{"id":2417,"date":"2018-07-11T00:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T00:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialpatterns.com\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2018-07-11T00:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T00:42:00","slug":"are-traffic-estimator-tools-accurate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contentcreationv4.local\/are-traffic-estimator-tools-accurate\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Traffic Estimator Tools Accurate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wondered how much traffic a competitor gets? Well, there are many web traffic estimator\u00a0tools<\/a> available. But the question is – are these tools accurate in predicting a website’s traffic?<\/p>\n

Defining Traffic<\/h2>\n

Since there are many ways to measure website traffic<\/a> (sources, page views, visits, etc), it makes sense to first define what we are referring to when we talk about \u201cwebsite traffic\u201d.<\/p>\n

Two main types of Traffic<\/h3>\n

Obviously, there are many sources of traffic. However, for our concerns, there are two main types of website traffic to look at when spying on competitors:<\/p>\n