Hi, Just wanted to let you all know where NOT to buy traffic for your site. I just bought a campaign from TheTrafficStream.com, for 10 000 pop under impressions at $40. At the end of day one I have had just over 750 impressions, but guess what, not 1 click through from the landing page. This is not a new landing page, so on those types of number, I would have expected some click throughs based on past performance. So, I'm thinking that this is either an automated program just opening the URL to register impressions, or they place something like a 1x1 pixel invisible iframe of my site in their network of sites? Either way, I am convinced that these are not real users. Even for a pop up campaign, I think 0 clicks from 750 is unrealistic. Anyway, just wanted you all to know in case you were thinking of using these guys. I will keep you informed if you all want. Regards, John
Cool thanks for the info I think buying traffic is a waste as it is uaually automated and not real people. I think if you develope good backlinks u will get real people coming to ur site.
Alot of sites sell traffic that is that is no good. I would also worry about being banned if you use adsense on your site. If they advertise on any paid sites or traffic exchanges you will be banned from adsense.
Hi guys, Thanks for the replies so far. I am not concerned about adsense as I don't have it on this site. I was just wondering... the fake traffic that I am getting appears to have different IP addresses at least. Does this mean that even though I am not getting human users, I could at least have some benefit in terms of Alexa.com rankings? Regards, John
Do not BUY traffic! Whatever you do. A week ago, I signed on to like 4 traffic exchange sites, yesterday, the Das Google sent me a Warning letter. Saying that any sites that artifically increase your clicks or click impression is expressely prohibited.
I stopped buying text links while now. Doesn't work for me. I am sure it works for some people, otherwise they would have been out of business by now.
There are PPC sites out there that pay users to go to sites and sit there for 15-30 seconds. They pay the user anywhere from 1/4 of a cent to $0.03 per visit within a 24 hour period. I really don't think those type of people are actually looking at the site, they're probably in another screen doing something while the timer ticks down.
It's not what you use, it's how you use it and why. You can get great results from paid traffic IF: You have targeted it as your audience You are tracking results You have your site optimized to turn visitors into leads Your Not Promoting Affiliate Pages
I thought that information was obvious. I mean, who would actually click an ad on annoying pop under? I don't even look at them.