Well, G&C was doing well, much better than last year until we encountered codename’s shenanigans.
With the google traffic a lot of the traffic from smaller engines also disappeared, so the effect is larger than assumed.
Still, we have the generic (type in and bookmark) traffic back almost instantly when these bad sites came down. And for some reason Yahoo decided to love us, although they just don’t have the google volume.
We’ll be running at better than half speed I estimate, until we recover in google which I assume will take two months.
Google removed the offending indexed sites that mirrored G&C completely from the index in short order by the way. 4 days after my complaint, and that included a weekend.
I am also talking to codename about making amends out of court versus a lawsuit. I wasn’t kidding! My lawyer would love to do it.
Anyway, to stay on topic, if it wasn’t for this G&C would have had a good average month overall.
Exactly which programs perform changes from month to month these days, with a couple of steady performers yet. I am very glad G&C carries such a variety, otherwise I think some months would be lousy and it would be like a rollercoaster.
This recent incident has affected my buy-back price in a positive way. Even more to think about now…