Comments on: Web Traffic - I’ll Take Quality Over Quantity http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/ Web design and marketing tips, reviews and thoughts. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:13:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Small Town Entrepreneur Becky McCray http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11943 Small Town Entrepreneur Becky McCray Sun, 15 Jul 2007 18:27:02 +0000 http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11943 You are spot on, Char. A couple of my posts are in Stumble Upon, and they have continued to send a few people each week. Not huge, but targeted. My purpose with my site is to reach a targeted audience of small town small business people, so I don't pursue traffic spikes. Thanks for your many great articles! You are spot on, Char. A couple of my posts are in Stumble Upon, and they have continued to send a few people each week. Not huge, but targeted.

My purpose with my site is to reach a targeted audience of small town small business people, so I don’t pursue traffic spikes.

Thanks for your many great articles!

]]> By: Hobo http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11891 Hobo Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:58:53 +0000 http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11891 I'd take visitor from a long tail targeted keyword search via any of the big three any day of the week over a thousand stumbles but ultimately it's about what your selling isn't it? :) I’d take visitor from a long tail targeted keyword search via any of the big three any day of the week over a thousand stumbles but ultimately it’s about what your selling isn’t it? :)

]]> By: Leah Maclean http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11859 Leah Maclean Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:19:10 +0000 http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11859 I agree as well Char and would actually prefer not to get the spike from Digg and their ilk. I write a blog to create relationships and share information, not to play the game of who can get the most readers, links or comments. As my blog is not monetised I don't feel the need to push as many people to it as possible just in case they might click on a link or so that I can charge extra for a sponsorship/ad. Yes the blog is part of my marketing but it is primarily to help people get to know my style and me to get to know the people that might become clients (if I choose to accept them ;-) ) I agree as well Char and would actually prefer not to get the spike from Digg and their ilk. I write a blog to create relationships and share information, not to play the game of who can get the most readers, links or comments. As my blog is not monetised I don’t feel the need to push as many people to it as possible just in case they might click on a link or so that I can charge extra for a sponsorship/ad. Yes the blog is part of my marketing but it is primarily to help people get to know my style and me to get to know the people that might become clients (if I choose to accept them ;-) )

]]> By: Lifesperspective http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11815 Lifesperspective Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:22:33 +0000 http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11815 Interesting comparison. Think I agree with you Char, although in reality, this is really a hypothetical question as you really don't get much of a choice and they are also not mutually exclusive. I will take all of them if you don't mind :) Interesting comparison. Think I agree with you Char, although in reality, this is really a hypothetical question as you really don’t get much of a choice and they are also not mutually exclusive. I will take all of them if you don’t mind :)

]]> By: Ingo http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11723 Ingo Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:47:37 +0000 http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11723 Quality counts! I don´t care about Digg or SU but it made me proud to be featured at Essential Tools. Quality counts! I don´t care about Digg or SU but it made me proud to be featured at Essential Tools.

]]> By: Dawud Miracle http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11721 Dawud Miracle Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:00:43 +0000 http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11721 Hey Char. Really good point on this post. It's so tempting to want to drive massive traffic through Digg and Stumble, etc. Yet it's in writing great content and building relationships that our blogs really grow. And I feel that especially true if we're marketing our service-based business through our blogs rather than just relying on monetization. Ultimately, it's really about relationships. And I think your report on what Darren's blog brought versus what Digg brought to your site shows that. Hey Char. Really good point on this post. It’s so tempting to want to drive massive traffic through Digg and Stumble, etc. Yet it’s in writing great content and building relationships that our blogs really grow. And I feel that especially true if we’re marketing our service-based business through our blogs rather than just relying on monetization.

Ultimately, it’s really about relationships. And I think your report on what Darren’s blog brought versus what Digg brought to your site shows that.

]]> By: Ken Xu http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11690 Ken Xu Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:06:15 +0000 http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11690 I agree with your opinions, Char. What we blogger need is not a spike traffic, but a "Quality" traffic which will really respond with what we read. I need more comments and conversion than traffic that goes no where but the homepage. I see something funny happen to my stats. It stated 1809 Visitors, but only 4 conversion for my google ads and 1 for my chitika eminimalls and at that day, I received 6 comments only! :) I agree with your opinions, Char. What we blogger need is not a spike traffic, but a “Quality” traffic which will really respond with what we read.

I need more comments and conversion than traffic that goes no where but the homepage. I see something funny happen to my stats. It stated 1809 Visitors, but only 4 conversion for my google ads and 1 for my chitika eminimalls and at that day, I received 6 comments only! :)

]]> By: Jason Alba http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11683 Jason Alba Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:27:59 +0000 http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11683 Totally agreed... Digg doesn't work for me (I don't have a technical or geeky blog)... SU has been really good, consistently, but I also get stumbled regularly. My greatest traffic has come from regular articles that others write, ... one of which was on the front page of Yahoo! (!!!!) for 3 hours - wow, that was an amazing three hours. Another ended up on a popular marketing site, and another was in a newsletter. Each of these drove hundreds of free signups to my site, and various spikes in traffic to my blog and website (which isn't a blog). Jason Alba CEO - <a href="http://www.JibberJobber.com" rel="nofollow">JibberJobber.com</a> :: self-serve career management :: Totally agreed… Digg doesn’t work for me (I don’t have a technical or geeky blog)… SU has been really good, consistently, but I also get stumbled regularly. My greatest traffic has come from regular articles that others write, … one of which was on the front page of Yahoo! (!!!!) for 3 hours - wow, that was an amazing three hours. Another ended up on a popular marketing site, and another was in a newsletter. Each of these drove hundreds of free signups to my site, and various spikes in traffic to my blog and website (which isn’t a blog).

Jason Alba
CEO - JibberJobber.com
:: self-serve career management ::

]]> By: Randa Clay http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11677 Randa Clay Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:22:42 +0000 http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11677 As everyone else has said, I think getting on Digg's front page is overrated. It would be a nice rush I guess, but is it really worth bringing down your site? I have found the Stumble traffic to be better overall, but, I'd trade all that for a link out from ProBlogger. I'm curious, did you e-mail Darren about your article or did he find it on his own? As everyone else has said, I think getting on Digg’s front page is overrated. It would be a nice rush I guess, but is it really worth bringing down your site? I have found the Stumble traffic to be better overall, but, I’d trade all that for a link out from ProBlogger. I’m curious, did you e-mail Darren about your article or did he find it on his own?

]]> By: Gayla McCord http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11667 Gayla McCord Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:08:38 +0000 http://essentialkeystrokes.com/web-traffic-ill-take-quality-over-quantity/#comment-11667 I completely agree. Traffic from Digg or Stumble can be a flood of mere seconds and split glances where a link from a trusted blogger will be considered and read more completely. I've never really caught the Digg bug. I've never seen the value in it at all really. I completely agree. Traffic from Digg or Stumble can be a flood of mere seconds and split glances where a link from a trusted blogger will be considered and read more completely.

I’ve never really caught the Digg bug. I’ve never seen the value in it at all really.

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