No IE7 -> IE6 downgrade for XP SP3 installers

[Drewbert]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2302371,00.asp

"Meanwhile, Microsoft reported this week that users who install XP SP3 will not be able to downgrade from Internet Explorer 7 to IE6."

Which was nice.

[gammascalper]

I'm seeing 5x traffic to parked Japanese domains on Monday and Tuesday, curiously around the time SP3 was made available in the Northern hemisphere. Anyone seeing the same thing?

CTR plummeted so it could be just another rogue bot making the rounds, so I'm not getting excited yet.

[thefabfive]

I'm seeing traffic spikes across multiple languages in the past couple of days, but no spike in corresponding clicks.

Just another bot taking inventory.

[phio]

I'm actually getting clicks on some domains that have never been clicked....
Pageviews has increased significantly. Not sure, but something is up...do bots click?

[gammascalper]

Thanks tff. Bummer. Too many smilies to choose from lol.

[gammascalper]

Originally Posted by phio

I'm actually getting clicks on some domains that have never been clicked....
Pageviews has increased significantly. Not sure, but something is up...do bots click?

Malicious bots may, but the garden variety seem to have another purpose and just record views.

I'm getting views on domains that never get viewed, but CTR decreased more or less proportionately.

[thefabfive]

Originally Posted by phio

I'm actually getting clicks on some domains that have never been clicked....
Pageviews has increased significantly. Not sure, but something is up...do bots click?

Sometimes, but usually not.

When gauging traffic I track the clicks and not the views. And I haven't seen a significant increase in clicks recently. Makes me believe this is just a bot. Indexing can affect these numbers in a big way, though.

[mj]

Big increase recently in views and clicks on latins. No change on asians. But then again, my asians suck.

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[tee1]

Originally Posted by thefabfive

Makes me believe this is just a bot. Indexing can affect these numbers in a big way, though.

I agree, almost 100% of my Japanese .coms got at least 1 view in each of the past couple of days. no increase in clicks (: btw activity seems to have settled down for me today.

[touchring]

Spike past 3 days, but mostly bots i think, as they don't click just as much. Increase is seen for Japanese and Chinese as well.