Wed
Jan
27
Google hates Survey.io - 32% drop in SE traffic
So I’ve been reading Venture Hacks lately, and there was a post about how you can use surveys to find out what your users think. Good idea right?
So I install the Survey.io javascript snippet…and sit back and relax.
And BOOM, my Google traffic takes a huge hit. 32% drop in traffic overnight(went down from 531 to 364) just from installing a little widget.
Granted my traffic is pretty small right now, so it could have just been a spike, but it’s a pretty big coincidence that my traffic took a dip while the widget was installed, and recovered as soon as I took it off.
Update: Hiten(@hnshah - the guy behind survey.io and KISSmetrics) has modified the code(removed Google Analytics from the embed) so it should be fixed now.
