Direct is taking over my SEO traffic in Mobile iOS and Android Devices

[LNEseo]

WIth all the buzz of mobile has anyone taken a look to dig into the SEO traffic by device (desktop vs mobile). Well I did and surprising my desktop trend was not even close to mobile traffic. Surprising to know that due to the security updates in iSO and Android organic traffic (traffic with out tracking codes) is getting bucket into Direct. (Yes we all know Direct traffic is dirty dirty label traffic that analytics platforms can identify.)http://www.rimmkaufman.com/blog/estimating-google-organic-search-visits-hidden-by-ios-6/17122012/http://www.definemg.com/recover-your-android-4-and-ios-search-traffic/ Feels like SEO is receiving no love... didn't we have enough with Google encryption, we didn't get the keyword but at least got the referral! Have you notice in your traffic and what are you doing about it?

[TopFloor]

Greetings Patricia,

I've also seen this trend.  Many of the sites that I and my team members work on have experienced upticks on direct traffic while organic traffic has dropped. This has been unfortunate, but it hasn't been a significant amount,  perhaps 1%.  I did some research this week on several clients (and removed any info about the clients); I'd be happy to share it with you.  Feel free to reach out directly to me evallee@topfloortech.com.

Eric

[LNEseo]

Thanks for your feedback Eric.

Yes I wont be surprise the percent of mobile affected traffic depends by industry and website type as we been affect by 5-8% drop SEO traffic going to Direct. I was actually interested in opening the conversation on how SEOs are dealing with this matter when reporting SEO performance metrics or any alternatives to go around.

-Patri