Is it true that if I get a lot of my traffic from digg.com then I could be banned? When I got dugg, I got a lot of traffic from digg.com. My pageload 17 x from normally. Is my site got "red flag" from google? Need help please.. Many thanks...
Bullshit. Morever, as long as the referrer info is valid you're in the clear. It's "direct visitors" that would be raising google's eyebrows IMO.
Why would direct visitors raise eyebrows? I've got a music fan site and community with 75% direct traffic because the same people return every day.
Relatively, because proxies & autoclickers don't pass referrer info Yes and they would be counted as returning visitors.
Don't think you'll get banned from Goog just for an increase, but from what i hear Digg traffic is very general and doesn't convert well...
I see no problem in doing that, has google actually written anything about it? if not then don't worry about it.
Most diggers either block ads or ignore them as they have seen them all before. Hardly any will click but the traffic is good especially if you got useful articles. And Google will only get suspicious if you suddenly get 5000 clicks one day if yesterday was only 50. The traffic doesn't matter it is the clicks google cares about because they don't pay you for your traffic
Should consider the website topic too I think...but I've got no idea how Google really sees different types of traffic. Take Myspace bulletin traffic for example, that's often said to be "low quality" and some say you can get banned for it. But if you've got a Myspace related website wouldn't bulletin traffic be among the most targeted traffic you could get?
You can't control who links to you or spams about you. As long as the spam doesn't originate from you, it's all cool.
As long as you can prove it, and it most cases you can't since Google won't disclose any information whatsoever about why you are being banned. They use the "quilty until proven innocent" policy.
You're right but digg traffic isn't "spammy" & if this is to be taken seriously then are we supposed to be afraid of growing our sites' traffic?
Well sometimes I wonder, since so many get banned after doing promotion and getting traffic spikes from some sources.
Nothing wrong with digg traffic, just don't expect them to generate ad revenue...I've had a CTR of around 0.05% from such traffic...