Where do sites like freegamesonline.com get all their traffic?

RoboLlama · 10-08-2008, 05:43 PM

Looking at freegamesonline.com as only one example. The case is the same for many other arcade sites.

Where do sites such as this get such large amounts of traffic?
My site, for example, has an alexa rank of: 270k while fgo has an alexa rank of: 75k
I just don't see where fgo is getting such high numbers, since many of the SEO statistics between our two site are similar.

In order to properly show my wonder I'll just use some statistics:

On the left is my site(playflasharcade.com) and on the right is freegamesonline.com

Quote:

Google site index:
2550:2780
Yahoo index:
6740:1310
Live index:
114:476
Google links:
242:165
Yahoo links:
1458:7604

Now, as you can see most of these are pretty close (Live index is such a small number the difference isn't that big, same case with Google links) with the exception of Yahoo links. That is the only statistically large difference between the two sets of stats.

Yahoo links for fgo mainly consist of a large amount of other arcade sites that are linking to fgo. Does this mean that in order to start really gaining traffic numbers one must simply spread a link to other arcades far and wide?

Can it really be that simple? What am I doing wrong? Discuss.

FlashMan · 10-08-2008, 05:45 PM

They must be more optimized for their targeted keywords.

A lot of people will type in "free games online" into google more than they would "Play Flash Arcade"

If you look at google adwords: keywords tool

freegamesonline - searched 14,800
freegamesonline com - 3,600

They also have the #1 spot for "free games online"; look at the stat:

free games online - searched 3,350,000 a month

RoboLlama · 10-08-2008, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlashMan

They must be more optimized for their targeted keywords.

A lot of people will type in "free games online" into google more than they would "Play Flash Arcade"

Keywords Estimated Ad Position

Estimated Avg. CPC

Advertiser Competition

Approx Search Volume: September

Approx Avg Search Volume

Search Volume Trends

Highest Volume Occurred InMatch Type:

BroadPhraseExactNegativeKeywords related to term(s) entered - sorted by relevance

freegamesonline1 - 3$0.53

14,800 14,800

So, you believe that the difference in traffic between two equally indexed sites, one with little traffic compared to the other, are simply the keywords optimized for?

solaceworks · 10-08-2008, 05:53 PM

It is not just about indexed pages. If you are ranked high for popular keywords you will get more traffic. Alexa and PR doesn't rank traffic very well

FlashMan · 10-08-2008, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoboLlama

So, you believe that the difference in traffic between two equally indexed sites, one with little traffic compared to the other, are simply the keywords optimized for?

The thing you quoted me for was edited. There is aprox. 3,500,000 searches a month for "free games online" and freegamesonline.com ranks #1 for that keyword phrase.

RoboLlama · 10-08-2008, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FlashMan

The thing you quoted me for was edited. There is aprox. 3,500,000 searches a month for "free games online" and freegamesonline.com ranks #1 for that keyword phrase.

Yeah, so it's basically like I asked. The difference between the men and the boys are the keywords optimized for?

wildfxp · 10-08-2008, 06:08 PM

There could be MANY MANY factors to having more traffic. That domain alone (10 years old) could gain A LOT of high search engine results. It actually takes a lot of work to gain traffic, but if you have money, you could use money to gain it very very quick.

solaceworks · 10-08-2008, 06:12 PM

You could buy traffic but converting it to more money then you spent is challenge you would face. It would require a lot of money to get a good return.

wildfxp · 10-08-2008, 06:14 PM

You have to separate yourself from the pack and basically arcade sites are growing quick just like how I was in the blogging business. You have to get a unique theme now just to move higher. Another way is to plug traffic, which is also a very popular way to gain traffic. Just 100% hosting games and not plugging other sites isn't doing much anymore and is very difficult to grow.

Take PinkyArcade for example. It was created to host all the games, but I didn't know that hosting games won't gain me traffic since there are many more arcade portals out there. So I decided to work with a team and it has cost us thousands of dollars to rank high for a lot of keywords and to gain traffic. Well, technically it cost my team thousands of dollars since they're the ones with money

RoboLlama · 10-08-2008, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wildfxp

There could be MANY MANY factors to having more traffic. That domain alone (10 years old) could gain A LOT of high search engine results. It actually takes a lot of work to gain traffic, but if you have money, you could use money to gain it very very quick.

Right, but looking at the stats above everything is similar aside from Yahoo links. In some areas my site even has more results. What I'm trying to avoid is the general "takes money to gain money" and "ranks high in google" replies and discussion here. I'm trying to break down what exactly constitutes the high numbers they are getting.

edit: alright looks like you got a more specific reply in before I posted this. :P

10-08-2008, 05:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
FlashMan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 392	They must be more optimized for their targeted keywords. A lot of people will type in "free games online" into google more than they would "Play Flash Arcade" If you look at google adwords: keywords tool freegamesonline - searched 14,800 freegamesonline com - 3,600 They also have the #1 spot for "free games online"; look at the stat: free games online - searched 3,350,000 a month __________________ \| Play Fun Online Games \| HP Computer Speakers \| >> Free Online Arcade Games <<

10-08-2008, 05:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
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10-08-2008, 06:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
wildfxp Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 871	There could be MANY MANY factors to having more traffic. That domain alone (10 years old) could gain A LOT of high search engine results. It actually takes a lot of work to gain traffic, but if you have money, you could use money to gain it very very quick. __________________ ADD MY NEW FACEBOOK APPLICATION! SUPPORT ME Buy one of my shares!! Free online games and you Play Games Win Prizes Fun Online Games http://www.flashfort.com - under heavy construction http://www.neverwink.com - working on (I own myself) http://www.scoreithigh.com

10-08-2008, 06:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
solaceworks Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 313	You could buy traffic but converting it to more money then you spent is challenge you would face. It would require a lot of money to get a good return. __________________ Solace Works Best Traffic Exchange growing Arcade Topsite looking for links! PM ME

10-08-2008, 06:14 PM	#9 (permalink)
wildfxp Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 871	You have to separate yourself from the pack and basically arcade sites are growing quick just like how I was in the blogging business. You have to get a unique theme now just to move higher. Another way is to plug traffic, which is also a very popular way to gain traffic. Just 100% hosting games and not plugging other sites isn't doing much anymore and is very difficult to grow. Take PinkyArcade for example. It was created to host all the games, but I didn't know that hosting games won't gain me traffic since there are many more arcade portals out there. So I decided to work with a team and it has cost us thousands of dollars to rank high for a lot of keywords and to gain traffic. Well, technically it cost my team thousands of dollars since they're the ones with money __________________ ADD MY NEW FACEBOOK APPLICATION! SUPPORT ME Buy one of my shares!! Free online games and you Play Games Win Prizes Fun Online Games http://www.flashfort.com - under heavy construction http://www.neverwink.com - working on (I own myself) http://www.scoreithigh.com

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