WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Loss of traffic and stats? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Loss of traffic and stats? en Sat, 18 May 2013 12:03:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 macmanx on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1037547 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:08:00 +0000 macmanx 1037547@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome!

]]> ninfield on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1036633 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 19:35:28 +0000 ninfield 1036633@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks. I've asked over at Google Webmasters.

]]> macmanx on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1030084 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 18:21:15 +0000 macmanx 1030084@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ That would be up to Google. We have no control over how they operate their index.

]]> ninfield on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1029797 Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:40:57 +0000 ninfield 1029797@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks Mac, but any idea why it should suddenly drop to 10% after many months of higher numbers?

]]> macmanx on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1028145 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 18:14:24 +0000 macmanx 1028145@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Your drop in visits corresponds directly with a similar drop in referrers from Google Image search.

I'd say the problem lies with them not listing you as frequently or prominently anymore.

You can see the details for specific days by clicking the bars within the graph.

]]> ninfield on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1027783 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:06:10 +0000 ninfield 1027783@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ My traffic has also dived dramatically from around 700 a day to just over 100 last week.. It seemed to change after I added share buttons to all my posts and pages.
http://ninfield.wordpress.com/

Any help and advice welcome.

]]> macmanx on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1024118 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:50:17 +0000 macmanx 1024118@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome!

]]> mittopia59 on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1024106 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:46:55 +0000 mittopia59 1024106@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Many thanks, macmanx and martinremy. I'll upload some screenshots.

]]> citizenbigbeat on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1024075 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:21:34 +0000 citizenbigbeat 1024075@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Okay, great, thanks so much for your help.

]]> martinremy on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1024072 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:16:09 +0000 martinremy 1024072@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @citizenbigbeat, the numbers you see when you click "summaries" are no longer sampled, they are complete. The numbers on the Top Authors panel on your main stats page (which shows today and yesterday and the "summaries" link) are still sampled, but should be very close to actual numbers (lots of samples now, whereas we've been experimenting with lower sample rates in the past few days -- that experimentation is concluded now).

]]> citizenbigbeat on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1024060 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:58:21 +0000 citizenbigbeat 1024060@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi @martinremy. Yes, I'm talking about the "all time" list in top authors, which I get to when I click "summaries." I see that the numbers for my blog have indeed gone up, reversing the steady downward slide in past hits.

Just to be sure I understand: the "all time" number for an individual blog is not actually all hits the blog has ever had, but a number reached by sampling? If this is the case, is there a way to determine the real, total number of hits a blog has received?

Thanks for your help!

]]> martinremy on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1024054 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:50:00 +0000 martinremy 1024054@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ citizenbigbeat, I assume you're talking about the "Top Authors" numbers, not overall blog stats. The Top Authors panel has always used sampling, and did not use all hits in its calculations. Over the last few days, we've been tuning the sampling, so numbers have gone up and down (mostly down, as you noticed). As of a few minutes ago, we raised the sampling rate again and in the summary views we're now using all historical data, so those numbers should be higher than before. Sorry about the confusion this caused.

]]> macmanx on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1024045 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:42:36 +0000 macmanx 1024045@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ citizenbigbeat, since you're on WordPress.com VIP (sorry for not noticing earlier), our VIP Support department has gotten in touch with you via email.

mittopia59, just to clear up any confusion, please take a screen shot with the all time totals visible once a day for the next 3 days and upload it via Media -> Add New in your blog's Dashboard.

You don't need to add it to any post, as we can see what's in your Media Library. Hopefully this will help us establish a trend, if the VIP team doesn't find a solution before then of course.

Thanks!

]]> citizenbigbeat on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1023976 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:16:21 +0000 citizenbigbeat 1023976@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @macmanx, I should state that I'm on WordPress VIP, so my numbers appear on a list with other blogs written by my coworkers. I'm not certain this added info is of any relevance but I write it here just in case. Thanks again.

P.S. I also note that the "all-time" numbers for all WordPress blogs on our site are shifting, not just my blog.

]]> citizenbigbeat on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1023950 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:46:24 +0000 citizenbigbeat 1023950@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi @macmanx. Thanks for your help. It's not clear to me what you're asking me to do. Are you requesting that I take screen shots and post them to my blog?

]]> mittopia59 on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1023892 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:09:52 +0000 mittopia59 1023892@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @ citizenbigbeat: Your issue sounds very similar to mine. Over the course of a few weeks, my stats went rather haywire, and I did see a few decreases in overall hits--as well as other stats. (I didn't have the foresight to take screenshots.) The good news is, it eventually stabilized...mostly. I still see an occassional, random loss of overall hits, but the numbers are low, and it's more a random thing than a steady trend.

I do know that my ISP has been having local server issues for weeks, but I don't know if that's got anything to do with it. (I have come to expect this from V***zon.)

]]> macmanx on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1023864 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:52:27 +0000 macmanx 1023864@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Would you please grab screenshots of your all time totals over the next three days? Just one a day would be fine.

You can upload them via Media -> Add New in your blog's Dashboard.

http://en.support.wordpress.com/make-a-screenshot/

]]> citizenbigbeat on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1023844 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:28:58 +0000 citizenbigbeat 1023844@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks again, @timethief

]]> timethief on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1023837 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:24:46 +0000 timethief 1023837@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/

I've heard nothing from WordPress about it, nor found any relevant answer online anywhere.

I flagged this thread for a Staff response again.

]]> citizenbigbeat on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1023834 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:22:56 +0000 citizenbigbeat 1023834@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Weird thing here is that numbers are changing after the fact, and continuing to decrease. Twice in the past week my blog's "all-time" numbers in summaries have dropped, and at this rate soon the summaries presumably will show no past hits at all!

You're right that it's free, but no service will survive in the long-term if it's unreliable, free or not. I've heard nothing from WordPress about it, nor found any relevant answer online anywhere. @mittopia59, please let me know if you have. Thanks.

]]> mittopia59 on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1022065 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:43:48 +0000 mittopia59 1022065@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Everyone here has been really helpful, but to be honest...

I think WP stats follow some weird algorithmic logic that doesn't always correlate to normal arithmetic. It's probably easier just to live it with and not stress too hard. It's free, after all...

As an example, right now, I'm advertising on another site, which shows X number of click-throughs to my WP blog. The WP stats show only a fraction of these clicks. Seems weird...

]]> citizenbigbeat on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1021922 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:54:06 +0000 citizenbigbeat 1021922@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks!

]]> timethief on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1021918 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:52:54 +0000 timethief 1021918@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @citizenbigbeat
I flagged this thread for Staff. Please be patient while waiting.

]]> citizenbigbeat on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1021911 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:47:32 +0000 citizenbigbeat 1021911@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2012/09/24/nuit-blanches-tremendous-debut-in-ottawa/

It's on the WordPress platform. Let me know if there's other information you need. Thanks.

]]> timethief on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats/page/2#post-1021833 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:00:35 +0000 timethief 1021833@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @citizenbigbeat
Where is the URL starting with http:// for the blog you refer to please?

]]> citizenbigbeat on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats#post-1021825 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:55:41 +0000 citizenbigbeat 1021825@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It also appears that WordPress is now counting only those hits on some past blog posts and not all. At least, that's all it's displaying and it's backed up by total daily numbers displayed. Something weird doing on here . . .

]]> citizenbigbeat on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats#post-1021820 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:52:15 +0000 citizenbigbeat 1021820@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I wish somebody at WordPress would explain why this is happening. My "all-time" stats too have suddenly decreased by 20 or 30 per cent, as they have on other WordPress blogs I'm aware of.

I stress this is not a drop in daily or monthly traffic, but a sudden decrease in "all-time" hits in summaries. These are past number that can't logically be decreased by a new or temporary drop in traffic.

]]> mittopia59 on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats#post-1014049 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:12:46 +0000 mittopia59 1014049@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Follow-up: My daily traffic is back to more normal levels.

I may be all wrong, but I think this had to do with GoDaddy's massive failure last week.

There's a pronounced inverse-bell curve to my views, beginning a few days before the problem was announced, bottoming out on the day GD announced problems, and coming back up to normal levels over the next few days, then stabilizing. Very odd, and it seems like quite a coincidence...

Thanks again for all the responses.

]]> mittopia59 on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats#post-1007556 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:57:48 +0000 mittopia59 1007556@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks to all for the responses. Unfortunately, I still don't see an explanation for loss of views: This does not seem to be related to a change of week or month. My overall stats show fewer views than they did a week ago. Seems odd, but maybe I'll just have to live with it...

]]> timethief on "Loss of traffic and stats?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/loss-of-traffic-and-stats#post-1006624 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:32:01 +0000 timethief 1006624@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @lyingonthemoon
You're welcome. :)

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