Why the Sudden Jump in my Traffic?

The Jewamongyou blog has been up since 2010. For most of its history, it’s had close to no traffic. This never bothered me, as I use this blog more to vent than anything else. It’s also important for me as a repository. Instead of re-typing various arguments and insights, I simply store them here and link to them as needed. It’s convenient.

Something changed in February of this year, and I just now noticed it; I don’t check my stats very often because, as stated, they’re not very important to me.

Upon further inspection, I noticed that all of a sudden I’m getting hits from search engines. Before February, I got virtually no hits from search engines. What changed?

I can’t find the post now, if there even was one, but a few years ago, The Mad Jewess and I compared notes about our Google search reach. We both reached the conclusion that Google was censoring both of us. We both took that as a compliment; it’s an honor to be considered “dangerous” by Google. However, this meant that very few people wandered our way via internet searches.

Now, all of a sudden, it’s different, at least for me. Mad Jewess, if you’re reading this, tell me if you’ve also noticed a change in your traffic.

What happened? My guess is that Google is afraid of the Trump administration, and this has led it to change its policies.