How much traffic does a domain get?

by warriorforumrocks

Posted: 10 years ago 13 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I'm considering buying a couple of domains that are for sale that are similar to my own domain. How can I estimate how much type-in traffic they receive?

#domain #traffic

JamieBeresford 10 years ago

Haha, good one Ken.

Seriously though, if you're not going to drive any traffic to it or SEO the website for your domains, I'd suggested you will get low to nil volumes of traffic.
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Daniel Delos 10 years ago

Domains by themselves get 0 traffic.
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- domainscience 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Ken_Caudill
  
  Try this:
  
  Originally Posted by warriordanny
  
  Domains by themselves get 0 traffic.
  
  Please speak for yours only
  
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XanBarksdale 10 years ago

A good starting point would be to research it at Alexa.com.
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- warriorforumrocks 10 years ago
  
  The traffic will be low for sure, but the point of buying them would be to redirect people to my domain. The idea is that some people are accidentally typing in these other domains instead of mine. Is this a worthwhile endeavor?
  
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DubDubDubDot 10 years ago

Get the traffic figures from the seller.
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- warriorforumrocks 10 years ago
  
  What's to prevent them from making it up?
  
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  consigs 10 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by warriorforumrocks
  
  What's to prevent them from making it up?
  
  You can always ask them to prove it to you, if you're purchasing from an experienced seller they know this is regular and is almost always asked.
  
  Rarely are domains getting traffic anymore from direct input though, seems like a waste.
  
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Danny Cutts 10 years ago

also VisualizeTraffic.com - Visualize How Big A Website Really Is! gives you a idea... not 100% but from my tests it is fairly good..

But nothing beats real facts from the seller
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Freelancing10 10 years ago

It's all about marketing. That's where the term internet "marketing" came from. A website without marketing is just a website. Kind of like, if a tree falls in the forest when no one is there, does it make a noise? Same with a website.

There are many ways you can get traffic to a website.

Free: Search Engine Optimization, Forum Marketing, Blog Marketing, Youtube Marketing, Adswaps (when you have an email list of your own), JV partnerships, ect..

Usually free requires lots of work, and its a slow process, but it is worth it.

Paid: Google Adwords, Facebook Marketing, Solo Ads, and practically any Social media website offers a pay per click type marketing.

You have to do work to get traffic. If someone is selling a website and they say its already getting traffic, ask for proof. If they have no proof, then try what Ken_Caudill suggest. (;
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Traffic Strategiest 10 years ago

try this free website: http://www.evaluateanywebsite.com/
let me know if this helps
PM me if you need anymore help
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Mateenyall 10 years ago

Not worth it until your big enough to be able to fill in little holes here and there.
Unless it's a common mispelling/typo
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