A U.S. holiday slows the pace of domain traffic over the weekend.
This past Friday to Monday was a U.S. holiday – Labor Day – and web traffic slowed as people travelled and cooked barbecue.
If you count on U.S. web surfers at work, this Monday was probably a no show for you. I find my domain income usually drops on weekends, and a three day weekend can have quite an impact. Of course that depends on the type of traffic you get. Labor Day is a major U.S. shopping day, so if your domains are related to big purchases (e.g. cars, beds, appliances) you may have actually seen a spike leading up to Labor Day. If your traffic is more global in nature you probably didn’t notice a dip.
DomainSponsor stats at TrafficClub weren’t updated over the weekend, probably because the folks at DS were taking a much needed vacation.
But summer is over and traffic should start inching up. Web traffic typically slows in the summer as people take vacations and school isn’t in session. The Independence Day holiday (July 4) in the U.S. is often considered the low point. With college students back in dorms and vacations drawing to a close, hopefully you’ll see your domain traffic increase as we head into the fall and get closer to the holidays.
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