u/Ok-Battle143

I've been comparing different ways to get initial visitors to a new website, and paid traffic is one of those topics where I keep seeing completely different opinions.

Some people say it can be useful for things like testing landing pages, checking analytics setups, or validating a site's user experience before investing more heavily in marketing. Others argue that if the visitors aren't genuinely interested, the numbers don't provide much value beyond filling up analytics dashboards.

For anyone who's actually experimented with it, I'm curious about your experience.

What kind of traffic did you use, and what was your goal?

Did visitors engage with the site in a meaningful way, or did they leave almost immediately?

Was it useful for testing, or were the results too artificial to learn anything from?

Looking back, was the investment worthwhile?

If you were launching a new website today with a limited budget, where would you focus first? Organic SEO, content, paid advertising, partnerships, or another strategy entirely?

I'm not looking for provider recommendations or promotional links I'd just like to hear real experiences from people who've tested different approaches and what they learned from them.