Thanks to you both for checking and info. Reason I thought something was maybe 'up' was from earlier thread - Fluctuating rank for a single key word

I am using Google Analytics; am just trying to get to root of what may have happened. For traffic to have sunk to zero doesn't seem right - but because 'knife crime' content (news especially) seems to have soared in recent times, maybe the blog has been buried by that.

Because time is very limited just to able to write the odd post, I thought there might be an alternative explanation than using SEO techniques such as building links, buy a domain, add site map etc. I'm conscious this sounds a little lacksadaisacal, but this is an important issue and for traffic to ebb away like that just seems plain odd. But maybe not... would-be visitors could simply be on summer holidays!

let me know if you think / see anything else, thanking you...

- mark.