how did those milioners got so much traffic?

cccp_sila · 01-23-2007, 01:21 PM

Can some one tell me how did those big sites like myspace, adultfriendfinder match and others got so big. I remember couple years ago i didnt hear nor saw anything about adult friend finder or my space and then all the sudden bam , i check alexa and those site got huge traffic, how did they advertize themselves? did they do backlinks? i know some great sites that been for a quiet a bit and they still dont have this much traffic. so how did those guys did it?

opioq · 01-23-2007, 01:31 PM

viral marketing and offering incentives or reasons to tell your friends about the site.

gastongr · 01-23-2007, 01:32 PM

Offering something unique, and reinvesting money in advertising.
Note that all the sites provide something to the user and there is some kind of interaction.
AdultFriendfinder has a banner in almost every crappy website i know :p

midlandi · 01-23-2007, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cccp_sila

Can some one tell me how did those big sites like myspace, adultfriendfinder match and others got so big. I remember couple years ago i didnt hear nor saw anything about adult friend finder or my space and then all the sudden bam , i check alexa and those site got huge traffic, how did they advertize themselves? did they do backlinks? i know some great sites that been for a quiet a bit and they still dont have this much traffic. so how did those guys did it?

When you find out the secret pm me first please!!

Jane_sexy19 · 01-23-2007, 02:47 PM

Me Too!!!

cccp_sila · 01-23-2007, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by midlandi

When you find out the secret pm me first please!!

yeh sure, i wouldn't be asking if i knew.
oh yeh how about that guy that created that "1 million dollar site" where he got adds on his whole site, how did he got companies to put their logos on his site, how did he advertize, and i still cant believe that he made so much money for something stupid like that, i mean you cant even see those adds, whats the point even going on that site, i gues maybe its a 1 million dollar site and people wanna see what is it

casperl · 01-25-2007, 05:48 AM

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Offering something unique, and reinvesting money in advertising.

I think these are the main points.

2046 · 01-25-2007, 06:17 AM

Ask those big sites owners...

cessai · 01-25-2007, 09:24 AM

good marketing technique

and as they said offering something new. most people love the new ones.

Kasparoff · 01-25-2007, 09:30 AM

The main reason they became popular is because they were pioneers in their chosen fields. They got evolved quickly, formed a circle of trust and achived high rankings by supporting each other.

Thomas Schulz · 01-25-2007, 06:59 PM

Community building. Press releases. Viral marketing... hype hype hype

referencement · 01-26-2007, 04:55 AM

this type of web site is a real business:
- determine the idea
- study the market
- develop all the technique support
- business plan
- try to have capital to advertise - there are many company do that example the same company which invest in myspace and google.
- build their website
- they used all type of advertisng online and offline: newspaper, magazine, affiliate marketing, pay per click advertising, search engines,...
- original idea can make huge and good service.

ProjectGreenbacks · 01-26-2007, 11:18 PM

I know Lars, one of the owners of Adult Friend Finders. He also owns other well known websites. He is a young mild mannored smart guy.

In fact I have been doing some research for a book on how top traffic guys get their traffic. Here's a link to download an interview that I did with one webmaster that was the first to build a traffic empire.
http://www.projectgreenbacks.com/traffic_lessons

nemesis1931 · 01-28-2007, 06:02 AM

I hated myspace when it first came out, there were too many profile sites as it is. I had facebook when I heard about mys. So i fought them for a long time and gave in. That's the same way I felt about AIM back when I was using Yahoo messenger. But who uses Yahoo Messenger anymore.

Bestmiler · 01-28-2007, 07:26 PM

viral marketing and developing a solution to some problem.

UBF · 01-29-2007, 06:44 AM

The best thing about working on finding the solution to the traffic questions is that once you find it you can use it over and over again in many different businesses.

salesmachine · 01-29-2007, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Kasparoff

a circle of trust

I remember this from Meet the Parents.

Back to the thread, having a unique content is the key on making your site popular. Both of them have nice contents and offers to their visitors.

webexplore · 01-29-2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by referencement

this type of web site is a real business:
- determine the idea
- study the market
- develop all the technique support
- business plan
- try to have capital to advertise - there are many company do that example the same company which invest in myspace and google.
- build their website
- they used all type of advertisng online and offline: newspaper, magazine, affiliate marketing, pay per click advertising, search engines,...
- original idea can make huge and good service.

VERY TRUE...but short cuts won't help you for a long..

Forgive thats possible and Forget thats not worth remembering.

WillB · 01-29-2007, 12:42 PM

Most email providers helped spur on their growth by putting signatures
in their emails.

Look at any email from a web based free provider. There's always a
little ad in there. While we might not see them anymore (ad blindness),
in the early days they were a phenomenal aid for raising awareness.