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Don’t buy bulk traffic. Ever. It’s not real traffic, and you won’t make your investment back on it.
Randy wrote:Don’t buy bulk traffic. Ever. It’s not real traffic, and you won’t make your investment back on it.Yep.
These hits are computer generated as a rule. No actual people there at all.
If you buy the more expensive type of bulk, you may get a Chinese or Indian sweatshop of people being paid to click click click click at infinitum…Never see your site.
This stuff is junk! Never waste your money on it!
Shep check this discussion out:
http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.com/bb/quot-low-cost-quot-traffic-pop-up-scams.282.html?
Thanks for the replies! I read the thread you posted, and point well taken.
It wasn’t super-low-cost bulk traffic, and traffic from this source, does in fact convert for other types of net marketing.
Is 200 clickthrus from 10,000 hits (2%) worth paying for?
Do any of these scams have scripts where clickthrus are simulated? Or does a hit on my Party Poker banner probably mean that humans clicked it, after landing on my page?
Pokersheperd
Why are you still quoting the clickthru’s given the discussion that most of the clicks are fraudulent ?
Whether it’s CGI generated, or people in China/India who have no idea what they are clicking on, or real surfers … it’s hard to tell.
Why not get to the bottom line …
1) How many real depositing signups did you get ?
2) How much CPA or rev-share will it generate ?
3) How much did it cost for the package.If it cost you more for the traffic than you’re receiving in payments … then no – it’s not worth it.
:popcorn:You’re going to see different opinions and approaches to these questions, but here are my personal answers:
My question is – how do gambling affiliate webmasters measure a site’s ability to convert?
That’s a simple matter of looking at # of conversions divided by the amount of traffic.
What’s a good method to test?
Make sure that if you’re running multiple sites that you can track the results from the different websites. Playtech casinos, for example, allows you to set up multiple profiles to link to, and you can run reports by profile.
And how much of the ‘sell’ is the portal’s responsibility and how much is the poker sites’?
IMO, your job is to drive traffic and do a reasonable (even minimal) job of preselling. Lots of people have different approaches. Some people are comfortable running very “sales-y” sites, while others prefer to provide a lot of content and just give the affiliate programs exposure on their content pages.
Should I stay focused on getting lots of clicks and let the rest take care of itself?
I think so, but there will probably be 2 people here who disagree with me on this point for every 1 person who agrees with me.
Randy,
Thanks very much for the feedback. Regarding testing, I mean more in terms of, before I get traffic… a test or checklist that might save me advertising dollars that won’t convert…
Here is my site, would appreciate feedback:
Is blogspot still offering domains with subdomain text you can name? (ie poker-chips) I like that idea. I still don’t understand why google serps like blogs so much! But they do.
Chris
