Comments on: MillionDollarHomepage still sends a lot of traffic http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/ Internet marketing and search engine optimisation Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Ling Valentine http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-59371 Ling Valentine Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:17:19 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-59371 Just an update as I have seen a visitor from this page this morning. I have been speaking with Alex Tew and he is very chipper. He has just launched a run of signed MDHP prints and I have gladly bought one. I am very happy to continue supporting him and predict big things from this man in the future. Frankly, it does not matter to me where traffic comes from, it all gets mixed in one giant pot, i think people try to be far too specific on the web. And remember, many people want to have fun, so you have to reward them (with fun) for visiting your page to say "thanks". Does no one else ever get this?? I seem to be quite alone in business in this aspect. Unique web visits to my page now consistently above 50k/mth, some stunning publicity (inc being featured as a character in Viz magazine) helps, all free. Whoever relies on AdWords, there are many other opportunities out there. You just have to look. Ling Just an update as I have seen a visitor from this page this morning.

I have been speaking with Alex Tew and he is very chipper. He has just launched a run of signed MDHP prints and I have gladly bought one. I am very happy to continue supporting him and predict big things from this man in the future.

Frankly, it does not matter to me where traffic comes from, it all gets mixed in one giant pot, i think people try to be far too specific on the web. And remember, many people want to have fun, so you have to reward them (with fun) for visiting your page to say “thanks”. Does no one else ever get this?? I seem to be quite alone in business in this aspect.

Unique web visits to my page now consistently above 50k/mth, some stunning publicity (inc being featured as a character in Viz magazine) helps, all free. Whoever relies on AdWords, there are many other opportunities out there. You just have to look.

Ling

]]> By: Patrick Altoft http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-8023 Patrick Altoft Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:28:04 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-8023 It certainly won't harm your rankings if you have a link from it. Maybe it will help a bit but with all those links I doubt it. It certainly won’t harm your rankings if you have a link from it. Maybe it will help a bit but with all those links I doubt it.

]]> By: Ling valentine http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-8019 Ling valentine Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:42:59 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-8019 Well, I did it 50% to support that Alex Tew, who frankly deserved support for his idea. Well done to him. Plus it was British-based. Maybe Patrick will have opinion on whether this affect Google ratings? Patrick???... Well, I did it 50% to support that Alex Tew, who frankly deserved support for his idea. Well done to him. Plus it was British-based. Maybe Patrick will have opinion on whether this affect Google ratings? Patrick???…

]]> By: Chetan http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-7903 Chetan Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:48:55 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-7903 It was a really good and unique concept when started but its clones just made it a big failure. Traffic is fine, but do you think google might be happy with the linking of that kind? Still the quality of the listed websites will be decreased due to bad neighbours probably. It was a really good and unique concept when started but its clones just made it a big failure. Traffic is fine, but do you think google might be happy with the linking of that kind? Still the quality of the listed websites will be decreased due to bad neighbours probably.

]]> By: Ling valentine http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-6676 Ling valentine Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:25:20 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-6676 Hello, it is Ling! Well, milliondollar is the only pixel site I have ever bought pixels on. The original and the best. I used my head because it was the only small (!!! or BIG?) thing that would stand out. If you look (even on the larger greyscale screenshot) there are no humans pictured on it. It is human nature to be attracted to human faces (even mine). It also helps that it's real picture, not a generic library face. I do not really know if I have sold cars from the advert, my website has some viral aspect (ie, people talk about it because it is a bit ...lively) and I get loads of traffic from unlikely sources, eg. being one of the <a href="http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/top-10-worst-websites/" rel="nofollow">"10 worst websites"</a>. So it could be that people have visited the page and blogged about me, or passed me on to friends and family and visits and benefit have come from a few very different sources. Who knows? Does anyone REALLY know? I don't. I spent that £400 on the basis that I know Alex's site would work, that he got loads of publicity, that he was British so a lot of publicity was in the UK, and that he seemed a genuinely nice guy. Rather give money to him than to Google, Yahoo etc. So many people have mentioned that they have seen me on milliondollar, but really I would be lying if I knew how many cars I had sold from it, directly or indirectly. From time to time I get bursts of activity from milliondollar, it must get press occasionally. The page will be there for ages, too. Sometimes you just have to gamble on links. Hello, it is Ling!

Well, milliondollar is the only pixel site I have ever bought pixels on. The original and the best. I used my head because it was the only small (!!! or BIG?) thing that would stand out. If you look (even on the larger greyscale screenshot) there are no humans pictured on it. It is human nature to be attracted to human faces (even mine). It also helps that it’s real picture, not a generic library face.

I do not really know if I have sold cars from the advert, my website has some viral aspect (ie, people talk about it because it is a bit …lively) and I get loads of traffic from unlikely sources, eg. being one of the “10 worst websites”. So it could be that people have visited the page and blogged about me, or passed me on to friends and family and visits and benefit have come from a few very different sources. Who knows? Does anyone REALLY know? I don’t.

I spent that £400 on the basis that I know Alex’s site would work, that he got loads of publicity, that he was British so a lot of publicity was in the UK, and that he seemed a genuinely nice guy. Rather give money to him than to Google, Yahoo etc. So many people have mentioned that they have seen me on milliondollar, but really I would be lying if I knew how many cars I had sold from it, directly or indirectly. From time to time I get bursts of activity from milliondollar, it must get press occasionally. The page will be there for ages, too.

Sometimes you just have to gamble on links.

]]> By: Jan-Willem Bobbink http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-4982 Jan-Willem Bobbink Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:32:32 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-4982 That's quite a nice results. Just 4 pence. How about the ROI? That’s quite a nice results. Just 4 pence. How about the ROI?

]]> By: bestinternetblogs.com http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-4150 bestinternetblogs.com Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:04:31 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-4150 I'm amazed that it still is getting the traffic that it gets! Steve I’m amazed that it still is getting the traffic that it gets!

Steve

]]> By: kaklong http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-4122 kaklong Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:39:23 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-4122 Hurm, i didn't know that buying pixels will generate huge traffic like that. I have always thought that it's just a waste of money. I should have become more optimistic. Urgh.. =) Hurm, i didn’t know that buying pixels will generate huge traffic like that. I have always thought that it’s just a waste of money. I should have become more optimistic. Urgh.. =)

]]> By: vhxn http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-3923 vhxn Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:50:39 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-3923 It is really amazing about the amount of traffic in the site. It is really amazing about the amount of traffic in the site.

]]> By: Wayne Liew http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-3891 Wayne Liew Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:38:34 +0000 http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/milliondollarhomepage-still-sends-a-lot-of-traffic/#comment-3891 Nice discovery. This had surely amazes me. I thought, when MDH was launched, no one will actually visit a page with full of ads and no one will actually click on the ads since it is so "colorful"! Anyway, if traffic quality is being taken into account like what Simon had pointed out, this is like advertising with those paid-to-surf sites or traffic exchange sites out there. Nice discovery. This had surely amazes me. I thought, when MDH was launched, no one will actually visit a page with full of ads and no one will actually click on the ads since it is so “colorful”!

Anyway, if traffic quality is being taken into account like what Simon had pointed out, this is like advertising with those paid-to-surf sites or traffic exchange sites out there.

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