is craigslist traffic good enough for adsense?

Discussion in 'AdSense' started by Nyceane, Jun 16, 2008.

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    I've gotten over 20,000 hits from craigslist and other places without SEO or any page rank, now it finally died down since I already went through every city in craigslist's traffic site. I am not sure whether this follows the TOS or not, but I posted it on my blog. Enjoy...

    http://traffic4adsense.blogspot.com/
     
    Nyceane, Jun 16, 2008 IP
  2. basketmen

    basketmen Well-Known Member

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    wow i never realize that, thank you for posting this
     
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  3. Nyceane

    Nyceane Member

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    hopefully it helps, had a big arguement with someone before about this =)
     
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    cprntr Active Member

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    I don't think you should openly promote SPAMMING craigslist.
     
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    adam@thevpsguy Peon

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    Thats really a good idea....
     
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  6. MarketExpert

    MarketExpert Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Careful posting links to your site like this.

    Ok, I read your page. Not bad. 7,000 hits per week from CL is quite good. Keep it up man.
     
    MarketExpert, Jun 16, 2008 IP
  7. Nyceane

    Nyceane Member

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    I am writing my next post on how to carefully posting things on craigslist and how to avoid ghosting, I posted over 47 states within 2 week period, and I think I still got ghosted heh, I've found a way to go around ghosting
     
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    MarketExpert Well-Known Member

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    I have a few.

    - Setup an autoresponder for people to email you.
    - Advertise your ebay ad.
     
    MarketExpert, Jun 16, 2008 IP
  9. Nyceane

    Nyceane Member

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    I did try to send autoresponder, but thats too slow... you can only gather the people thats interested enough to email you, even if the ad is good you still only get only around 100 emails...
     
    Nyceane, Jun 17, 2008 IP
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    Bobwall321 Peon

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    Do you have a good way of spamming kajiji or gumtree?
     
    Bobwall321, Jun 17, 2008 IP
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    google doesn't like craigslist traffic because most of it is created through spamming. They'll ban you eventually.
     
    killer2022, Jun 17, 2008 IP
  12. Nyceane

    Nyceane Member

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    but its pretty targeted traffic, I mean, people clicks on your ad is likely to be interested in the service that you provide, and yah, I do use kajiji and gumtree, because kajiji and gumtree does not allow me to post links without paying, the people ended up going directly to the link or use search engine for my link, which is good either way to balance out referal, direct and search, I am writing that on my posts later on
     
    Nyceane, Jun 18, 2008 IP
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    cgo85 Peon

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    #13
    Generating traffic to pages viewing adsense ads is against TOS and I personally know people that have lost accts for doing this as recent as 2 days ago. I'm not the police and I'd never report you, but just a warning that you're risking your account.
     
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    Nyceane Member

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    I am not generating traffic for adsense, I am generating traffic for my content, which I make money off. I do provide content which my craigslist customers are interested in, adsense is simply there to help me generate more revenue.
     
    Nyceane, Jun 18, 2008 IP
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    IT is very impressive visitor you get from Craigslist. I want to try. :)
     
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    moshecogan Active Member

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    #16
    Thats really a good idea.
     
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    Well spamming and non generic traffic isnt a big issue google have its own pattern but the thing is conversion whats you CTR ratio.
     
    mairr, Feb 9, 2011 IP
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    joekion77 Peon

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    #18
    While craigslist is good for traffic, you don't want to limit yourself to 1 source. Find more sources such as kijiji, directories, and more to build your backlinks and gain more traffic.
     
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    What is ghost here? By the way, I'm a newbie.
     
    TP9999, Feb 9, 2011 IP
  20. bhathiya99

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    Good work..
     
    bhathiya99, Feb 9, 2011 IP