500 visitors a day is not a high traffic site. I'd say at least 10.000 a day makes a reasonably high traffic site, but as people have said: google, yahoo and amazon really go far above that. For me - I have 4000 visitors a day, and my target for the end of this year is 6000. That's decent traffic, but I'm sure there are sites in my niche that top that.
It's not a high traffic site. 500 is a good start though, keep at it and watch it go up up up. I'm currently at 8,000+ a day and growing fast but i still wouldn't consider that a high traffic site. Good luck to you!
Its all about the niche, i would rather have a site about debt consolidation that gets 1000 targeted uniques a day than a site about online games that gets 20,000 targeted uniques a day. Some sites are easy to build traffic, generally these are the sites which don't have as much earning potential though.
You don't even need 500 visitors a day to make good money. I would put more emphasis on quality traffic that converts.
nice to see some people think over 1000 is high, but that seems low to me now. always looking for more unique visitors
For me this is the key ... it could very well be high traffic in your niche ... depends how popular your niche is.
i would say 10k-15k uniques a day is high traffic 500 is low to medium imo...depending on niche but... 500 would be low on a MSRS,
500 unique per day is a good start and lots of traffic for a personal site. But I think that 5000 is a lot. And 10 000 is more than a lot. If you have 500 unique per day you will get descent adsense money. I am currently at 100 unique per day and I am getting a hit on adsense every day.
If you ask me, I'll say that it is a very high traffic. On the other hand, if you ask Shawn, his opinion may be different
im getting 6k to 7k UNIQUES visitors per day or more and 15 to 16k pageviews per day .. working hard to get 10k hits in one day
For the people getting 500+ uniques per day...is your site generating a good revenues and net profits? Over $100/day? Just curious. My goal is to reach $4k/month within 8-12 months, but it sounds like most people think that it will take many years to reach that level. Mike
Earning $4k a month takes a lot of hard work and patience. Depending on your niche and/or quality targeted traffic it is possible... however I wouldn't count on it.... if you have some cash it can help speed up the process with PPC and outsourcing but IMO... if you don't have the $$$ then put your time to work for you and get writing some unique content. Good luck.