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Re: Show HN: TrafficGun – Grow Your Traffic Easily

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Post by yabbadabbadoo »

stanmancan wrote: post #18

Just created an account and ran into a bug almost immediately. When I added my GA account it pulled all of the websites under one specific GA account, I'm assuming the one that has somehow been marked as the default. Within GA I have multiple accounts, but they're all under my one google apps account. I'm unable to see (and thus add) any website that's not grouped within this account. For example, pretend within GA I…

Hey Stan,

pls ping me at help@trafficgun.com with your username - and I'll be happy to take a look at your account :)

Re: Show HN: TrafficGun – Grow Your Traffic Easily

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Post by yabbadabbadoo »

bikerider415 wrote: post #20
coderdude wrote: post #14

This reminds me of the highly-untargeted spam emails that I get all the time from people asking if they can write blog posts for me. Naturally, they would contain a lot of links to some other site. The idea has definitely been done before. Think PayPerPost, SponsoredReviews, etc. Sounds like an excellent way to get yourself deranked by Google.

I've used those sites before. This seems different in that they're not gaming advertising but actually exchanging like-kind content. Google doesn't derank for that.

Exactly!

Re: Show HN: TrafficGun – Grow Your Traffic Easily

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Post by yabbadabbadoo »

captn3m0 wrote: post #11
yabbadabbadoo wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We strongly encourage all users on our platform to nofollow all links. TrafficGun isn't about SEO/links. Its about gaining real, live visitors.

That clarifies it a lot. Thanks

You're welcome :)

Re: Show HN: TrafficGun – Grow Your Traffic Easily

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Post by yabbadabbadoo »

matt_morgan wrote: post #24

What makes "3a. Cross-Promote" something other than a zero-sum game? Does it presume that most people have more time to devote to reading stuff online?

Does it presume that most people have more time to devote to reading stuff online?

On a niche-by-niche basis, yes. For instance, I keep a list of personal finance blogs that I check out regularly. When one of those blogs features a personal finance site I haven't seen before, I check that out as well and consider adding it to my list.

One of the best ways to grow your blog traffic long-term is getting other bloggers in your niche to write about you. TrafficGun makes this easy.

Re: Show HN: TrafficGun – Grow Your Traffic Easily

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Post by yabbadabbadoo »

proksoup wrote: post #26

Reminds me of what my first impression of LinkExchange was. Webrings! Everyone wins. No sarcasm.

TrafficGun isn't about SEO/links. Its about gaining real, live visitors.

To this end, we strongly encourage all users on our platform to nofollow all links.

Re: Show HN: TrafficGun – Grow Your Traffic Easily

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Post by proksoup »

yabbadabbadoo wrote: post #27
proksoup wrote: post #26

Reminds me of what my first impression of LinkExchange was. Webrings! Everyone wins. No sarcasm.

TrafficGun isn't about SEO/links. Its about gaining real, live visitors. To this end, we strongly encourage all users on our platform to nofollow all links.

Wait --- how do the real live visitors get to your site if not a link?

I don't follow how nofollow makes it not a link web ring?

No sarcasm, I used webrings in 1996 to great effect. Not for SEO. For real live visitors.

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Post by yabbadabbadoo »

proksoup wrote: post #28
yabbadabbadoo wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TrafficGun isn't about SEO/links. Its about gaining real, live visitors. To this end, we strongly encourage all users on our platform to nofollow all links.

Wait --- how do the real live visitors get to your site if not a link? I don't follow how nofollow makes it not a link web ring? No sarcasm, I used webrings in 1996 to great effect. Not for SEO. For real live visitors.

Ahh, my bad. I thought you were implying this was some sort of link exchange scheme for SEO.

But yes, cross-promotions work great for growing traffic long-term. See this comment - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459902

Re: Show HN: TrafficGun – Grow Your Traffic Easily

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Post by jakejake »

proksoup wrote: post #26

Reminds me of what my first impression of LinkExchange was. Webrings! Everyone wins. No sarcasm.

Ah web-rings! I remember they were quite fun and interesting at first. I'd actually click from one site to the next in a ring to check them all out. Of course that was a time when there were limited numbers of sites for niche topics, and discovering them was a more "word-of-mouth" thing. I was also surfing on a 56k modem.

Not to poo-poo on what seems to be an honest effort with TrafficGun, though. I don't know if the sharing spirit of website owners is the same as it was back then, but it would be nice.

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