I'm still looking for votes on my poll (already have 49, need about 50 more). Since you've already read the thread title, you already know what it's all about. Be a part of this poll and let us know what your leading source of traffic is by casting your vote in the link below. I will be using this information for an article I will be writing in the future. Thanks! What Is Your Site's Leading Source Of Traffic? http://slyvisions.com/files/poll-what-is-your-leading-source-of-traffic.php
this is an UTMOST unhappy form of poll as it allows NO relevant reply and overall result a good webmaster always has several key sources of traffic that may vary so little that to neglect exact percentages / ranking simply leads to a totally invalid final result of such a poll i have a substantial direct traffic combined with a number of different major SE such as G, Y, MSN, ask, .. plus a number of social bookmarking, stumble, etc plus a large number of generic links from various forums, blogs, etc plus some top sites, etc plus some minor directories or niche directories plus a significant number of visitors from my 5 RSS feeds plus I do ZERO $ advertisement NO link farming NO banner exchange while G is the largest single component - approx in the same % range as direct requests - G has far less than 50% of all - hence even if any of the major sources completely drop out for whatever reason - it has no significant influence on my site nor my personal wellbeing nor revenue nor my life or happiness. I am fully aware that far too many depend on a single major source of traffic / revenue but I am also aware that most likely MANY of the really successful webmasters / site owners have like me many very similar shares from totally different directions to add up to the total traffic if ever you want to create a useful result, you would have to totally repeat all poll with multiple choice and a totally new revised format - to create data of true value in decision making for others / new site owners.
Thanks for the advice. I really like how you went on to more details regarding WHERE EXACTLY the traffic could come from. But on my poll, I have based it on the categories that Google Analytics show on my site and others. Those you see on the poll are the root-categories of traffic sources.
Search Engines - is my target Stumble - for some fast visitors Other Social Bookmarking sites : digg , propeller Forums and Viral
My own email list Nothing compares to it. Otherwise viral traffic, forums, giveaways, safelists, all work if done correctly.
Google and strangely windows live, MSN, Yahoo, stumble upon, digg in that order and various article sites all over the place.