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Traffic

Website traffic refers to the volume and nature of users visiting a website, encompassing all interactions and activities performed on the site. It is typically measured by metrics such as the number of visitors, page views, session duration, and bounce rate. Website traffic can be categorized into different types, including organic traffic (from search engines), direct traffic (users typing the URL directly), referral traffic (from links on other websites), and paid traffic (from advertisements). Analyzing website traffic provides valuable insights into audience behavior, preferences, and engagement levels, helping site owners optimize content, improve user experience, and achieve their goals. Effective strategies like SEO, social media marketing, and email campaigns can help drive relevant traffic, boosting visibility and performance.

SEO Trolls

Trolls Love SEO?

The internet troll brigades, including foreign actors, are using SEO tricks to spread misinformation and manipulate online platforms. They focus on building reputation, advertising, and influence to push their agendas. Trolls also employ AI-based tools and have deep pockets for advertising, making it challenging to distinguish them from genuine users. This behavior aligns with the concept of #fakenews, as trolls create fake websites to disseminate misleading information. Understanding their tactics can help in recognizing and combating their influence.

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The Perfect Traffic Increase Strategy for Your Site

Increasing your site traffic is the most important thing you should be doing if you are serious about trying to make money from your web site.

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One Mention and Boom (again)

Sometimes all it takes is one mention in mainline media and boom you have traffic, however, that readership is at best fleeting.

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How to Trap a Scraper

How to trap a scraper is important if you are writing original content. There are so few of us out there, the scrapers don’t have that many to steal from these days.

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Carnival Whining an Epilogue

After the fiasco that was my attempt at hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance (although that post is one of the most popular I have… Read More »Carnival Whining an Epilogue

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Horrific Carnival Hosting

Carnival hosting never did me that much good, and the amount of grief I took from authors made it that much more useless to me.