Direct traffic, referring sites and search engines (the ratio)

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by slymarketing, Dec 3, 2010.

  1. #1
    What's the ratio of your traffic, and what's the ideal ratio when it comes to traffic?

    Here are my traffic stats:

    • 12.63% direct traffic
    • 13.20% referring sites
    • 74.17% search engines

    To me, it seems that I get too much traffic from search engines. What's your opinion on this?
     
    slymarketing, Dec 3, 2010 IP
  2. space river

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    cool
    i think you have too much original topics in your site
    my best wishes for you
     
    space river, Dec 3, 2010 IP
  3. Giamatti

    Giamatti Well-Known Member

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    i dnt think there is such a thing as the ideal ratio... traffic is traffic right? however i always go for SE traffic. its free!!
     
    Giamatti, Dec 9, 2010 IP
  4. vikassam321

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    best wishes for you
     
    vikassam321, Jan 13, 2011 IP
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    Ya I don't believe there is really an ideal ratio between the different types of traffic as yes traffic is traffic. What you should be concerned with is where the majority of your traffic is coming from so you know where to focus your efforts. If you are getting a lot of refferal traffic from an article directory or Squiddo/hubpages type sites than focus more on those and scale it up.

    Just my two cents
     
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  6. Lucky Adam

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    In my site, the stats show almost the same picture as more than 70% traffic comes through the search engines. I dont know whether it is good or bad in terms of SEO.
     
    Lucky Adam, Jan 13, 2011 IP
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    I think its quite good. The 74% of search engine traffic will get you places quickly!
     
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    Best of Luck and growth..you PR
     
    calvin4u, Jan 13, 2011 IP
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    This is good, you're getting traffic from organic results which will bring a good impact on alexa rankings.
     
    serenarichard, Jan 13, 2011 IP