This received some questions. Specifically 'In today's siloed internet its usefulness is gone.'
Search was the largest driver of traffic to the website. Informing the general public was the goal.
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Some time in 2023 (from the top of my head in Q4) I started noticing how on some days, and from some regions, traffic would basically be non-existent.
An example: on Monday and Tuesday it would see about 750 individual visitors* from the US. Then for two days just 50, and 750 again on Friday.
Eventually that low number became the norm. And eventually I figured out it had nothing to do with being shadowbanned or whatever. It was simply Google.
*unique IP visiting two or more pages
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An example: on Monday and Tuesday it would see about 750 individual visitors* from the US. Then for two days just 50, and 750 again on Friday.
Eventually that low number became the norm. And eventually I figured out it had nothing to do with being shadowbanned or whatever. It was simply Google.
*unique IP visiting two or more pages
2/x
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