Hard Lessons from Quora vs Google Traffic

Isuamfon · May 22, 2020

With over 400,000 views on Quora here is my little take on it.

Traffic on Quora does not really convert when it has to do with affiliate programs. Maybe 10% do if you're lucky.
But on Google, 80+% converts. Why?
Because people coming to Google to enter a search term wants to solve a problem.

But on Quora?
Most times they just read through answers on their timeline.
I have used Quora to get over 20k blog Posts views but my affiliate earnings? Almost zero.

The point is, use Quora to build an authority + relevance.
When you do, grab the emails of your audience, nurture them before they become paying customers. However, if you have ads then good.

On Google
I already made $11+$25 from a traffic of less than 500.

Biggest lesson.
Do everything possible to be ranked on Google. Even though you're on page 2 you can always figure out how to jump to page 1.

Quora can enhance that as well + using anchor links of your "keyword" throughout each blog post.

On Quora?
You're taking answers to those not really in need.

On Google?
Those in need of answers find you.

Holdentot_Accfarm · May 22, 2020

Wow. Impressive research.
Thank you. It helps. Especially taking into account that I am working on Quora crowd comments.

YujinTan · May 22, 2020

One thing Google update is like lottery either screw u up deep or push you up

TheVigilante · May 22, 2020

YujinTan said:
One thing Google update is like lottery either screw u up deep or push you up

Yea that's the way how it is

pennymarketer · May 22, 2020

Thanks for this insightful share, certainly valuable information for anyone thinking of using Quora for traffic. I completely agree with you, but I think the reason Quora is still worth it is that it is a free source of traffic, so if you are on a budget it can be a good way to gain exposure at no cost, because SEO always comes at a hefty price specially in this day and age, so using Quora as a mean to help any project take off and then build up your SEO to gain traction on Google would be the way to go for me.

Thanks again for the awesome share!

Starblazer · May 22, 2020

Quora doesn't generally convert for anything. The ad impressions don't turn into revenue, the views won't fetch upvotes and the affiliate links are mostly ignored. The platform is mostly used for time pass and most of the users don't care about any content.

hameem · May 22, 2020

What about AdSense with Quora traffic? Anyone tried that?

Mr Positive · May 22, 2020

I don’t like Quora traffic to be honest but good for you as you got so much traffic from quora

YujinTan · May 22, 2020

hameem said:
What about AdSense with Quora traffic? Anyone tried that?

Adsense for me seem recently low earnings the CPC , etc

I not sure for others

for me perhaps due to google update affect the site , traffic.

The_Surge · May 22, 2020

Isuamfon said:
With over 400,000 views on Quora here is my little take on it.

Traffic on Quora does not really convert when it has to do with affiliate programs. Maybe 10% do if you're lucky.
But on Google, 80+% converts. Why?
Because people coming to Google to enter a search term wants to solve a problem.

But on Quora?
Most times they just read through answers on their timeline.
I have used Quora to get over 20k blog Posts views but my affiliate earnings? Almost zero.

The point is, use Quora to build an authority + relevance.
When you do, grab the emails of your audience, nurture them before they become paying customers. However, if you have ads then good.

On Google
I already made $11+$25 from a traffic of less than 500.

Biggest lesson.
Do everything possible to be ranked on Google. Even though you're on page 2 you can always figure out how to jump to page 1.

Quora can enhance that as well + using anchor links of your "keyword" throughout each blog post.

On Quora?
You're taking answers to those not really in need.

On Google?
Those in need of answers find you.

Thanks for this, at least I know I do not have to market to them right off the bat. Since that is the case, I guess your best bet is to get them into your list by offering them a lead magnet. Thereafter, you could nurture, and then market all sorts of stuffs to them. To make this even more effective, you could get them to opt-in to your facebook messenger list, instead of the traditional autoresponder list, as this would guarantee a higher open rate.

Roger Marquez · May 22, 2020

Yeap, that´s pretty much I see Quora. I never looked at it as a way to make money directly by posting affiliate links. Even though I´ve made a couple of affiliate sale there and I haven´t posted on a couple of months my answers still gets thousands of views...

Thanks for sharing your insights on the topic!

BrandingCat · May 22, 2020

Same on Pinterest, soccer moms all the way, conversion almost 0.

MisterXYZ · May 22, 2020

Good finding.

Psh · May 22, 2020

Proves how important buyer intent keywords is, in a way. Good share, thanks!

Abhi Balesh · May 22, 2020

Good share. I'm only baffling with how to get backlinks. It seems difficult. All the people I'm teaching out to for guest post are only requesting for money.

Sweely · May 22, 2020

Stackz said:
Proves how important buyer intent keywords is, in a way. Good share, thanks!

Like OP says, the reason is because the person is further down the search intent funnel. Here's a picture that describes it quite well. Quora would be at the top, search with buyer intent would be at the bottom. Lower traffic levels with high buy intent = $$$. Smart SEO's know this

Good share. Thanks.

Leader777 · May 22, 2020

Same goes for facebook ads

SOCOM · May 22, 2020

Yahoo Answers used to be good for conversions but has lost popularity. Quora's page is also has for visibility. I never go to Quora because the site layout is awful.

Isuamfon · May 23, 2020

Holdentot_Accfarm said:
Wow. Impressive research.
Thank you. It helps. Especially taking into account that I am working on Quora crowd comments.

You're welcome. Glad it's helpful.

Isuamfon · May 23, 2020

Than

pennymarketer said:
Thanks for this insightful share, certainly valuable information for anyone thinking of using Quora for traffic. I completely agree with you, but I think the reason Quora is still worth it is that it is a free source of traffic, so if you are on a budget it can be a good way to gain exposure at no cost, because SEO always comes at a hefty price specially in this day and age, so using Quora as a mean to help any project take off and then build up your SEO to gain traction on Google would be the way to go for me.

Thanks again for the awesome share!

You're welcome mate.

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