Where did all the guests go???

[Cash Is King]

14 guests this morning. I was looking forward to guests seeing our sales threads.

 

[CoolHost.com]

Only 10 now!

 

[Sharpy]

What, you thought those were real? Don't you find it funny that these 250+ guests just magicaly appear and then disapear? lol What were these guests looking at for the last month?

Logged in and minimized

 

[CoolHost.com]

Originally posted by Sharpy
What, you thought those were real? Don't you find it funny that these 250+ guests just magicaly appear and then disapear? lol What were these guests looking at for the last month?

Logged in and minimized

Not real?!? Oh nooooo. :upset:

 

[Mr Webname]

Reality sets in

 

[888]

Think positive, all of them might have signed up as platinum

 

[CoolHost.com]

:depressed:

 

[Jack Gordon]

I always assumed they were ghosts. It seemed too strange that the day the forum sells suddenly they all appeared. At the very least, you would have expected a fair number (10-20%?) who were just hanging out all that time to sign up as gold members, and there would have been a more noticible bump in contributors here.

 

[DomeBase]

Originally posted by FrontRow
I always assumed they were ghosts. It seemed too strange that the day the forum sells suddenly they all appeared. At the very least, you would have expected a fair number (10-20%?) who were just hanging out all that time to sign up as gold members, and there would have been a more noticible bump in contributors here.

What's a ghost and why would anyone want to have 200 ghosts online?

 

[Jack Gordon]

Originally posted by DomeBase


What's a ghost and why would anyone want to have 200 ghosts online?

Both good questions and I am the wrong person to ask about both of them. I was just speculating on what they were, not how or why they were.

 

[Spider]

I am pretty sure it was redirected traffic. DCG pumped some traffic to the site and every unique visitor was considered a guest. Now it looks as if the redirection has stopped and with it go the guests.

 

[Nexus]

Originally posted by jh3
I am pretty sure it was redirected traffic. DCG pumped some traffic to the site and every unique visitor was considered a guest. Now it looks as if the redirection has stopped and with it go the guests.

Easiest, simplest explanation. Someone else had a thread about the methodology of boosting traffic. DCG was seeing if the site could handle that many guests, so I guess the test is done.

~ Nexus

 

[DomeBase]

Originally posted by FrontRow


Both good questions and I am the wrong person to ask about both of them. I was just speculating on what they were, not how or why they were.

aw shucks... I thought based on your avatar that you had some special insights!

 

[A D]

Hi,

First the guests are real.

Second guests do turn to members as is quite evident by the numbers.

Third, redirected traffic or any other kind of traffic is good for any website.

Fourth, expect more guests/ghosts/goblins/members.

--=DCG=-

 

[Jack Gordon]

any ghost with a paypal account is welcome as far as I am concerned

 

[CoolHost.com]

Originally posted by FrontRow
any ghost with a paypal account is welcome as far as I am concerned

Agree ... somewhat. If they're coming from something like Domains.com, that's a good thing! If they're coming from like RecyledPotatoChipsForCheap.com, than what's the point (other than to bulk up the "guest" numbers)?
Quality (targeted traffic) over quantity, I guess.
Thanks ... good thread.

 

[Cash Is King]

215 guests on the board. Do you believe in magic -- popular song from the 70's.

 

[Anthony Ng]

I guess you guys have forgotten that DCG is a "traffic broker"; he actually sells traffic for a living, well ... kind of.

 

[Spider]

I didn't forget.

 

[CoolHost.com]

I knever knew!