Impact is an automatic estimate of how much a story is likely to
affect one website, weighing who published it, whether Google has
confirmed a ranking change, how many outlets ran it, and whether
the wording implies work on your site. It reads headlines, not
your analytics — treat it as triage, not a verdict.
This is a guest post by Jude Nwachukwu Onyejekwe. He is a prolific content creator, and he curates the DumbData portal, which is full of great, free resources for measurement enthusiasts. In this…