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This week’s update on PixelAds and traffic

It has been just a bit over a week since I placed my pixel on the Million Dollar Homepage. As I mentioned in my previous post, I’ve uploaded my pixels to a few other pixel ad sites here and there. The results are pretty interesting and I’m a little more than surprised to say the MDHP is not the only pixel site generating traffic.

On the same day I requested placement on PixelWall, PixOld, and Rent-A-Patch. I also recently requested placement on PixelLance, RentPixelAds and Freemillionpixels.com. Yeah that’s a few pixel sites. But I wanted a fair sampling to get an idea, and quite honestly drive as much traffic as possible. While we’re not seeing insane levels of traffic it is certainly not nothing. Here’s a little detail on each:

MDHP - Listed 12/20 - 34 referrals
PixelWall - Listed 12/19 - 1 referral
PixOld - Listed ~ 12/28 - 0 referrals
RentAPatch - 12/19 - 0 referrals
PixelLance - 12/21 - 17 referrals
RentPixelAds - 12/22 - 3 referrals
FMP - 12/23 - 0 referrals

I also received 17 referrals from PixelsUSA, which is apparently a voting site for the pixels list on the Million Dollar Homepage. So a little over 70 in bound views on a page that heretofore did not exist. While I could honestly say that statistically amounts to more than 7,000% increase in traffic to the page, considering what it was beforehand this is leaving out some important facts. Notice how many hits the page received from PixelLance - this site must also be generating a bit of traffic (though I should mention the ad there is 400 pixels).

Most of the visitors who come through appear to leave at the million dollar link without much ado. They probably find the design of the page appalling (or perhaps my directing them to links where they can sell stuff for commission). Very few of the visitors to this page seem to browse beyond, into my totally useless “so-called web space” or this not so totally useless blog (only a fraction of measure above “totally” useless). Maybe that’s why - can you really sense a dud link before clicking on it?

All of this nevertheless made me consider the quality or type of traffic that came and went, and the potential factors involved that creates it. Is it the pixel ad and the caption, just the solitary question mark? Maybe this is attracting those seeking the answer to the question hinted at by the solitary mark? I chose the mark because I don’t know what value a pixel ad really represents - maybe this doomed me to lots of useless traffic?

I’d be interested in other 100 pixel owner’s traffic statistics and quality information - does your pixel receive more or less traffic? Do they buy anything? Do they take interest in whatever “novelty” you have put up for the link? Let me know!

As for novelty - my first thought is a digital version of those word games you see in coffee shops and on refigerators. Not so great probably. Maybe something better…

Until then enjoy the vaccuum of suck and yet another misadventure.

–Ryan