Those were the days, weren't they?
I always wanted to be a domainer, but I was just never good at it.

Originally Posted by
chaumi
In the old days, type-in traffic was a big deal. A big deal.
Nowhere near so much now, mainly because of changes in the way searches are delivered - auto- complete, better results etc etc.
So, a brand would get real direct traffic and that obviously makes sense. But because it’s a brand, before the searcher even gets to typing the . Whatever, in many cases they might already have what they want in front of them to click.
with non brand search terms, it was only ever the very high level terms that got any real volume ( one worders or top level two word combos maybe), and then only if a .com or possibly a cctld at obviously lower volume, and likely only a .co.uk). I’d say that unless your domain is in those ball parks, then any traffic is either as Rick says, or possibly it got some mention somewhere important and some searchers are acting on that. There are a few other possibilities, but in the main they’re not ‘real’
Randy Ray
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