Comments on: Drive-by traffic (the blog post SEO guys don’t want you to read) http://asciidan.com/2010/05/drive-by-traffic-the-blog-post-seo-guys-dont-want-you-to-read/ News, rants and commentary from the Internet's foremost know-it-all Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel http://asciidan.com/2010/05/drive-by-traffic-the-blog-post-seo-guys-dont-want-you-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Daniel Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:16 +0000 http://asciidan.com/?p=502#comment-202 Hey! Thanks for stopping by... I recognize you from Twitter! You're totally right that people are fooled by hijacked results. Which is precisely why search (as it is today) is such a poor tool for finding what you want. Becoming a destination should always be the goal of any website...not driving traffic through search. Because the traffic you're likely to get from search is accidental, and not likely to buy. Perhaps on the average I give users too much credit, but its precisely because I'm looking for a particular kind of user: the one who comes to my site because they want to be there and want to spend their money with me. Thanks again! Don't be a stranger! Hey! Thanks for stopping by… I recognize you from Twitter!

You’re totally right that people are fooled by hijacked results. Which is precisely why search (as it is today) is such a poor tool for finding what you want. Becoming a destination should always be the goal of any website…not driving traffic through search. Because the traffic you’re likely to get from search is accidental, and not likely to buy.

Perhaps on the average I give users too much credit, but its precisely because I’m looking for a particular kind of user: the one who comes to my site because they want to be there and want to spend their money with me.

Thanks again! Don’t be a stranger!

]]> By: cjp http://asciidan.com/2010/05/drive-by-traffic-the-blog-post-seo-guys-dont-want-you-to-read/comment-page-1/#comment-201 cjp Mon, 24 May 2010 21:47:14 +0000 http://asciidan.com/?p=502#comment-201 I agree with your negative views on SEO. However, I think you are giving the average user on the internet too much credit. Many people on the internet are easily bamboozled by the "optimized" (read: hijacked) search result. This is why SEO still survives today. I agree with your negative views on SEO. However, I think you are giving the average user on the internet too much credit. Many people on the internet are easily bamboozled by the “optimized” (read: hijacked) search result. This is why SEO still survives today.

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