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Will Buying Traffic Hurt SERPs in Long Term?

by Young Samurai
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Basically, will buying visitors harm my site?

I'm thinking of the smaller type of package, eg, 5K visitors over a month for $20.

Will the increased visitors provide a short term Alexa boost

but, long term will Alexa and Google penalize you when the visitor numbers drop off?

Anyone have any experience?
#buying #hurt #long #serps #term #traffic
  • Profile picture of the author InitialEffort
    No, but most of that website traffic is so crappy it is not even funny.
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  • Profile picture of the author BlakeM
    It depends on the quality... if you send un-targeted, crappy traffic, your bounce rate will go up, and G doesn't like that.
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  • Profile picture of the author WealthWithin
    No.

    Adwords is traffic buying. right?

    High bounce rate = low rankings <- that's a myth
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  • Profile picture of the author mattlaclear
    For sure your site is hurt in the serps when your competitors purchase backlinks to their own sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author Young Samurai
      Thanks Chaps for the responses.

      Can you see the predicament poor IMer's are in?

      I've only 4 responses and already the two polar views are expressed.

      :confused:

      Originally Posted by BlakeM View Post

      It depends on the quality... if you send un-targeted, crappy traffic, your bounce rate will go up, and G doesn't like that.
      Originally Posted by WealthWithin View Post

      No.

      Adwords is traffic buying. right?

      High bounce rate = low rankings <- that's a myth
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      Kyle
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