Traffic vs Qualified traffic

[attagirl]

There are many things that people are missing when it comes to search engine optimization and search engine submission. Traffic from the search engines can be great but not unless it is qualified traffic. I do not 50,000 people visiting my website if none of them are going to make a purchase or help to pay for the site to stay up. I would much rather have 10,000 people who are going to pay then 1,000,000 people who are not.

[webhostingUK]

Yep, that's very true, we should always try to get targeted traffic which has higher conversion ration, usually organic traffic have greater conversion ration.

[attagirl]

Why is it that people simply do not understand that they really have to have the traffic that might be more willing to keep your site going. Any clues?

[vtabletop]

Most of the traffic that comes from search engines through optimization of the landing pages is quality traffic if one chooses the right keywords for his/her site. However, if someone chooses to pay to advertise on search engines ,for example on the sidebar in case of Google adwords ,then the traffic could go either way depending on whether the keywords are topic specific or broad search terms ,like someone could type in cars when what he might actually be looking for is a car engine repair. If he lands on a car manufacturers page then the webmaster might not profit from it.

[attagirl]

Great explanation. Should be very useful in the future and for others that need the information as well. I know of many things that come up that have nothing to do with the search you have put in.

[donna]

This is a good thread, and very true. Lots of newbies miss the whole point of traffic, they are focusing more on quantity than quality.

vtabletop gives a great, concise explanation of why you want targeted traffic. And this is where the skill of SEO comes in. You want to optimize and rank highly for the right keywords, not just the ones with the highest traffic.

It's been shown that searchers who are closer to buying use long tail keyword searches to refine their search down to exactly what they are looking for. But by their very nature those longtail keywords don't get as much traffic. It doesn't matter though because as attagirl says, it's better to have less traffic which is qualified than a ton of traffic that isn't.

[vtabletop]

That's right. Websites optimized with keyphrases that include several words might not show up on Google traffic generator tool or even on the overture search box , but it sends some traffic to the site and that's quality traffic because these handful people are the ones who have already made up their mind about the exact product /service they are searching for and if your website does offer it , you have very high chances of getting lucky.

[killian]

that is true, anyone can get tons of bulk traffic, generated from auto surfs or bots or other similar things, but real traffic is another thing, a bit harder to get!

[Maclin]

Hi, I'm not agree with u , our first aim to attract online users for our site. Product selling is the next step so this is good that visitors visit site.

most welcome for ur earliest reply.

Maclin

[manumana]

Originally Posted by Maclin

Hi, I'm not agree with u , our first aim to attract online users for our site. Product selling is the next step so this is good that visitors visit site.

most welcome for ur earliest reply.

Maclin

I guess that's what they are talking about, you attract=expose your site to a bigger number of clients by optimizing your site with more exact key words.

[donna]

Originally Posted by Maclin

Hi, I'm not agree with u , our first aim to attract online users for our site. Product selling is the next step so this is good that visitors visit site.

most welcome for ur earliest reply.

Maclin

But wouldn't it be better if the visitors to your site actually wanted the products you are selling... and were happy to pay for them?

That's the difference that we are talking about with targeted traffic.

Otherwise you can get heaps of visitors and sell nothing. You can't assume that just because people come that they will buy. It's like the old saying, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink."

A lot of people on the internet are looking for information, they aren't ready to buy anything yet. A lot of people want things, but they want them for free (and doesn't the internet really spoil us there? Lots of people expect things for free).

Then there are people who know what they want (they've already found their information and read about it - they've done their research) and they are ready to buy it. Those are the people you really want to visit your site.

If you focus your efforts on just getting any random traffic then you will have... lots of traffic, but probably not many sales. In fact, if that's where you focus all your efforts, just getting any old traffic, you will probably miss the people who are looking to buy exactly what you are selling.

[surfville]

Originally Posted by Maclin

Hi, I'm not agree with u , our first aim to attract online users for our site. Product selling is the next step so this is good that visitors visit site.

most welcome for ur earliest reply.

Maclin

traffic in any form is veyr important but if you are selling something i think target trafic is what need here because those convert more in terms of potential profit because the user want the service, product or niche you are providing them.

[Postman]

Getting traffic to your site is just the first step, getting them to buy your stuff is the second. We can’t sell anything if we are not getting quality traffics. The best way to get quality traffics is through PPC (Pay Per Click).

[ericajoieake]

Originally Posted by Postman

Getting traffic to your site is just the first step, getting them to buy your stuff is the second. We can’t sell anything if we are not getting quality traffics. The best way to get quality traffics is through PPC (Pay Per Click).

Why do you need to pay for a quality traffic if you can have it for free? just optimized well your site and I assure you will have a quality traffic without using a ppc!