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Small favor from a Warrior re: traffic to my site

by Supermoves
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Is there anyone who can help me determine how much of my traffic is bot traffic?

I made the mistake of purchasing traffic. This has led to a totally skewing of my google analytics. I actually don't mind if this traffic is real people, but based on volume, I assume it is at least partially bot traffic.

There must be some way to determine this, but I dont know how!

Thanks!
~Craig

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  • Profile picture of the author WalterWhite
    Hi there Supermoves,

    The easy way to determine the false traffic are those visitors who have only one page view !

    So those are mainly bots because HUMAN behavior is pretty much always clicking at least one another page when they arrive to your website.

    And stop purchasing traffic...At least this king of one.

    Check for some videos how to do PPC and stay away from BIG NICHES go deep and pay as low as 0.10 per click for something that has solid amount of searches and own that niche.

    There are also many ways to do this using YouTube.
    It ranks well even in Google !!


    Anyway...Good luck and have a nice day

    Regards
    W.W.
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    • Profile picture of the author MakeMoneyKid
      Originally Posted by WalterWhite View Post

      Hi there Supermoves,

      And stop purchasing traffic...At least this king of one.
      Should one even stop outsourcing on Fiverr for traffic? :confused:
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    • Profile picture of the author mgreener
      Originally Posted by WalterWhite View Post

      Hi there Supermoves,

      The easy way to determine the false traffic are those visitors who have only one page view !

      So those are mainly bots because HUMAN behavior is pretty much always clicking at least one another page when they arrive to your website.

      And stop purchasing traffic...At least this king of one.

      Check for some videos how to do PPC and stay away from BIG NICHES go deep and pay as low as 0.10 per click for something that has solid amount of searches and own that niche.

      There are also many ways to do this using YouTube.
      It ranks well even in Google !!


      Anyway...Good luck and have a nice day

      Regards
      W.W.

      Very misguided advice, almost seems like a cruel joke?

      Craig, depending on your hosting, you could be able to view awstats or one of the built in stats programs through Cpanel which breaks visits down by referrer and makes it easier to see which are bots. If you have Google Analytics installed, you can also view referrers and at the very least identify the most common bots by name.
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      • Profile picture of the author Supermoves
        Originally Posted by mgreener View Post

        Very misguided advice, almost seems like a cruel joke?

        Craig, depending on your hosting, you could be able to view awstats or one of the built in stats programs through Cpanel which breaks visits down by referrer and makes it easier to see which are bots. If you have Google Analytics installed, you can also view referrers and at the very least identify the most common bots by name.
        Ok, I know this is gonna sound ignorant (because it is) I have google analytics open, and I see the places that give me the traffic. But I also see some legitimate sites. And since the traffic is not US, its hard to tell if its a bot site or a legitimate overseas website (I have gotten plenty of mentions in legitimate overseas websites) Any suggestions on how to tell?

        Thnks!
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  • Profile picture of the author Supermoves
    I appreciate your comments, and just want to clear up a few things. My site is a new aggregator, which means I only have ONE page. Its the home page. All stories on my home page simply link to another story. This also makes it near-impossible for me to rank on google :-(

    Currently, I spend about $300 for around 1000 clicks on Google adwords. I cannot find a company that will help me manage my campaign with such a small budget.

    Also, I do have a pretty funny video up on my YouTube channel.
    Any other comments are appreciated!
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    • Profile picture of the author MakeMoneyKid
      Give a try on Fiverr. Look for Twitter users (gigs) of more than 10000 followers. Further do note they tweet your link for at least thrice a day. All the Best!
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  • Profile picture of the author smallbusinesstoolkit
    Originally Posted by Supermoves View Post

    Is there anyone who can help me determine how much of my traffic is bot traffic?

    I made the mistake of purchasing traffic. This has led to a totally skewing of my google analytics. I actually don't mind if this traffic is real people, but based on volume, I assume it is at least partially bot traffic.

    There must be some way to determine this, but I dont know how!

    Thanks!
    ~Craig

    Owner
    The Intelligence News | Defense News | Iran News | Syria News

    just check webstats of views on your hosting and see what location they coming from , if they all coming from the same location , it`s 99% they are fake
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    • Profile picture of the author Supermoves
      The largest number of hits (109,000 out of 150,000) is coming from "direct/none". No other single source generates more than 700 hits.
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      • Profile picture of the author smallbusinesstoolkit
        Originally Posted by Supermoves View Post

        The largest number of hits (109,000 out of 150,000) is coming from "direct/none". No other single source generates more than 700 hits.
        what about geographical location ?
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