What is accidental traffic to a site?

[Trush Jodie]

I have heard people talk about "accidental traffic" to a site. It is always used to imply that a sudden surge of visitors came to the site and there was no intentional action to bring such traffic.

Have you ever experienced accidental traffic before?

 

[kit_hung]

Accidental traffic occurs when content goes viral without a plan and people flood a site in large numbers at once. due to a large share on social media or a mention from a major platform. It becomes huge boost for site and brings new exposure to the brand and sometimes completely changes the growth of the network.

 

[King Belieal]

There are promotional contents that somehow go viral beyond expectations. They are the ones that brings monumental traffic to a site.

 

[Augusta]

This is sudden burst of publicity and it may accidentally cause a web traffic overload. A news item in the media, a quickly propagating email, or a link from a popular site

 

[kit_hung]

I'm getting sudden rush of traffic that could kill my system right now. Media reports bringing me a lot of people so I don't look weak online today.