Ask YC: Is long-tail Google search traffic a good thing?

Re:Ask YC: Is long-tail Google search traffic a good thing? by ScottWhigham on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @05:27AM (#326443)

To me, that's like asking, "My customers that pay with $100 bills tend to spend more than the ones who pay with $20 bills. What do you guys think? Is a lot of $20-bill-paying customers a good thing or something to be concerned about?" It just doesn't make sense to me.

Traffic is money for you I would assume. You don't appear to sell directly to subscribers so you need traffic if you are going monetize your site.

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Re:Ask YC: Is long-tail Google search traffic a good thing? by shafqat on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @07:34AM (#326483)

Our monetization strategy is not dependent on traffic, although ad revenue from the consumer site is definately a bonus. As for our biz model, I'll post about it separately once we can disclose more.

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Re:Ask YC: Is long-tail Google search traffic a good thing? by mechanical_fish on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @09:16AM (#326518)

It must be a pretty odd monetization strategy if people checking out the product is a bad thing. Even a visitor who will never be a customer might have friends or blog readers that will.

Do you work for the NSA? Have you considered deploying a login barrier and a splash screen to drive people away? ;)

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Re:Ask YC: Is long-tail Google search traffic a good thing? by shafqat on Wednesday October 08, 2008 @09:28AM (#326525)

Haha... I never said having traffic is a bad thing! I'm just comparing what the merits of long tail SEO traffic is vs direct or SEM traffic.

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