Buying Website Traffic a Good Idea?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by saboor, Nov 11, 2012.

  1. virtualrealtyinfo

    virtualrealtyinfo Greenhorn

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    #21
    People say that buy traffic is a waste. However, you have to look at what your goals are. If you use a service which provides traffic based on a particular category, AND that traffic is counted in your google stats, this will increase the activity on your web site, which in turn will help to increase your ranking. The truth is in your web site's stats. Look to see if the traffic is registering. If so, then at least one part of your goals are being met.
     
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  2. Gianni Palazzo

    Gianni Palazzo Member

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    #22
    The best thing to do is, spend some time creating good content and target that content to the audience that is already interested in your content or information. By doing that, you will have an audience of people hungry for information that you can provide to them. Remember, CONTENT is the king when it comes to traffic in these days. I hope that helps a little bit.
     
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  3. CustomApps

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    #23
    Well, i beg to differ from what lot of people have said in this thread. Personally i've tried it all, CPC/PPC, Adwords, SEO etc. But by far the most conversion i've got is through buying traffic. The key is to choose a good traffic seller who can provide targeted traffic to your website. Don't buy from a seller who sells un-targeted traffic.
     
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  4. vicbrennig

    vicbrennig Peon

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    #24
    who would you recommend then?
     
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  5. nepnixx

    nepnixx Greenhorn

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    #25
    Here some tips to get quick traffic

    Share On Your Facebook Wall

    As simple as this may sound, this is something
    that will certainly get instant traffic to your
    site. Though it may not be a lot, it is certainly
    a good start.

    Twitter Contest

    If you are able to start a contest on Twitter,
    this will definitely get some attention towards
    your website with ReTweets.

    YouTube Video

    Post videos and have them link back to your site.
    This will add more sources of traffic and will
    also be a platform for viral video marketing.

    Viral Video Marketing

    If you are able to think of a unique and funny
    way to make a viral video, it will certainly be a
    great way to get instant traffic. This can lead
    to millions of hits and so this is certainly a
    good place to look.

    Optimize your site for search engines

    If you optimize your website for search engines,
    you will be able to gain more traffic from people
    searching those keywords. This is a powerful tool
    and will lead to a lot of traffic.

    Post consistently

    When you post on you site consistently, it will
    lead to more people seeing the content that you
    make.

    Current events

    Don't hesitate from posting about current events
    as this is what people will be searching for on a
    daily basis.

    Get back links

    Network with a lot of people and try to have them
    post links to your site to gain some traffic.

    Offline promotion

    Simply asking your friends and people you meet to
    visit your website is often an overlooked
    strategy when it comes to internet marketing.

    Include URL in signature

    When you post on forums, it is a good idea to
    post your URL in your signature so that they will
    be sent to your site.

    Try these 10 quick ways to get traffic to your
    site and you will certainly see a big difference.
     
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  6. EpicDesignGuy

    EpicDesignGuy Active Member

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    #26
    i dont think its a good idea, they might come and visit but they almost never stay, in the end it increases your bounce rate, reduces the avg time on site and makes it harder to sell
     
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  7. saturn100

    saturn100 Well-Known Member

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    #27
    I have tried it on several ogasions and it doesnt wotk
    The figures look good on paper 10,000 visits for 10$ and you think even if onyl 10 of them buy my 5$ product I make 40$ proffit

    Has never worked no matter how much I have wished it
     
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  8. James Byun

    James Byun Active Member

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    #28
    Just know this form is also known as "black hat". And its never a good idea, because it all ends up the same.
     
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  9. ubersoldier009

    ubersoldier009 Greenhorn

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    #29
    Usually it is a scam. But if you know the source of such traffic, it may be beneficial. At Fiverr there are some people who sell traffic. Usually converts only small part of visitors. Once happened to me that I paid $5 and earned $30. But before I lost $60 because of fake traffic, for which I paid. So the answer is, you'd better not risk :)
     
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  10. wproute

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    #30
    Spending your money on this.. can hurt your business because you are risking your sites to be banned (cheap traffic usually comes from bots). Instead of focusing your money on cheap website traffic.. why not think long term by establishing genuine traffic from social media or investing your money on content or guest posts from other "established" sites that way, you will continually gain readers and followers and increase your traffic.
     
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  11. NikitaBeriozkin

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    #31
    Buy targeted to your niche.... untargetted complete waste of time and money. Targeted might actually have visitors stick around, click a few ads, hell some might even buy (small chance), but it would boost SEO (traffic is a big metric), and lower Alexa (if you were looking to sell). But all in all don't expect much.
     
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  12. vicbrennig

    vicbrennig Peon

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    #32
    Any opinions on adwords after the latest changes? I've heard good and bad.
     
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  13. zetadental1

    zetadental1 Peon

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    #33
    you can also buy traffic from some professional website.Like me, i always buy dental tools from www.zetadental.jp.
     
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  14. Tasu

    Tasu Member

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    #34
    Don't waste your money.You can get quality websites even cheaper than this like aarimajobs.com.
     
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  15. Haseltine

    Haseltine Greenhorn

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    #35
    Hi there, it's not "junk traffic" at all, in fact, it's not even a traffic. That's why you can see many of this so called self proclaimed internet marketer exist around the web, selling various weird services in their websites. Most of the time, you'd see people sending you a "call to action", "All in one" traffic boost/submitter. These are all blackhaters. They don't even have a single idea what's a marketing is and how search engine rank. Out of 100% of SEO specialist, only 10% of them know what they do.

    Simply put, this kind of traffic can be created by "automizing" visits to your site. It can reach a hundred thousand of traffics easily within a few clicks of traffic automizing. In alexa, you get a sudden boost of visit, but this particular visit, only comes from one person, that is the person that sells you the service. And if you attempt to analyze with google analytics, you can source them just from one country which is really, really odd. The next thing you would expect is to get Google's warning on the sudden boost in traffic.


    A very quick way to identify whether that person claim is a genuine SEO internet marketer is by understanding thaat SEO is an ongoing process that takes months. A typical SEO will ask you a series of question regarding what your website has to offer and what is the major "KeyWord" that people will usually use in your website. To add on, services like this can cost a couple of thousand if not ten thousand. Big Companies pay big bucks to these people. To be frank, whoever that claims he can bring you 10,000 traffic per day is just way too impossible. Even if it is generic (through unused domain link such Doctor.com?) that person wouldn't be selling you " $14.00" seo services. To harvest traffic one have to have good .com domain, he'd be making hundred thousand pounds through sedo selling domains. Consider the impossibility too, if you did receive generic traffic (which is really impossible) google will still send you a warning if reported unusual traffic in your site.

    A quick question to ask these self proclaim internet marketer, what is marketing?
    The answer is simply to identify and satisfy the needs and wants of customers. This is the basis of marketing, if that person is not able to answer even this, then you might as well stay away.
     
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  16. YourRE dot Com

    YourRE dot Com Active Member

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    #36
    Yes he is right, but buying Non-Target traffic is a waste of time.Try to get targeted traffic it will helps to get more unique visitors to your site and increase alexa ranking.
     
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  17. ChrisRey

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    #37
    many ways to generate traffic, and paying for it will contribute more. if you have budget, then go for it. paid traffic really pays.
     
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  18. jonrod

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    #38
    Agree on this one, it does work a bit but you have to be extra careful..
     
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  19. XooX

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    #39
    Buying traffic is not a bad idea by itself - but cheap traffic, stay away from it. But if you do not have a high budget, what you need to do is talk to the provider and ask them the source of traffic. Does it look convincing? Then go for it. I offer a free traffic to my subscribers and always get enquiries from potential subscribers asking about the source of it.

    Bottom line: Ask the provider, how they are getting traffic. Then decide.
     
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  20. bettaone

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    #40
    Don't waste your money most of the traffic on these sites are Chinese bots. They are definitely selling you targeted traffic. If you want to buy traffic in your niche why not try buying a solo - this way you will be assured that you get targeted traffic.
     
    bettaone, Mar 9, 2013 IP