Google+ Loses 3% Of Their Traffic In Just Seven Days

Posted: July 29, 2011

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The honeymoon stage for some users on Google+ appears to be coming to an end, the company’s new social network has watched as user usage declined by 3% to 1.79 million visits last week.

Time spent on the site also dropped by 10% from to 5 minutes and 15 seconds.

The site is still in limited beta testing and it should be noted that Experian Hitwise which recorded the sites numbers drop does not include international or mobile web traffic which could be adding to the sites overall visit use numbers.

Google+ debuted June 28 and quickly racked up 20 million users in a three week time period and now TechCrunch writer MG Siegler writes:

“There was a sense of excitement: Could this really be the next big social network?” while adding, “after initially checking it several times a day, I now load Google+ about twice a day, mainly to see if I’m missing anything. I rarely find that I am. I +1 a few things here and there, maybe leave a comment. But overall, the content feels fairly stale. The new car smell is wearing off. And it’s time for reality.” And that reality? “User retention is a bitch.”

It appears that Siegler’s sentiment is shared by many Google+ users, myself included.

Have you been using Google+ less than you did just several weeks prior?

Category: Technology
Tags : google, google plus
Posted: July 29, 2011

By James Johnson

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5 Archived Responses to “ Google+ Loses 3% Of Their Traffic In Just Seven Days ”

Jonny Lazer
Jul 29, 2011

What I'm not seeing mentioned in these articles about active user time dropping is familiarization and set up time being factored in. I have familiarized myself with G+ beta and set up my first circles. For me that was about an hour. Hitwise say an average fall of 35 seconds, which would account for my familiarization and set up time. I don't see how it can be interpreted as a loss of interest at such an early stage.
Alexander Thornade
Jul 29, 2011

I used much less Google + last week because I was on vacation. A lot of people is on vacation and I guess that`s the reason.
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Ed Gale
Jul 29, 2011

@Jonny Lazer: Familiarization and set-up time as you mention may be all well and good, but what about the actual NUMBERS. over 20 MILLION people joined Google+ in a 3 week period, yet Google+ only received 1.79 Million "hits" last week…
Tony Shepherd
Jul 30, 2011

Google needs to check out this.

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