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Twitter Traffic?

Discussion in 'Twitter' started by Ascendancy, Jun 10, 2008.

  1. #1
    Is Twitter traffic something that could be reliable? Along with this, would people pay to have their web links posted on a Twitter account with tons of followers?
     
    Ascendancy, Jun 10, 2008 IP
  2. italiancalcio

    italiancalcio Peon

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    #2
    If someone had say 30,000 followers, then yea it be might be worth it ... but in general, twitter is rubbish traffic ... i added around 4000 people to my twitter account and it had like a 80% bounce rate
     
    italiancalcio, Jun 10, 2008 IP
  3. Ascendancy

    Ascendancy Active Member

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    #3
    Well that same principle applies to MySpace friends as well, I wouldn't expect 4000 to be enough to get substantial gains.
     
    Ascendancy, Jun 10, 2008 IP
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    Darkness Peon

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    #4
    If you don't have thousands of friend no, and if you add lots of friends like people do elsewhere you'll be blocked as a spammer.
     
    Darkness, Jun 10, 2008 IP
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    topgogogo Banned

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    #5
    I also think twitter traffic has high bounce rate,
    there is a twitter friend adder (from: http://www.livelybrowser.com/topsiteslist/ ),
    I use it to add more than 30,000 friends, and get more than 1000 traffic in one day,
    however, the bounce rate is at about 85%. :mad:
     
    topgogogo, Jun 12, 2008 IP
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    Lethal7 Active Member

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    #6
    iv gotten around 100 visitors from twitter. Its not worth the hassle
     
    Lethal7, Jun 12, 2008 IP
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    Darkness Peon

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    #7
    And then your account was blocked for spamming :p
     
    Darkness, Jun 12, 2008 IP
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    italiancalcio Peon

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    #8
    i suggest you use facebook ... it may take a little longer to add people ... but you can get great targeted traffic
     
    italiancalcio, Jun 12, 2008 IP
  9. Brandon Sheley

    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    #9
    I've tried to use twitter, but never to get traffic
     
    Brandon Sheley, Jun 12, 2008 IP
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    #10
    I have 149 twitter followers, 400 updates.

    Twitter accounts for 8.35% of my traffic. It has 159.47% the average time spent on site, 102.84% the average pages per visit, and a bounce rate of 25.64%.

    But I only rarely tweet a link to my site; the majority come to my twitter profile page and follow the link to my site, which indicates qualified interest.

    I agree with the previous posters that twitter isn't "worth it" if your goal is to drive traffic. Twitter is just another way to socialize with people, so unless you intend on having a conversation there, you won't find much use from it. Other benefits are peripheral.
     
    joshklein, Jun 12, 2008 IP
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    #11
    another way to promote ur site for freeeeeeeeeeeeee
     
    bloggersmosaic, Jun 12, 2008 IP
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    MarketLeverage Peon

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    #12
    If you have untargeted people following you on Twitter, your bounce rate is going to be high. Only follow people that you would want to follow you. That way you have the same interest and people will click through to your site and not leave quickly.
     
    MarketLeverage, Jun 12, 2008 IP
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    ianternet Well-Known Member

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    #13
    I have had good return on my twitter traffic, it seems they follow me because they want to learn more or want to know what I am up to. but my analytics show good return on my twitter traffic.
     
    ianternet, Jun 12, 2008 IP
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    topgogogo Banned

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    #14
    No, my account wasn't blocked, however, I found I can't post new updates sometime. So I create another account, and restart everything. :D
     
    topgogogo, Jun 12, 2008 IP
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    redz Well-Known Member

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    #15
    Twitter traffic does not seem worth it to me, I use them myself and don't get any traffic from it.
     
    redz, Jun 12, 2008 IP
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    my account was blocked :D
     
    music1989, Jun 12, 2008 IP
  17. topgogogo

    topgogogo Banned

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    #17
    How do you know your account is blocked?
    Have your received any email notification?
    After been blocked, can't you do anything? :confused:
     
    topgogogo, Jun 13, 2008 IP
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    sar420 Notable Member

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    #18
    Trying to get targeted traffic from twitter is like getting to the center of the earth for warmth. Not worth it.
     
    sar420, Jun 13, 2008 IP
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    topgogogo Banned

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    #19
    I can't quite agree with you. At least, it can improve your alexa ranking, I think.
     
    topgogogo, Jun 13, 2008 IP
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    #20
    Its always going bounce.
     
    shorif, Mar 1, 2012 IP