I've received 5 – 9% of traffic from people who can't spell Miley Cyrus

Re:I've received 5 – 9% of traffic from people who can't spe... by tinytrophies on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @09:21AM (#10185473)

Miley Cyrus released an album on a new domain mileycyrusandherdeadpetz.com I thought it was weird so I typed it in. After realizing I typed it incorrectly I realized a great deal of people would likely do the same. Posting the strange purphase on facebook got a lot of attention as well.

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Re:I've received 5 – 9% of traffic from people who can't spe... by joekinley on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @09:23AM (#10185479)

So you DID take this honest mistake to bait people into visiting your site?

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Re:I've received 5 – 9% of traffic from people who can't spe... by tinytrophies on Tuesday September 08, 2015 @09:28AM (#10185512)

So the analytics I got pretty much show that it worked more as promotion than bait. I posted my purchase to facebook mocking the stupidity of the domain (there are a bunch of different ways to misspell that lengthy domain). The day I posted that status I saw 9.38% traffic but the analytics is treating the miley cyrus domain as a referral and isn't recognizing if that click came from facebook or direct. realized I need to add tags to recognize that now

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