Buying Traffic For A Christian Site?

[Jack]

Hiya…

How would someone go about buying traffic for a Christian web site?

Thanks… :cool:

[Twey]

"Buying" traffic?

If you have something interesting to say, people will visit your site. If you don't, they won't.
What are you proposing: that you pay people to visit your site?

[Jack]

"Buying" traffic?

If you have something interesting to say, people will visit your site. If you don't, they won't.
What are you proposing: that you pay people to visit your site?

No no… I’m not going to pay people for visiting my web site!
Who ever heard of such a thing?
I’ve heard some good ones but this one is rich!

What I asked was, where can I buy traffic?
In short, advertisement or something like that for a Christian web site.

[Twey]

Oh, advertisement! You could've just said so :) That's not actually buying traffic (although one hopes it would become equivalent :)). Try signing up with Google Syndication or doubleclick.net or one of the many other advertising companies out there.

[Jack]

Hehe... You really had me going there... Paying people to visit my web site! :D

I use to make money off the web but I don't want to make money off a Christian web site. I actually find it strange when I see Christian webmasters ask for money. We just see to much of that of T.V. and I don't want anything to do with those kinds of people. I received the message for free so why on God's green earth would I want to profit from it. Nah, not my cup of tea!

I think it's like you had said. If I've got something good to offer people will want to see it. Thing is, I want more people to see it... :)

Thanks man!!! ;)

[Twey]

You can offer to trade links with popular sites with a similar message as well.
I received the message for free so why on God's green earth would I want to profit from it.I'm not Christian, and the "message" I'd share would be gained through long hours of thought, not some sudden inspiration, but I've always felt a little odd about making money from something I enjoy. I do it when times are hard, but given the choice between doing it for money and for free, I'd choose to do it for free. Money rather devalues things, I've found, ironically.
I actually find it strange when I see Christian webmasters ask for money.Everybody has to make money. There are long arguments about whether a rich altruist can exist; on the one hand, while there are people worse off than that person, he or she should recognise that what they possess should rightfully belong to them; on the other, people with more money have more influence, and so can do more good (which was, I believe, the original purpose behind the riches of the Catholic Church).
And don't forget, you were lucky to get free hosting; most people have to pay to spread their message, no matter what that message might be, and not everybody can afford to.

[Jack]

Money rather devalues things, I've found, ironically.Everybody has to make money.

You nailed it right on the head!!! To me, asking for money would somehow devalue the message of Christ - so I made up my mind not to join affiliate programs and so on... Of course there is nothing wrong with earning money. Hey, we all have to pay our bills and of course their is nothing wrong with money. I just see to many people asking for it and I have to question their motives.

So yea, I could ask people for money and I'm sure there would be nothing wrong with that since I worked on the site, but again, I don't want to have people question my motives.

Ah yea, I agree that people shouldn’t rush into something like this. People should have the good sense to find out if what is being said is true or false. We already have to many people playing games with the bible and of course their doing more harm then good. A wise man would look into these things before jumping into any conclusions.

One thing that upsets me is when I ask people why they believe in what they do and they reply by saying something like, “Well that’s what I was told”. Errr… Obviously they didn’t think it worth while to look into the matter for themselves.

What kind of faith is that? So I have to respect you for what you said.

“I'm not Christian, and the "message" I'd share would be gained through long hours of thought,”.

Wise indeed!!! :)

[Twey]

One thing that upsets me is when I ask people why they believe in what they do and they reply by saying something like, “Well that’s what I was told”.So true :) My next-door neighbour once tried to tell me that "God must exist because He wouldn't allow His book to lie."
What kind of faith is that?Well, technically speaking, that's what faith is: a belief in something without any proof, first-hand or conjectured. Therefore, I do not agree with faith. It goes against all the principles of good sense. I believe in gods because I see many unexplained happenings in the universe and gods are the most likely way to explain them of which we currently know. Perhaps at some point, people will discover a more plausible explanation for these things, at which point I shall revise my belief system accordingly.

Morally and philosophically, the religion I would agree with most is Wicca, which has a very strict policy of not forcing anybody into anything -- and that includes enthusiastic advertising, since that can, as you have noted, drive the more faithful to belief without working it out for themselves. Unfortunately, I have several logical objections to their theology, and so count myself as rather a one-man religion. :)

Several months ago, I said on these forums that I was intending to write up a paper on my belief system. I'm still intending. :) I'll let you know if I ever get around to it.

[Jack]

Well, technically speaking, that's what faith is: a belief in something without any proof, first-hand or conjectured.

Several months ago, I said on these forums that I was intending to write up a paper on my belief system. I'm still intending. :) I'll let you know if I ever get around to it.

Actually faith isn’t as blind as people think. For example, when you sit down you don’t first check to see if the chair is going to hold you up – you have faith that it will because it never let you down before.

The bible puts it like this:

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Obviously your not going to place all your faith in a chair since it may very well brake someday and you’ll end up on you’re a**, but I’m only using that as an example. Faith in God however is a sure thing because He actually backs up His word. A perfect example is that we find in the scriptures that God will give us His Spirit (If we ask) and man I can tell you by first hand experience that He means it.

So yea, a lot of people are running around on so called blind faith but in reality true faith isn’t blind. Faith is being sure of what you can’t see. Not everyone has faith in God and for good reason – they never really looked into the matter.

But yea, let me know if you ever get around to writing that paper. Should be an interesting read! :)

[Twey]

For example, when you sit down you don’t first check to see if the chair is going to hold you up – you have faith that it will because it never let you down before.That's not faith, it's conjectured proof. It's never let you down before, therefore you logically conjecture that the most likely possibility is that it won't do so this time.

[djr33]

The point of religion is believing in something. The point is to believe in God while you can't prove it. Because if you do, then you're honoring him and such, and being a good Christian, etc.
So... basically.... it IS fiction, because if it wasn't, it wouldn't be religion.
I'm not saying it isn't "true", but just that the point is that you can't prove it. That's exactly what faith is.
To really be religious, you would need to accept that you believe in something (not to say wrong) fake, and still believe in it, thereby having faith.

'cause, really, if there was proof of God, what would be the point of having "faith"?

[jr_yeo]

Christianity is not a religion, but it's a relationship with God :cool:

[Twey]

A god that only exists within the perception created by Christianity, which cannot be perceived with the senses. This is the definition of a religion.