AffiliateObsession.com » Traffic http://www.affiliateobsession.com Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:35:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Reason You Don’t Pay for Traffic http://www.affiliateobsession.com/marketing/the-reason-you-dont-pay-for-traffic/ http://www.affiliateobsession.com/marketing/the-reason-you-dont-pay-for-traffic/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:08:33 +0000 John http://www.affiliateobsession.com/?p=1174 I was reading this months issue of Entrepreneur magazine and Econnect Thread of the Month was about outsourcing projects and what people that have regretted it.  Most of the people that answered were typical responses of outsourcing data or design projects that turned sour.  The one that stood out to me was a person who claimed that he paid $410 for traffic to his site and he only made $0.41 from said traffic.

So, What’s the Problem?

Do you see the issue with this guys complaint?  For some reason, Mr. Chan thought that he could pay to get traffic TO his site AND click on ads.  By now, I am sure you see the issue here.  All of us want to make some extra money, especially online.  There are experts that have made it look so easy and there are rotten folks that lead people down the wrong paths.  The issue with Mr. Chans “dream” was that most of the time you are paying for traffic that isn’t targeted to ANYTHING.  Click through website users are all about one thing, their own websites.

Most likely these services are a traffic exchange program and the users on the site are given credits after viewing sites for a certain amount of time.  Then with those credits they can buy themselves crappy traffic that won’t do them any good.

What Site Did He Pay All This Money To?

The website that Mr. Chan used was www.engineseeker.com.  I have never heard of this site and naturally wanted to go check it out to see what type of website he was dealing with right from the “get-go”.  At first glance, I actually like the way the site is setup.  Straight to the point and all the information is right in front of you to see.

I don’t think that I would ever use a service to pay for traffic, ONLY because I have been learning my way through Adwords and other sites like Facebook and Myspace for advertising.  But with some of the features of EngineSeeker.com I would certainly keep them in mind for any large projects I might need traffic for.

What Do You Get for Your Money?

24/7 access to tools that include:

  • Traffic Stats
  • SEO
  • Inbound link report
  • Metatag optimization
  • Competition analyzer
  • Related link directories
  • Crawler optimization
  • Doorway pages

What The Hell Do I Think?

Well, I have two things going through my head right now.  Either Mr. Chan is BRAND new at the traffic game (most likely) OR (and it’s a big OR) Mr. Chan owns the site and used the magazine to promote it.  The second idea is pretty damn smart on his part.  Of course, he didn’t use a positive testimonial, BUT those that know you aren’t going to make crap from traffic like that understand the testimonial isn’t actually a bad one.

]]> http://www.affiliateobsession.com/marketing/the-reason-you-dont-pay-for-traffic/feed/ 0 How To Get Initial Traffic http://www.affiliateobsession.com/traffic/how-to-get-initial-traffic/ http://www.affiliateobsession.com/traffic/how-to-get-initial-traffic/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:47:32 +0000 John http://www.sukosaki.info/blogs/how-to-get-initial-traffic/ traffic-jam.jpgStarting a blog can be super fun and exciting, but how do you get people to notice it?  How do you get your first traffic?  We know that Google and the other search engines will eventually crawl your blog and index a page or two, but in the meantime I would like to talk about a couple of things you can do while you wait.

Submit to directories

Find directories in your niche, if you have one, and submit your URL.  If available, do NOT forget to write up a nice description of what other users will find there.  Use some keywords that work for your blog and make sure you don’t ramble on and on…

Use Forum Signatures

Don’t forget about using the signature file for the forums that you participate in.  That is one of the easiest ways to get a link back (no-follow or not) to your blog and when you post relevant information on the forums, people will start to notice the links in the signature.  Don’t get all cute and obtrusive though, just a simple text link will do.

Optimize

There are a couple of plugins available for Wordpress blogs, to help you with optimization for search traffic.  This will take some work and a little bit of research, but in the long run will help you out the most.  You want as much traffic from search as you can get, otherwise you might be paying for traffic to get any.

These are just a couple of things that you can do while you wait for a search engines to pick your blog up.  Don’t forget to create a robots.txt file, too.  That way the spiders know where they are going when they get to your blog.

Did I miss anything?

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As you can see from the image below, the steep mountain of traffic for a couple of days came from a well timed out Stumble.

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Obviously, I was quite excited and I really have never seen this much traffic at one time from SU.  So, I went to the website and checked the category this post was put into.  In this case, it was Consumer Info and because I had so many “stumbles” for that post, it was on the main page.  From there the traffic just soared.

The bad news, you can see how it fell back to normal in just about no time flat.  That is pretty bad in terms of gaining readership, but the initial spike is nice.  When you are about to get a post stumbled, always think about ways to monetize the traffic that will flow in.

In just over 2 days, that post saw over 12,000 views.  How did I monetize that traffic?  Well, at this moment I still am, so once it is all done I will take a look at the stats and report back for you. 

Have you ever had a successful stumble for your blog?

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So the easy, short version of getting noticed is reading other blogs and keeping an eye open for “Top Commenters” area.  Then you just find articles or posts that you have 2 cents for and leave it.  Eventually you will slide up the list and people should be clicking the link to your blog/website in no time.

Give it a try, it’s free and you will see successful results in short order, or your money back.  Oops.  Habit.

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What is ClickThru Cash?

  • Clickthru Cash is a proprietary currency which can be earned by using the ClickThru.com web site. 
  • ClickThru Cash can be traded for goods and services on ClickThru.com.
  • ClickThru cash does not correspond directly with any specific value of real currency and cannot be exchanged for real currency. 
  • ClickThru Cash has a 1:1 value ratio in exchange for ClickThru services. For example, $10 ClickThru Cash can be exchanged for $10 in services.

I have been using Clickthru.com for about 5 years now and I have always been happy ClickThru.com Network!with the type of traffic that comes from the site.  It’s almost always targeted, you can set up the categories your site is shown, and if you set up offers or raffles, you can really clean house with the traffic.  Converting a 30 second user into a sale isn’t really that hard.  Put some time into the page you are advertising and let then see what they are searching for.

For example, I can set up an offer that allows users to get paid CT if they complete a task on my site.  Maybe it’s as simple as signing up for email updates.  I will pay .20 CT for each person that signs up.  Now I have their email address and they have my .20 CT plus updates and the possibility of becoming a return customer at my site.

]]> http://www.affiliateobsession.com/websites/use-clickthrucom-to-get-some-traffic/feed/ 2 How To Use Google Trends to Get Traffic http://www.affiliateobsession.com/blogs/how-to-use-google-trends-to-get-traffic/ http://www.affiliateobsession.com/blogs/how-to-use-google-trends-to-get-traffic/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 03:04:56 +0000 John http://www.sukosaki.info/blogs/how-to-use-google-trends-to-get-traffic/ Have you ever looked at trends.google.com?  The service that google.com provides can be quite useful if you are looking to get traffic from google.com to your blog.

First
Go to http://trends.google.com and see what the top 20 searches were for today.  The first thing you will see is a regular google.com search-lookin’ page and a list below it.  Those things listed are the current top searches for the day.  Click on the first one.

Second
The next page will show you a graph (showing the amount of searches for that term over the last month or so) and a list of places you can read about the keyword.  Take a long look at the list at the left of your screen.  Those are the keywords and if you click on one, it will graph it for you.  You will also see related articles listed under the graph.

Third
Find a term that strikes any sort of interest in you, proceed to your blog and write about this term.  You can name the term 2-3 times throughout your blog post.  If the keyword is something like “paris jailt ime” you will be able to use the term for awhile.  Be sure to pick terms related to your content otherwise you will be getting traffic, but it won’t be of any use to you.

Fourth
Publish your post and by the time google.com crawls your blog, the keyword should still be in the Top 20 or so.  Either way, you should start to see an increase in your google.com traffic.  Go ahead and try it.  I have done it on this blog and a couple of others.  I have seen results, but of course, it depends on the keyword.  Good Luck!

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If you run your own website or blog, you know that having traffic is really what keeps the whole “dream” alive. If you don’t have traffic, even one person a day, then what is your website there for? I have a couple of websites and blogs out there in “la-la” land. Some get traffic and some don’t, so today I am going to show you what I do to get some traffic.

I have used programs like clickthru.com to get traffic. It may not be the best targeted traffic, but I have seen sales on my consumer electronics website come from that site. The website gives you “clickthru cash” for visiting other websites. The system is old school and has been around for a bit, but I think enough of it to tell you about it here.

Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, is another thing. Page titles, descriptions and keywords will help Google.com and other search engines find your website or blog. If you Google and SEO term you will find a ton of information, even paid systems, to help you with this part of getting traffic.

You can join multiple directories, online communities or webrings. Just hit Google.com up with a search and there will be plenty for you to choose from. Online communities, also known as forums, are a great and easy way to get traffic to your site. You just put the address of your website or blog in your signature file (if allowed) and each time you post, your website address is right there for everyone to see. It can be targeted traffic as well, if you join a forum that is related to your topic. I joined the Technology Forum so that I could get traffic directed at my new technology blog, HiTechblogger.com.

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