Declining Hits to Website – I Hate March!

So, March was a pretty rough month for me… my traffic went down on all of my sites!  However, many people say that is extremely common and I know they are right.  Looking back into my past years, March has always been a slower month.  On the plus side, things should pick back up this month!

This is a thank you post to those that send me the most website visitors each month!

So, without further ado…

Thanks a million to my TOP Five blog referrals!

I received referral visits from 291 sources during last month! (This is up from last month’s 288 even if my traffic was down.)

1. Crystal and Company sent me 6,581 (This is about 3,000 less than last month!  She was having site difficult all March and that, as you can see, hurt me as well!)

2. Org Junkie sent me 152 (This is about 100 down!)

3. Southern Mom Cooks sent me 130 (decided to include me this time – this is from my weekly linkies)

4. Susie QT Pies Café sent me 108 (not on the list last time – Yay, Susie!)

5. Deal Seeking Mom sent me 86 (Down from 144 the previous month)

I also want to note that:

  • Pinterest sent me 8,427 (This is so far down from last month’s 22,082!!  Because I didn’t have any good posts go viral this time.  However, I am hoping to change that in April!)
  • Twitter sent me 12 (Also down)
  • FaceBook sent me 165 (Only a little down from the previous month’s 171)
  • Stumble Upon 32 (Way down from the previous 81)
  • Google sent me 2,550 (up from 1950 – so at least I have one thing right. Smile)

Want to find out where others are getting their hits to website?

If you want to play along, please leave a direct link to your top five referrals post in the comments section.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Go into your tracking service (I use Google Analytics) and set the time period for the previous 30 days.
  2. Find the sites that have referred readers to you and put them in order from most sends to lowest. (I only do blogs and small businesses, not big sites!)
  3. Write a post (like this one) listing your top 5 referrers.

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Where My Website Visitors Came From in February!

With almost 100,000 page views in February, this was by far my biggest month of traffic ever on the deals site!  Why?  A couple posts went viral on Pinterest and sent bunches of people pouring in!

The 24 Valentine’s Day Activities post was by far my most popular post in February with 21,879 visitors to it!

This is a thank you post to those that send me the most website visitors each month!

So, without further ado…

Thanks a million to my TOP Five blog referrals!

I received referral visits from 288 sources during last month! (This is down quite a bit from last month’s 321 sources but since I have WAY more traffic, I am not complaining!

1. Crystal and Company sent me 9,149 this is due a post that went viral on Pinterest over a year ago and continues to get Pinterest Traffic to this day!  I also link up to her Wednesday Mommy Resources linky

2. Money Saving Mom sent me 392 I link my drug store deals up at her site each Sunday

3. Organized Junkie sent me 226 I link my menu plan money posts here each week.

4. Deal Seeking Mom sent me 144 I link my drug store deals up at her site each Sunday

5. No Time for Flashcards sent me 75 This is where I link my homeschooling posts each week.

I also want to note that:

  • Pinterest sent me 22,082 this is MASSIVELY up from last month’s 7,245 visitors!
  • Twitter sent me 29 (plus 81 from Twitterfeed) this is down tons but that is because I have been concentrating very hard on pinterest.
  • FaceBook sent me 171 (up from last month’s 109)
  • Stumble Upon 81 (up from last month’s 22)
  • Google sent me 1,950 (way down from last month’s 2256 but this is a shorter month and I didn’t concentrate so much on keywords this time.  I will remedy this for March)

Want to find out where others are getting their hits to website?

If you want to play along, please leave a direct link to your top five referrals post in the comments section.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Go into your tracking service (I use Google Analytics) and set the time period for the previous 30 days.
  2. Find the sites that have referred readers to you and put them in order from most sends to lowest. (I only do blogs and small businesses, not big sites!)
  3. Write a post (like this one) listing your top 5 referrers.

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Thanks to Those That Send Me The Most Traffic (January)

I have been reworking behind the scenes stuff on this site in following with Tip Junkie’s online course Mom Blog to Money Blog and really seeing a difference!

Crystal (Crystal and Company) and I will be starting a Google+ Live Hang Out chat on Tuesday mornings where we will discuss what we do and what works for us. We will be giving the listeners 1-3 tasks to be doing on their blogs to improve!

Crystal and I have done tons of trial and error in our years of blogging (close to 6 for me) and continue to perform tests on our traffic on a regular basis. So, take about 25 minutes out of your schedule this coming Tuesday (10 am Central) and join us as we discuss growing our Twitter accounts and using them to send us traffic!

This is a thank you post to those that send me the most website visitors each month!

So, without further ado…

Thanks a million to my TOP Five blog referrals!

I received referral visits from 321 sources during last month! This is up from the previous month’s 223 sources!

1. Crystal and Company sent me 10,399 – this is up from the 7,479 last month even though her site was down for a few days!  She wrote a post a year or so ago about saving money and linked to me within that.  That post went viral and she has been sending me mage traffic ever since.

2. Money Saving Mom sent me 139 down from last month’s 293 because #1 I am not doing Food World Match ups anymore and #2 I haven’t linked up my drug sore deals regularly like I should.  However, I plan to get back to doing that this month.

3. Skip to My Lou sent me 96 – Up majorly from last month’s 46!  Woot! This is a regular linky that I link my homeschooling posts to

4. We Are That Family sent me 85 – again with the linky.  They didn’t even make the top 5 last month! So glad to see this on here.

5. Deal Seeking Mom sent me 69 – I link my drug store match ups on her weekly linky.

I also want to note that:

  • Pinterest sent me 7,245 – way up from last month’s 2,443
  • Twitter sent me 98 (plus 165 from twitterfeed) WAY up from December’s 37
  • FaceBook sent me 109 – This to is up from last month’s 28 visitors.  In the upcoming Google+ hangouts we will be talking about how you can deal with Facebook’s new (and ever changing) rules and how I am getting my traffic back up from it.
  • Stumble Upon sent me 22 – This one is up from 13, but not as high as I think it should be.
  • Google sent me 2,556 – This is CRAZY higher!  I have been really reworking some of my posts and concentrating on keywords.

Want to find out where others are getting their hits to website?

If you want to play along, please leave a direct link to your top five referrals post in the comments section.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Go into your tracking service (I use Google Analytics) and set the time period for the previous 30 days.
  2. Find the sites that have referred readers to you and put them in order from most sends to lowest. (I only do blogs and small businesses, not big sites!)
  3. Write a post (like this one) listing your top 5 referrers.

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Thank You: Website Visitors Referrals (Dec 2012)

Yes, it is back!  I find that I don’t know where to put my ad dollars and time without doing this post.  Last year was so crazy and I can’t work that way.  So, I am doing my top referrers again and thanking them!

This is a thank you post to those that send me the most website visitors each month!

So, without further ado…

Thanks a million to my TOP Five blog referrals!

I received referral visits from 223 sources during last month!

1. Crystal and Company – 7,479 (she linked to me on a page that has gone viral a few times!)

2. Money Saving Mom – 293

3. Texas Cottage Blog – 212

4. Org Junkie – 79

5. Skip to My Lou – 46

I also want to note that:

    • Pinterest sent me 2,443
    • Twitter sent me 37
    • FaceBook sent me 28
    • Stumble Upon 13
    • Google sent me 150

Want to find out where others are getting their hits to website?

If you want to play along, please leave a direct link to your top five referrals post in the comments section.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Go into your tracking service (I use Google Analytics) and set the time period for the previous 30 days.
  2. Find the sites that have referred readers to you and put them in order from most sends to lowest. (I only do blogs and small businesses, not big sites!)
  3. Write a post (like this one) listing your top 5 referrers.

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Blogger Appreciation Day: December 2011 Power of Pinterest

Crystal and Company had a post go viral last month due to Pinterest. Lucky for me, that post linked to my site. So, I collected a good portion of her amazing traffic. Just wait until you see exactly how much traffic I got from her! Ahh, the power of Pinterest!

Thanks a million to my TOP TEN blog referrals!

I received referral visits from 180 sources during last month! I also want to note that Pinterest sent me 304 (Pinterest Mobile sent 16). Twitter sent me 52 and FaceBook sent me 54 (Facebook Mobile sent 6) for those that are curious.

1. Crystal and Company sent me 4,052 viewers!  Yes, that is correct, no I didn’t accidently add numbers. Smile

2. Money Saving Mom sent me 850

3. Kingdom First Mom sent me 574

4. Deal Seeking Mom sent me 376

5. Org Junkie sent me 309

6. Skip to My Lou sent me 144

7. We are THAT Family sent me 129

8. Tip Junkie sent me 87

9. Free Pretty Things for You sent me 70

10. ABC and 123 Learning sent me 40

To play along with us, be sure to visit 3 Boys and a Dog Blogger Appreciation Day posts and you can link up your thanks!

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