So the drop in Etsy search views started in April. And june was record low drops. I had so many days in june below 200 views from etsy search. A record number. I went years without going below 200 and then in june and july I was below 200 more than 10 times!
So here are the numbers for may thru july of 2014 compared to 2013:
2013 2014
Orders 155 182
Total Views 94,637 101,572
Etsy Search Views 27,807 19,766
Google Views (ads +) 6,750 4,005
Other 1,214 8,003
The Find 593 0
Bing 392 378
Wow. So I had more orders on 7,100 LESS views from Etsy search!!
That means my shop could have done SO MUCH BETTER.
My Google views for 2014 also count the hits from from my Google Adwords ads. Those are not all direct Google views.
Other views. So I GAINED thousands of Google views? Indirect Google views?
I got my Bing views back??
The Find views. WOW. I've lost so many in the past year.
So even with my orders and revenue slightly higher than last year it is still discouraging. I feel my shop has taken a big step back. That my shop has been hurt by Etsy changes. WITH MORE CHANGES TO COME.
If Etsy hadn't changed the listing page format, and Google not made their search changes, My vintage Etsy shop would be doing SO MUCH BETTER.
The future does not look good for my shop, I believe. Because of Etsy changes and more competition.
I believe my search views will continue to go down.
Just have to roll with it.
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