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Some basic questions

by Ashwin83
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Hey guys, no matter how much you search... somethings can't be found. They just need to be asked, so here they are, I appreciate your help! Danke!

What are traffic sources?

And what does it mean when a network is "scrubbing" you?
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  • Profile picture of the author speedylikesKJ
    What are traffic sources?
    Source from where you are getting visitors on your website , for example when some one says facebook is our source of traffic , he means they get visitors from facebook.
    And what does it mean when a network is "scrubbing" you?
    It does means that if network charge back your commissions (happens if you provide bogus traffic which don't convert on back end )
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    • Profile picture of the author Huy Phan
      Well said SpeedylikesKJ. I would add after you do your research for the sources you plan to implement, choose which ones are more productive for your needs. It may be Facebook, it may be Google maps, it may be forum posting. I would also suggest to focus on only one or two sources at a time until you can automate that or have a system in place that continue to keep visitors coming back.

      Originally Posted by speedylikesKJ View Post

      Source from where you are getting visitors on your website , for example when some one says facebook is our source of traffic , he means they get visitors from facebook.


      It does means that if network charge back your commissions (happenes if you provide bigus traffci which don't convert on backend )
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  • Profile picture of the author run
    Traffic is the boss of revenue in the online world, so make you can grab your target audiences.
    One upon a while, I wonder that why I could not even earn $1!
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    I just wanna tell you that most of the links in the signature are trash and/or a trap to make you pay!
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  • Profile picture of the author badboy_Nick
    Originally Posted by Ashwin83 View Post

    What are traffic sources?

    And what does it mean when a network is "scrubbing" you?
    Traffic sources = where you get people to come to your website. Some are "free" (cost no money but require time and labour), some charge per visitor (click such as PPC like Adwords)

    Scrubbing = a network will always get fraudulent leads and sales of people who punched in fake data, so they will just delete those. Examples are wrong telephone numbers, names on lead based programs.

    Any questions just let me know,
    Nick
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  • Profile picture of the author Trevor
    Basically a "place" or just a source where the visitors to your website are coming from.

    Most common traffic sources are:

    SEO (traffic coming from the SERPs because your site is ranking well in the SERPs
    PPC (paid advertising when you pay on a pay-per-click basis)
    PPV (similar to PPC only here you are paying per view, so even if a click is not made you still pay for the view of your ad)
    Video - you can upload your videos to Youtube and other video-sharing sites and put a link to the description beneath the video and gain traffic that way
    Forums - By having a link in your signature on the forums and contributing to the forums by creating valuable posts
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  • Profile picture of the author Ashwin83
    Oh and while we are at it... what is shaving leads? an example of it?
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    • Profile picture of the author Authentic7
      Originally Posted by Ashwin83 View Post

      Oh and while we are at it... what is shaving leads? an example of it?
      Similar to scrubbing leads, although it may be more intentional/malicious on the network's part. For example, if you convert on 10 quality leads, the network may only pay you out on 7...they shaved 3 leads.
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  • Profile picture of the author sarahania
    From where we receive the traffic those are called traffic sources like search engines and direct traffic, referral sites
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