Re: rise in site visits last week — why?

While I appreciate Doug's thumbs-up, I don't think I can take credit for
3000 page views!

My first guess for a sudden bump was a change in Google's search algorithm,
but nothing major has been announced lately.  Julee's suggestion of new
external links seems more likely: any breakdown in the stats based on
referring domain?

--ABR


On 16 April 2014 13:37, Julee Burdekin <julee@adobe.com> wrote:

>   Ha! Maybe. Also, looks like some new folks are starting to link to us,
> such as lifehacker.com. J
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> Julee Burdekin
> Content Strategist
> Adobe Web Platform
> @adobejulee
> julee@adobe.com
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>   From: Doug May <intuedge@gmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 10:36 AM
> To: Jen Simmons <jen@jensimmons.com>
> Cc: WebPlatform Public List <public-webplatform@w3.org>
> Subject: Re: rise in site visits last week — why?
> Resent-From: WebPlatform Public List <public-webplatform@w3.org>
> Resent-Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 10:36 AM
>
>   Amelia (positive engagement); post-Fluent non-attendee survey
> (guilt/refreshed awareness).
>
>  DougM
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Jen Simmons <jen@jensimmons.com> wrote:
>
>>  I've been looking at the stats for WPD today, and there was a nice rise
>> in the total number of visits last week.
>> http://monosnap.com/image/KQKmYJ4CtZVAppDmG63SSJQfhEQmcM.png
>>
>>  The total visits have been hovering around 18k (give or take 1k) for
>> the last six months (except over the holidays), and then last week's total
>> was 21,500.
>>
>>  Anyone know what happened?
>>
>>  Jen
>>
>>
>>  Jen Simmons
>>  designer, consultant and speaker
>> host of The Web Ahead
>> jensimmons.com
>>  5by5.tv/webahead
>>  twitter: jensimmons <http://twitter.com/jensimmons>
>>
>>
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