100,000 uniques on one site through SEO

[i9seno]

100,000 uniques - one domain. That is my goal.

I have never done it, and neither have any of my friends. Has anyone here ever accomplished this. Has anyone here accomplished this?

[StoutFiles]

In one day? Yes, but it's hard to maintain that high traffic consistently.

[i9seno]

Wow! That is awesome. The furthest I got was 20 consistently. What was your 100k unique site averaging? How long did you stay at 100k for?

[JS_Harris]

I have several 100k days under my belt on sites covering subjects that tend to max out at about 10k unique visitors a day, all top sites combined (mine + competition).

Some observations
- to get 100k a day every day the subject needs to be popular
- popular isn't always very profitable
- to get 100k a day regularly you'll need to offer something interesting, breaking news, awesome pictures etc.
- regular isn't always very profitable
- to get 100k a day regularly you need to be perceived as an authority site
- authority sites are profitable but require prolonged effort which doesn't always pay early on.

I'd suggest concentrating on writing articles/content that is top notch, afterall you want 100,000 people to read it and you plan on writing similar heavy hitting articles daily... right?

Bottom line, it's just a number, my most trafficked site isn't my most profitable one and I'm not alone on that front. If you set lofty goals before even being online you're bound to get frustrated.

[Future]

In one day? Yes, but it's hard to maintain that high traffic consistently.

Seconded.