Visitor Sources
Visitors!
Who are they?
Direct visitors
A direct visitor is some one that knows your domain name and enters this directly into the address bar of their browser or that uses a book mark to return to your site.
Direct traffic is generated by your off line advertising and brand recognition of you company and web site address.
• Advertising
• Direct marketing offline
• Public relations
• Email marketing
Referral visitors
Referral visitors arrive from other online sources that are not search sites. As you increase your relationships with other web site your referral visitor numbers will grow.
Referral traffic is generated from other online sources
• Banner advertising
• News articles
• Web links
• Blog posts
• Affiliate programs
Search visitors
Search visitors, are users looking from information via search engines using keyword terms to attain relevant results to their query. There are a range of types of search terms and types of search.
• Major search engines Google, Yahoo, Msn
• Minor search engine BBC, excite, AltaVista,
• News search blog search image search Technorati, digit
• Paid search, pay per click