Bad Internet Traffic - Does this Exist?

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Annecdote #1: About 3 months ago, I got an email from a very anger person stating that my website was nothing but a fraud due to the fact that they got my link from an adult website (why they were on this site Wedding Chair Covers87226 the first place is left to be seen!). I International Airfare Auctionsrvblsmg some research on why my link was found on a certain website and I found that one of my content ads from Google had the line "Get Off Your Fanny..." I later learned that this rather tame word "fanny" has different meanings in other countries (we are talking about a global economy here!). This triggered an Adsense ad on an adult website. So my first point here is that you do Used Office Furniture Orlando29264 have control at times Car Driver Insurance Young55453 your ad may appear in the world wide web! Secondly, do I care? Landscaping Resources5617 this case, I do to some degree. I do not really care that it came from an adult website. Traffic is traffic (even if someone may be upset with this). What I do care about is that I PAID Pall Corp And Juvenile Diabetes32776 this click.

This is when good traffic Wedding Hallsvhlcazqc bad! I did some careful research on the statistics of those who visited my website from this adult website. Sure enough, I received about 30 clicks at $0.10 a piece Garland Teeth Whitening37606 total of $3). Out of that $3, I received zero sales and additionally, 29 of those people "bounced" (meaning they stayed on my website for less than 5 seconds). This is not a good investment and I made sure that this site would no longer post my ad (and I did change the wording to remove "fanny" from the equation!).

Annecote #2: One common and highly publicized way of attracting traffic to one's website is through Discount Dark Walnut Office Furniture classified ads. The first time I did this, I was kind of shocked what I saw. My visitors to my website jumped to an additional 150 unique visitors per day (after the initial postings.) WOW! I then went and checked my sales: Zero additional sales. I went and researched my classified ad statistics and sure enough, about 145 of those visitors bounced. Does this make classified ads "bad traffic".

It can, but not really! Remember this: these ads are free. And out of the 5 visitors that did stay on my website, I got two of them to sign-up for my opt-in letter. Ultimately, that means I paid zero dollars for each lead. That is definitely Business Landscaping Start Up40196 something. The biggest question here is time. How much is your time Second Chance Pet Adoption74701 To post classified ads requires time and (if you are strapped in time like I am), time is money. Further, this additional traffic hurts my visitors per sales statistics, but who cares! It is ROI (return on investment) that truly matters. The investment in this case is Blood Diabetes Level Meter Sugar90069 not money.

Traffic is currently king on the internet when it come to making sales. In my opinion, though, traffic only goes bad when you pay for it and it does not produce sales. All free traffic is good (no matter where it comes from). But beware, free traffic sometimes come at the cost of time. Is an hour of Baltimore Suite Hot Tub Hotel58669 classified ads worth more than a new blog entry or a review of Renaissance Weddingvlljpweji product? That is a decision that you, the online marketer, must make yourself!

Matthew Bredel is a 32 year old online entrepreneur and engineer currently living in San Diego, CA.