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Originally Posted by barelist
The strangest part is that my traffic has been the highest it's ever been since the 8th to present. Maybe 20% higher than it was when sales were brisk on the 3-7th... with a lot of SE traffic, which is good traffic. Also unique clicks sent to sponsors is the highest it's been.
April 3-7: 1:584 for all sponsors
April 8-Today: 1:2839 for all sponsors
Just a bit curious  |
There isn't really enough data to determine what, if anything is happening. One thing you need to consider is that not all search traffic is 'good traffic'. Or at least there is different levels of 'good traffic' from the engines.
You say you saw spikes of 6 times the traffic in one day, but if that traffic all came from a generic term, and came from 7th-10th on the page, you will convert better offering them free lobotomies then selling memberships. That traffic (albeit more then normal) is of a far lesser quality then the top listings. Basically because they've clicked through or visited atleast half of the sites above you in the serps before coming to your page.
And
everyone of those sites they visit above you is taking sales off the listings, and sending a lower caliber of traffic downward.
To make it simple, a guy may get
6-8k per day traffic from lower 1st page (8th-9th-10th) for 'blowjobs', and a guy getting
2.5k from first spot for 'granny blowjobs' is making
6-7 times as much money as the guy getting double or triple the traffic. Because he has 1 dibs on the clicks, he also has a more targeted search term, and it will be 10 times easier to match up a paysite/niche to that searcher.