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Dollarmansteve · 03-26-2007, 09:22 AM

I propose this statement

"No one has traffic. Everyone simply has someone else's traffic for a fleeting period of time, until it moves on to the next person"

For the webmasters: How do you look at 'your' traffic? Do you think that every surfer that visits your site is 'your' traffic?

Is there a different classification for different kinds of surfers based on the referrer? eg

- Organic search
- PPC search
- Bookmark
- Bought traffic
- link trades
- type ins

and if each surfer IS different based on the referrer - then why are they all treated equally? IS there a way to treat these surfers differently from eachother? Should they be?

These are questions that I think about alot. I think that sometimes webmasters become too attached to their traffic; that there is an asymmetrical relationship between how the webmaster views their surfer and how the surfers views the website they're visiting (meaning that the surfer doesnt really give a rats ass about the site they're on - it's just one of thousands).

How is organic search traffic really anyone's traffic other than the SE? If a consumer turns on their computer and goes to google/yahoo/msn/netscape/aol/comcast - isnt it "their" traffic? What is the most pure form of traffic?

Discuss.

03-26-2007, 09:22 AM
Dollarmansteve Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Location: T.O. Posts: 2,849	Internet Philosophy 101 - Beware, Business thread. I propose this statement "No one has traffic. Everyone simply has someone else's traffic for a fleeting period of time, until it moves on to the next person" For the webmasters: How do you look at 'your' traffic? Do you think that every surfer that visits your site is 'your' traffic? Is there a different classification for different kinds of surfers based on the referrer? eg - Organic search - PPC search - Bookmark - Bought traffic - link trades - type ins and if each surfer IS different based on the referrer - then why are they all treated equally? IS there a way to treat these surfers differently from eachother? Should they be? These are questions that I think about alot. I think that sometimes webmasters become too attached to their traffic; that there is an asymmetrical relationship between how the webmaster views their surfer and how the surfers views the website they're visiting (meaning that the surfer doesnt really give a rats ass about the site they're on - it's just one of thousands). How is organic search traffic really anyone's traffic other than the SE? If a consumer turns on their computer and goes to google/yahoo/msn/netscape/aol/comcast - isnt it "their" traffic? What is the most pure form of traffic? Discuss. __________________ I died.