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Whats the point of buying traffic?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by mrdeflation, Jan 24, 2010.

  1. #1
    I mean directly from people on DP selling "uniques" or USA traffic...


    I cant see the point unless you are trying to sell your website/blog and want to make the analytics look good, bump the visitor/pageview stats.


    Its not targeted traffic and its not permanent, so what is the point?

    :confused::confused:
     
    mrdeflation, Jan 24, 2010 IP
  2. winners

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    For fllipping site maybe..
     
    winners, Jan 24, 2010 IP
  3. argon

    argon Peon

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    #3
    I would probably agree that there is not much point to buying traffic of any kind unless you are trying to inflate your visitors for some reason.

    Legitimate traffic generation is the best, but takes time.

    The only reason that some may consider buying traffic is just to get an initial interest, but generally I would not expect very good responses.
     
    argon, Jan 24, 2010 IP
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    Mainostoimisto Peon

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    I would´t buy traffic unless it gives me traffic that my website can really use.
     
    Mainostoimisto, Jan 24, 2010 IP
  5. mentos

    mentos Prominent Member

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    The buyer buy it to hope that auto surf people will sticky coming back to their site if they found out their site have strong content.
     
    mentos, Jan 24, 2010 IP
  6. mrthe9th

    mrthe9th Well-Known Member

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    I think buying links from high pagerank website other than to bring traffic as well to increase pagerank and appears in the top ten Google SE. And traffic coming from google is usually more valuable:)
     
    mrthe9th, Jan 24, 2010 IP
  7. purpleman

    purpleman Peon

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    Buying traffic is a waste of resources for 99% of sites. Some very unique sites may benefit from this type of traffic...I can't really think of any though.
     
    purpleman, Jan 24, 2010 IP
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    nobodyhatesme Peon

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    I have tried to buy bulk traffic before and it doesn't result in any sale although I get thousands of visitors, so I guess it's only good if you want just unique hits to your site.
     
    nobodyhatesme, Jan 25, 2010 IP
  9. Liszt

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    #9
    Perhaps in order to fake.
     
    Liszt, Jan 25, 2010 IP
  10. Sonerach

    Sonerach Peon

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    What if you freelance to a website and get paid per hits to your article's page ?
     
    Sonerach, Jan 25, 2010 IP
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    benjaminp Notable Member

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    They would probably notice the referrer
     
    benjaminp, Jan 26, 2010 IP
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    Janus410 Peon

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    Flipping, Blackhat, Boredom. That's all I can think of.
     
    Janus410, Jan 26, 2010 IP
  13. winthewinter

    winthewinter Peon

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    #13
    try using the traffic exchange
     
    winthewinter, Jan 26, 2010 IP
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    It could be permeate you never know :) (Until they sign up haha)
     
    chimpysmith, Jan 26, 2010 IP
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    NO one using Auto Surfs (apart from the total newbie) look at the sites on Auto surfs. so your theory is out the window.

    Personally I will not waste money on buying visitors or email addresses - they are both a total waste of time and money.

    You would get more use out of your money burning it to keep you warm.
     
    lcwadminbj, Jan 26, 2010 IP
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  16. DavieVegas

    DavieVegas Greenhorn

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    #16
    Depends on the site..Sites sometimes buy to grow there site. They buy to increase bookmarkers. No one buys traffic from niches that have nothing to do with there sites. That is plain stupid.
     
    DavieVegas, Jan 26, 2010 IP
  17. cabal1013

    cabal1013 Peon

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    there are some people might buy traffic to pump up the traffic for a month, and resell the website for a higher price
     
    cabal1013, Jan 26, 2010 IP
  18. sexyme

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    i guess.. it's very simple, you'll earn money (if u promoting cpa or aff link) from ur traffic. some people said if u can generate 1k unique visitor to ur cpa link, there will be 1% chance to get sales or lead.
     
    sexyme, Jan 27, 2010 IP
  19. TimothyJohn

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    only buy traffic if there is potential for sales/profit, otherwise it is quite pointless other then adding to the PR of your website. Pay for 6 billion visitors you would get ranked pretty high haha
     
    TimothyJohn, Jan 27, 2010 IP