I'm sorry for not having posted these past weeks: I was busy working on my Halloween site and HubPages while also preparing my next three-week trip abroad.
However this didn't keep me off checking my Squidoo Halloween stats. And here are my "top" Halloween lenses (well if, given the situation, on can even speak about top anything). Remember that the Halloween season is "on" and that traffic should peak since last week.
Halloween Homemade Scary Decorations :
October 2011 31,441
October 2012 16,588
October 2013 2,352
Grease Halloween Costumes:
October 2011 6,942
October 2012 6,218
October 2013 1,487
Halloween Potluck Party Ideas:
October 2011 11,621
October 2012 9,232
October 2013 957
Addams Family Halloween Costumes:
October 2011 12,808
October 2012 8,425
October 2013 900
Printable Halloween Party Games:
October 2011 1,230
October 2012 4,608
October 2013 568
Homemade Halloween Window Decoration Ideas:
October 2011 5,763
October 2012 5,354
October 2013 760
Scooby Doo Halloween Costumes:
October 2011 4,634
October 2012 2,603
October 2013 527
Halloween Pin Up Costumes:
October 2011 2,303
October 2012 4,019
October 2013 559
I won't blame Squidoo for such a mess. Looking at my stats, I notice that for some I won't even reach 1/10th of 2011 traffic.
Who's to blame, then? Google, of course ! Have you seen the huge number of sites like Squidoo, your sites or blogs, mine... outranked by big brands? Have you noticed that Adwords ads disappeared from Google's search page results? This means they're now just listed ABOVE organic traffic pages.
Plus... Squidoo has lost top position for lots of keywords - and I'm convinced that Halloween + long tail keywords are included in the loss.
Is it still worth working like crazy on the Web when companies like Google ruin your hard work and favor paying big brands that do NOT need top page result place since WE drive traffic to their sites and WE generate sales for them.
I'm not sure that kind of business online has any future and I seriously consider doing something else than writing articles that don't get the deserved traffic. I have to admit that I'm quite fed up working for peanuts these days.
All I see now tells me that NO, traffic won't recover. It's the Internet playground, the games, their rules AND people who have been changed by Big Brother. Unless the average Joe and Jane Doe stop using Google to search the Web we won't see the end of the tunnel.
Ok so now back to prepare my luggage for my trip. I'll be happy to take that long break from the Internet, my sites, writing platforms and the rest and do what I want for a while. I'll be back on mid-November in order to update my Christmas site. As for the Christmas lenses, I'll leave them as they are: now I know that they aren't worth the hassle any more.
Posted by Squidoo lensmaster Prosperity66
However this didn't keep me off checking my Squidoo Halloween stats. And here are my "top" Halloween lenses (well if, given the situation, on can even speak about top anything). Remember that the Halloween season is "on" and that traffic should peak since last week.
Halloween Homemade Scary Decorations :
October 2011 31,441
October 2012 16,588
October 2013 2,352
Grease Halloween Costumes:
October 2011 6,942
October 2012 6,218
October 2013 1,487
Halloween Potluck Party Ideas:
October 2011 11,621
October 2012 9,232
October 2013 957
Addams Family Halloween Costumes:
October 2011 12,808
October 2012 8,425
October 2013 900
Printable Halloween Party Games:
October 2011 1,230
October 2012 4,608
October 2013 568
Homemade Halloween Window Decoration Ideas:
October 2011 5,763
October 2012 5,354
October 2013 760
Scooby Doo Halloween Costumes:
October 2011 4,634
October 2012 2,603
October 2013 527
Halloween Pin Up Costumes:
October 2011 2,303
October 2012 4,019
October 2013 559
I won't blame Squidoo for such a mess. Looking at my stats, I notice that for some I won't even reach 1/10th of 2011 traffic.
Who's to blame, then? Google, of course ! Have you seen the huge number of sites like Squidoo, your sites or blogs, mine... outranked by big brands? Have you noticed that Adwords ads disappeared from Google's search page results? This means they're now just listed ABOVE organic traffic pages.
Plus... Squidoo has lost top position for lots of keywords - and I'm convinced that Halloween + long tail keywords are included in the loss.
Is it still worth working like crazy on the Web when companies like Google ruin your hard work and favor paying big brands that do NOT need top page result place since WE drive traffic to their sites and WE generate sales for them.
I'm not sure that kind of business online has any future and I seriously consider doing something else than writing articles that don't get the deserved traffic. I have to admit that I'm quite fed up working for peanuts these days.
All I see now tells me that NO, traffic won't recover. It's the Internet playground, the games, their rules AND people who have been changed by Big Brother. Unless the average Joe and Jane Doe stop using Google to search the Web we won't see the end of the tunnel.
Ok so now back to prepare my luggage for my trip. I'll be happy to take that long break from the Internet, my sites, writing platforms and the rest and do what I want for a while. I'll be back on mid-November in order to update my Christmas site. As for the Christmas lenses, I'll leave them as they are: now I know that they aren't worth the hassle any more.
Posted by Squidoo lensmaster Prosperity66
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