Hi all, to those who just recently saw this blog, welcome aboard. To those who are VERY, VERY new to being a webmaster, we’re definitely not talking about this:

We’re talking about website traffic which is defined as the number of a website’s visitors.

I have talked about traffic for some time now and I can say that most people are so eager to see their counters hit the roof that they do not even care where the hits are coming from! There are a lot of sources of traffic which just send your site useless hits or what I call the “unacceptable” type of traffic.

Why do I call them “unacceptable” if they boost your Alexa rank and daily unique hits? Because they do absolutely NOTHING except eat your precious bandwidth!

Okay, so if you’re asking, “What are the sources of ‘unacceptable’ traffic?” Well, lucky you since I’m going to tell you. I’ll list them here and give a brief explanation why they’re considered worthless.

Sources of Unacceptable Traffic

Autosurf Programs - Yeah, we’re discussing this thing… again (for those who read my old autosurf article)! Well, I’ll just give an overview of autosurf sites this time.

Autosurf sites are automated traffic exchange programs, so basically, you can just turn your computer on and leave your browser open to “view” some other members’ websites and you get hits! Amazing, right? BUT! Do you think that your ‘visitors’ were actually from people living things? No! Your site just got visited by numerous bots (computers) whose owners also want to get massive traffic from the autosurf program. Congratulations, you just wasted your bandwidth.

Manual Traffic Exchange Sites - A bit surprised? Sorry to say but what this source of traffic delivers you is considered as trash by me. You’re asking for an explanation? Ask yourself first — who are the participants of manual traffic exchange sites? Webmasters who want to RECEIVE TRAFFIC, right? They want traffic to get their sites exposed and to sell their products. And YOU expect them to actually browse through your site and maybe, buy something!? You’ve got no chance to sell your stuff to them, buddy, ’cause they ‘visit’ your site just to get credits and to get more traffic, not to actually appreciate your work.

Viral Traffic Programs - Yes, the “get 1,000,000 hits to your site for free” sites help in wasting your bandwidth. Why? Because the people who visit your site through these viral traffic sites/programs are not, in any way, interested in what you have to offer. They simply want to get the “site code” (or whatever) to be able to join the program and to get gazillions of hits for free. Need to understand this whole thing better? Check my other article about viral traffic programs.

Traffic Selling Sites/Traffic Sellers - If you have ever encountered those sites which promise to give you quality, targeted visitors to your website in exchange for a few dollars, then the traffic that they give are one of the best “bandwidth wasters” in the net.

If you think that you’re getting what you want from these traffic sellers, think again. Do the ‘hits’ that you receive actually convert? Do the visitors that they send you buy from your site? If your answer is no, then you should be aware by now that purchasing traffic from these traffic merchants are not worth it because you’re not getting what you want, you’re just getting hits from automated bots and fake traffic programs.

So what are the best sources of high-quality traffic?

The best are search engines, but a lot of work is needed to actually get some traffic from them. Other sites which link to you may also give you some hits and they’re also good, but sometimes the visitors that you get from them are on a “clicking frenzy” that their reason for being on your site is because they clicked all of the other site’s links.

Organic traffic will always be the best, no matter what happens. Don’t waste your money and bandwidth for paid traffic, guys.

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