Is there a way to tell how much traffic a site gets?

11 years ago

Just because a site is getting lots of traffic doesn't mean it is getting targeted traffic. I think one way would be to look at the comments left on the blog/articles and how relevant they are. Visitor interaction/response on a site can be far more important than the numbers.

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aprilm

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Indecision

Just because a site is getting lots of traffic doesn't mean it is getting targeted traffic. I think one way would be to look at the comments left on the blog/articles and how relevant they are. Visitor interaction/response on a site can be far more important than the numbers.

Thanks for that tip. Good point.

The blogs I will be contacting are mom blogs, so they are pretty targeted in nature.

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milanopcclub

11 years ago

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Mindstorms 11 years ago

For your purpose I would dig in a little more beside just focusing on traffic...

I like to look for how many people are subscribed to a blog's RSS feed. The majority of the people that are subscribed to the RSS feed visit that blog everyday, not everyone, but a good amount.

I also like to take a look at a blogger reach throughout social media, like Twitter and Facebook. Is the blogger active on Twitter or Facebook? What are the number of followers like. This can be a good gauge of the amount for traffic they may get.

Bloggers will most likely talk about how much traffic they are getting right on their advertising info page.

Also look for any major press the blog may have received recently.

Then you got the standard sites like:
Home | Compete
Home | Quantcast

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Mike
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whland

11 years ago

You might try Home | Quantcast though not all sites have been quantified. It's worth a shot though.

Chad

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Wags

11 years ago

Maybe installing the seo quake tool bar and doing a search for your niche on google like this

Add a tilde sign (~) immediately in front of a word to search for that word as well as even more synonyms.
example

[ ~food facts ] includes results for "nutrition facts"

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Randall Magwood

11 years ago

Anybody can artificially inflate their Alexa rankings. Some blogs will have a ranking under 100,000... then when you track their traffic sources, you realize that 30% of that traffic is coming from traffic exchanges.

I would say do what Mike said above.

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Sarevok

11 years ago

There are three main sites for this.

1) alexa.com
2) quantcast.com
3) compete.com

register for those 3 sites, and you'll have as much data that you can obtain.

Also, check out the SEOBOOK toolbar for firefox.