lost 400-500 steady Chinese visitors overnight

[woopwoop]

A whileback I was trying to figure out how to monetise 400-500 Chinese visitors (which were approx 2/3 of one of my site's traffic) this traffic was consistent everyday this amount from China.

Google Analytics is now showing me that I have lost all of this traffic for the last 7 days and I don't have a clue why! Does anyone have any ideas?

The traffic was labeled as "(direct)" in analytics which I'm assuming is from type ins but I have no idea why Chinese would be directly typing this site in (one of my student sites)

I also see that I have lost the traffic that was labeled as having source "zhidao.baidu.com" which I guess is a Chinese portal/search engine.

How can I lose the direct and portal/search engine traffic.

The only thing that makes sense is censorship or my site has been blacklisted behind a country firewall or something. Search engine re-indexing would only account for a tiny % if (direct) does mean type ins in analytics.

It's strange in the first place because like I said I have no idea why I was getting this traffic also

Has anyone else noticed anything strange happening with traffic through analytics, especially the last 7 days from china

 

[uglygit]

Woop,

What's the student site called? I have noticed anything strange from china (don't get much from there).

 

[retired_member3]

Chinese students? perhaps they were run over by tanks?

 

[woopwoop]

What's the student site called? I have noticed anything strange from china (don't get much from there).

I can't list it just yet - am in talks to sell (although this might change things - maybe not!)

Chinese students? perhaps they were run over by tanks?

hammer I must be missing something, what are you talking about?

 

[uglygit]

I think hammers refering to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Where a lone student stood in front of several oncoming tanks.

 

[scooter]

and was later executed for it.

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[uglygit]

and was later executed for it.

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booling eck, did'nt know that , I thought he was pulled into the crowd out of harms way.

 

[scooter]

I stand corrected. He is "presumed" executed as he has not been seen or heard of since.

Going by what others received, I think it is a safe bet.

Three students that threw eggs at a mural were given 20,19 and 16 years! :shock:


You should read this. Quite startling.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Tiananmen/Story/0,2763,206052,00.html

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