post. Should that tell me something?
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It’s too obscure, but you have a viral post. You’d be foolish not to take advantage of this. Make a post on a related subject and edit the previous viral post to note “UPDATE: new post on related subject” or something and link to the new one. I generally manage to turn a viral post to my long-term advantage this way and keep ten percent of that traffic.
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Thanks for taking the time to answer what appears to have been a foolish question! I’m glad that you think this post may be being seen by actual people. And thanks for the advice on taking advantage of this interest.
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You’re welcome. To my mind, viral traffic is the BEST kind, because it brings so many people from a wide varieties of backgrounds. Your blog gets seen by many more people who can contribute diversity to your community online.
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