Thanks for responding. I have the same question, does this traffic stay ?
We have used stumbleupon to get 80-100 hits a day. This traffic usually has a low bounce rate of 20-30%. However when we took the same page and bid on StumbleUpon network for paid insertions it sure sends traffic but visitors hardly stay. Bounce rates hit 90%.
I'm not sure if they stay or not, but if they like your site well enough, they might give you their email address, and allow you to email updates regarding changes to your site.
I'm not saying it's a sure-fire way to get permanent users. I'm just saying that it's a cheap way to get a couple thousand users to hit your site. Whether they stay or not... Doesn't that depend on if they like what they see, not on how they got there in the first place?
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Thanks for responding. I have the same question, does this traffic stay ?
We have used stumbleupon to get 80-100 hits a day. This traffic usually has a low bounce rate of 20-30%. However when we took the same page and bid on StumbleUpon network for paid insertions it sure sends traffic but visitors hardly stay. Bounce rates hit 90%.
I'm not sure if they stay or not, but if they like your site well enough, they might give you their email address, and allow you to email updates regarding changes to your site.
I'm not saying it's a sure-fire way to get permanent users. I'm just saying that it's a cheap way to get a couple thousand users to hit your site. Whether they stay or not... Doesn't that depend on if they like what they see, not on how they got there in the first place?