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In the same window, Prometheus’s Sitemap removed 26 pages, mostly under /blog. The timing overlaps — worth a closer look.
Monthly visit estimates · 2026-05 — 2026-09 · DR 87, flat
Sep 2026
238.2K↓ 12%
Monthly visits split by channel share: Prometheus lost 33.3K visits from Aug to Sep, with organic search contributing 51%.
| Channel | Jul | Aug | Sep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 306.3K | 271.5K | 238.2K |
| Organic search | 151.7K | 122.8K | 105.9K |
| Direct | 101.5K | 100.5K | 89.7K |
| Referrals | 38.9K | 37.8K | 32.6K |
| Organic social | 6.4K | 5.1K | 4.2K |
| 802 | 1.1K | 2K | |
| Paid search | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paid social | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Channel | Change barAug → Sep | Change | Share of change | Current share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organic search | −16.9K | 51% | 44.4% ↓0.8pp | |
| Direct | −10.8K | 32% | 37.6% ↑0.6pp | |
| Referrals | −5.2K | 16% | 13.7% ↓0.2pp | |
| 4 other channels | −96 | 0.3% | 2.6% ↑0.3pp |
Prometheus’s acquisition moves across pages, search terms and AI referrals, each with its data source.
Pages listed in the Sitemap shrank 9.6% over 21 days, from 271 listed URLs to 245 listed URLs.
/blog+1Borrow: Prometheus is pruning pages; watch whether organic search weakens next.
Non-brand terms are traffic anyone can compete for; higher CPC means higher commercial value.
| Keyword | Traffic | CPC | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| prometheusBrand | 33.4K | $1.58 | 1 |
| prometheus monitoringUnclassified | 1.9K | $3.98 | 2 |
| grafanaNon-brand | 900 | $0.73 | 3 |
| prometheus softwareBrand | 840 | $3.63 | 4 |
| alertmanagerNon-brand | 520 | $8.31 | 5 |
Borrow: Search traffic is mostly branded, riding existing awareness; the non-brand needs it does not cover are open to you.
1.3K visits from AI assistants (previous month 798), 0.5% of all traffic.
Borrow: No need to follow yet; watch whether it scales next month.
Above is what we observe automatically. The reconstruction starts from these moments, searches launches, community threads, directory listings and backlinks from the same period, fills in what Prometheus did at each step, and gives you a sequence to follow.
Prometheus's public Sitemap now lists 26 fewer URLs
Observed · SitemapWhere it launched and who discussed it
Product Hunt, Reddit, X, directoriesWhich channels produced new backlinks
Ordered by first seenA launch sequence you can follow
Exportable action listSep 2026 · Engineering and DevOps
| Product | Monthly visits | DR | MoM |
|---|---|---|---|
| PrometheusThis product | 238.2K | 87 | -12.3% |
| LangChainSame market | 3.2M | 87 | +7.2% |
| ZeaburSame market | 327.7K | 72 | -11.6% |
| NaiveSame market | 38.9K | 31 | -25.5% |
Each product uses its latest observed month; different months are not a same-period ranking.
Know the next time Prometheus ships pages in bulk
We diff its Sitemap, backlinks and traffic daily and alert you only on real changes.
Method: visits and channel shares are third-party monthly estimates; channel change = monthly visits × channel share, month over month; site actions and traffic are shown by timing only, not as cause and effect.
