Posted by PeterMcC on 01/12/62 11:29

Jemdam.com wrote in
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>>> Domain: Monthly Unique : Percentage search engines : Percentage
>>> Other
>>>
>>> I will start:
>>>
>>> http://www.pubtricks.com : 10000 : 30% : 70%
>>
>> I don't know, but the thought comes to mind that what if a "player"
>> doesn't have any link exchanges?
>
> Exactly, this is why I wanted reports from people with bigger sites.
> You are the only person who understood the reason. Instead everyone
> complained that I was being restrictive in filtering views.
>>
>> I'll say this much about it: I think search engines are overrated and
>> I'd much rather have a good link-exchange network if I were concerned
>> about traffic.
>>
>
> Okay, thats 2 people that rate link exchanges over Google, any more?

It may well be that, for a given site, it is possible to generate more
traffic from link exchanges than from search engines - and vice versa.

The link:SE ratio of visitors is a measure of the relative effectiveness or
otherwise of the link exchanging/optimisation for that site rather than a
measure of the effectiveness of one marketing method over the other in
general terms.

A badly optimised site will get a significant proportion of visitors as a
result of link exchanges; a well optimised site will get a significant
proportion of visitors as a result of searches. Figures from random and
disparate sites will not provide a statistical basis for settling on which
method is more effective.

p.s. I doubt it makes any difference to the validity or otherwise of the
above, but I do pass the "qualified to contribute" threshold set earlier in
the thread.

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