Determining traffic for a website

Forum1133 · 06-02-2013 09:43AM #1

Hi all,

I am considering taking out an advert in a 3rd party website to promote by business. However, before I commit to the spend, is there any way I can determine the traffic for the particular website? I've tried alexa.com however the data for the site in question is pretty sparce.

Many thanks.

JMR · 06-02-2013 11:58AM

Ask the 3rd party for the Google Analytics report for the period in question

Forum1133 · 06-02-2013 12:04PM

JMR wrote: »

Ask the 3rd party for the Google Analytics report for the period in question

Thanks JMR, I was hoping I could verify this myself rather than doubting their own claims, but I suppose it is a fair ask.

Thanks again,
Forum1133

link8r · 06-02-2013 01:39PM

They should supply some sort of metric but if Alexa is sparse there might be a reason!

You could also ask for the GWT Search Queries screen (as a a way around the obvious - just an idea)

fyi --- there's a lot of misinformation being quoted by sites, using things like 12 month page-impressions instead of visits etc. Also, some take a peak day or month and multiply it up

blue4ever · 06-02-2013 01:58PM

If they are kosher they can send you a "dashboard" via a pdf.

This will be emailed from google analytics directly. Its a facility put there for this scenario exactly. I've done it many a time (although the analytics on some of the sites are 'public' anyway so can be seen through google)

If they don't send you a PDF in that manner ie fro the Google analytics mailer - I'd put the brakes on.

Forum1133 · 06-02-2013 02:38PM

Thanks for that - the organisation itself is 100% legit, but I'd just like to get info on the "bang for my buck" so to speak.

Determining traffic for a website

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