Google's gone bonkers again.

**Code Monkey** · 11-24-2006, 07:47 PM

If the site seems slow tonight it's because I am getting 1000's of Google referrals to a 1 1/2 year old thread on another forum on my server. Pretty goofy stuff since the thread never even had a reply.

I suppose it won't be till tomorrow till I can track down why. They must be tossing the salad again which makes some old stuff come to the surface.

:confused:

**G_Man** · 11-24-2006, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Code Monkey

If the site seems slow tonight it's because I am getting 1000's of Google referrals to a 1 1/2 year old thread on another forum on my server. Pretty goofy stuff since the thread never even had a reply.

I suppose it won't be till tomorrow till I can track down why. They must be tossing the salad again which makes some old stuff come to the surface.

:confused:

How did you check/notice that??

**Code Monkey** · 11-24-2006, 07:59 PM

Well, awsats gave me a clue as well as analytics. When a site has 10 times it's daily uniques it becomes obvious that there is a frenzied crowd passing through.

**G_Man** · 11-24-2006, 08:00 PM

ahhh....

Cheers. I need to learn how to track this stuff.

**ohiosweetheart** · 11-24-2006, 09:00 PM

google is broke.

**Code Monkey** · 11-24-2006, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Ohiosweetheart

google is broke.

Nah, they have plenty of money. :s14:

**ohiosweetheart** · 11-24-2006, 09:59 PM

baahahaha... lol

**Code Monkey** · 11-25-2006, 07:39 AM

That thread is getting hammered again today. So I posted in it.

The upside is it brings attention to the site. The downside is it's an old thread and is most likely not what they are looking for. So basically, it's a wast of resources. Still, interesting to watch.

Goku · 11-25-2006, 11:16 AM

lol, is that posible???

**Code Monkey** · 11-25-2006, 11:17 AM

Is what possible?

**Brandon Sheley** · 11-25-2006, 01:37 PM

I wish my site had 10 times it's daily unique hits

hell, I'd be happy with twice as many..lol

hopefully some are checking out your sponsor's ads

**Code Monkey** · 11-25-2006, 01:49 PM

Not really. The bounce rate is 96%. Like I said, noone ever replied to the thread so it's not real great. I think it's the title that got it to number one and two on two different google searches regarding the game it refers to.

I am just curious as to what made eveyone do this particular web search all of a sudden.

**G_Man** · 11-25-2006, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Loco

I wish my site had 10 times it's daily unique hits

hell, I'd be happy with twice as many..lol

hopefully some are checking out your sponsor's ads

Okay... where exactly would I look to see the number of unique hits? And how many is descent?

**ohiosweetheart** · 11-25-2006, 06:25 PM

If your host offers cPanel, you can look in there, under awstats, for all of your site stats

**Code Monkey** · 11-25-2006, 06:51 PM

You're getting off topic.

And just like that, in the blink of an eye, my other site is no longer listed for that search term. And the traffic immediately died off. Google has indeed become unreliable. Even so, it shows how important it is to get good rankings for popular terms.

**G_Man** · 11-25-2006, 08:26 PM

Well, then more on topic, let me ask you this.

What do you think is the problem? Google's database just becoming too large developing some instability? Or too many site to be indexed causing problems with its own algorythm for searches?

Has Google issued any releases saying they are having problems?

**Code Monkey** · 11-25-2006, 08:48 PM

No, I think they are just experimenting with new algorithms with no regard to the effect it has on real live people who make their living or have their fun on the net.

**Code Monkey** · 11-25-2006, 09:22 PM

And G_Man, you need this Google Analytics

**ohiosweetheart** · 11-25-2006, 10:50 PM

google is broke, no doubt about it