November Update (Traffic & Activity)

Traffic

We published 76 posts and 1 podcast (Bangladesh) this month.

Traffic fell from ~55–65k (Sept–Oct) to ~33k in November.

However, comment activity remained strong at 819 comments (~27/day).

Top Posts by Comments

1. Red Fort Attack — Manav S. (106)

2. Open Thread 28 — XTM (57)

3. Why Zia, Munir, Ayub, and Even Modi, Are Jinnah’s Children — XTM (54)

4. Zia-Era Pakistan & Today’s India — XTM (53)

5. Authors, Please Don’t Post Against Each Other — Omar (48)

6. Partition of Elites — XTM (45)

Search Trends (Organic)

These terms continue to drive our inbound traffic and will guide future posts:

• “is hinduism pagan”

• “aryan indians”

• “genghis khan book”

• “brahmin last names”

• “pakistani hindu”

• “paatal lok review”

• “noorie abbas” / “yahya khan” / “sam manekshaw”

Top Evergreen Pages (India)

These legacy posts dominate our organic reach:

• Noorie Abbas (22% of India traffic)

• Dr Hamid Hussain Archive

• Five Great Brahmin Castes

• Brigadier F.B. Ali / Yahya Khan

• Paatal Lok Review

These will be refreshed and wrapped up during December to protect search ranking and improve CTR.

Next Steps

• Stabilise comment activity

• Refresh evergreen posts for SEO and clarity

• Maintain consistent posting across authors

• Continue surfacing strong archive material through recategorisation