Sudden decrease in my Blog Traffic

Hello Abhay, please remove the link to your blog first. We can always navigate to your blog via your IB profile page.

Regarding the data, I don't think you need to worry a lot due to that change in the traffic pattern an a day to day basis. If this had been a case over a period of time, it would have been some thing to worry, but, I don't think there's a need to worry about the daily page views too much. This is perfectly normal, so, you don't need to worry a lot on that. I have a more than 7 months old blog that, on some days registers only 5-10 visits, and even lower on some days, so, no worries. Keep up the good work and you'll see the traffic back to normal again.

Thanks for your reply, CyberKID.

I have removed the links already. I agree that there are going to be variable traffic and one shouldn't be too concerned about it.

Btw, What I wanted to also understand Is Could this be one of the the reasons for decrease in number of hits? In other words, Do Google penalise if we promote other public links from blogposts or submit/register the blog links in other forums?

Thanks

Hey Abhay your blog is not at all indexed by either google or bing so you have no visitors other then your friends.  Have you signed up and submitted sitemaps in Google Webmaster tools 

Hi Vijay.

Yes, I have submitted the sitemaps in both Google and Bing.

GWT shows '7 URLs indexed' under sitemap.

However, 'Total indexed' field under 'Index Status' shows 0.

I also have fetch status  showing as successful on Fetch as Google page - 'URL and linked pages submitted to Index'

Bing also shows the sitemap as success.

Is there anything else I need to do, something I am missing still?

I fail to see any reason for Google not indexing your blog Atleast the primary page should be indexed which is not being done 

You can sign up here > https://www.attracta.com/signup/?cob*****d=6 submit your sitemaps and test whether you have been penalized 

Unless ofcourse you have disabled the search option in the blogger settings or put a robots.txt files which doesnt let search engines track you.  Kindly check on those

Can Hummingbird update be the culprit here?

PS: I know that this latest update is for organic content and not for random keywords inserted, and so I didn't think it would impact any personal blog.

Which explains why! Google is yet to fully index your blog, and you will need to continue pumping in more content and keep it updated. 

First, authorize Google+ authorship - this gives added weightage, where Google confirms that the posts are written by an verified author who exists. For example, check this link and you will see my blog link with my G+ picture below. 

Second, approach as many blogs as possible and give your geniune comments - read and comment, dont just comment "nice blog, visit mine" types.. 

Third, look http://www.google.com/zeitgeist/ for what people search for and the popular keywords.. then work to create content that fits and give it time. It takes time to build up the network and networth in Google terms. This way you can improve your search performance. 

Keep adding more content and wait for sometime. Traffic will pick up automatically. Also, don't link to unrelated sites/pages. 

@Indianomics - SDTT confirms the authorship, although my profile pic is not getting displayed which is some other issue. (have already complained abt it in product forum)

The reason I started this thread is I was getting my blog listed in the search result (without my pic:)) couple of days back and now I am not.

@Vijay - Thanks. Checked in attracta, site is not being blocked by Google.

My blog is less than a month old. I guess, as you all have pointed out I need to keep on adding more content and wait and watch.

Thank you all for your valuable feedback.

Yes, set to exactly what you have mentioned.