1. I don't know for sure, but I believe the general increase in traffic is from ahunte1's efforts to improve traffic by posting game previews on the front page, increasing Twitter activity, and submitting articles for Google spidering. 2. The traffic spike the other day was not reflected on Google analytics or in ad views. The traffic that day was around 3000 page views, and an average game day is around 5000. I think it's bots. 3. Thanks to ahunte1's efforts to increase traffic, the site had a slight boost in income from December, January, and February. As a result, I started a $50 ad buy today on Google during Arch Madness just to see if it would have any results. Part of it is to see firsthand if online ads might help activate alumni or fans for season ticket sales or game attendance. But sadly, the only result I've seen so far is a slight spike in sarcasm from current users.
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