Comments on: Website Traffic. What Some Motorcycle Website Owners Don’t Want You To Know.

By: Cyril Huze

Cyril Huze — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:48:20 +0000

Evidently, especially on a Blog, they visit more than 1 time. This post is directed to advertisers and as a professional you understand that it is important for an advertiser to know how many times his ad has been exposed.

By: MCBill

MCBill — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:43:22 +0000

Cyril…

Yes, you mention real “visits”, but are these “unique” visitors, ie: 135,484 different people, or is it the total number of visitors, ie: some have visited the site more than once during the period???

Thanks - enjoy your Blog!

By: Cyril Huze

Cyril Huze — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:12:02 +0000

John, thank you for your input. But when you say that 0.35 CENT is on the high end, you compare with a text ad from Google, which can’t be compared with a color banner. In addition, you forget to mention the quality of readership, the quality of website content…and maybe my credibility as a custom builder. I am certain you agree with this.

By: John

John — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:55:41 +0000

Thanks cyril for that - you are right its hard to monetize websites and a program like analytics helps a lot.

I see you have on average 5000 people a day strolling through the site - thats a nice number. wonder why that is not translating into private ads being bought on your site.

I run a big forum and have decent numbers, but I find it hard to get potential advertisers to buy, I guess they just have not realized the power of direct marketing.

One note .35 cents a click is a little on the hight side of PPC for MC sites - I usually never pay more than .15 cents a click on google adwords setup on targeted MC sites.

By: Ken Glenn (Rat Judge)

Ken Glenn (Rat Judge) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:36:26 +0000

Great food for thought for my own web site. Thanks for the info,

By: James

James — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:49:42 +0000

I am addicted to your blog.

By: Cyril

Cyril — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:48:13 +0000

I clearly mention real “visits”

By: MCBill

MCBill — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:23:50 +0000

Just to clarify, when you say 135,484 visits, are those “unique” visitors, or the total number of visitors for the month of January.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:12:43 +0000

Just reconfirming what all of us here already know, Cyril has his hands on the motorcycle industry and his ears to the ground and let’s us know about right away. You look here first and you don’t even have to bother looking anywhere else. Thank you Cyril for a great service.

By: Greg Brandon

Greg Brandon — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:06:28 +0000

Not surprised you have such traffic. The best news, every day, all the time.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:03:54 +0000

Very interesting. Glad that you explained how website traffic should be evaluated.