Organic Traffic이란 무엇인가요?

Organic traffic is most commonly associated with search engine optimization: users who find your website by searching on Google, Bing, or other search engines and clicking an unpaid (organic) result. But organic traffic also includes direct traffic (users who type your URL directly), referral traffic from other websites linking to you, and social organic (users who find your content through unpaid posts on social platforms). In aggregate, these channels represent traffic you've earned through content, authority, and user experience rather than paid for per visit.

The defining characteristic of organic traffic is compounding returns. A well-optimized page can drive thousands of visitors per month for years after it was published, with essentially zero marginal cost per visit. In contrast, paid traffic stops the moment your ad budget does. This compounding dynamic makes organic traffic extremely valuable on a lifetime basis — but it requires upfront investment in content creation, technical SEO, and authority building before results materialize. The typical timeline for seeing meaningful organic growth from SEO is 6–12 months for a new site or campaign.

Organic traffic quality varies significantly by source and keyword intent. High-intent organic traffic from users searching for solution-specific or product-specific terms converts at much higher rates than general informational traffic. Understanding this distinction — and building a content strategy that captures both the volume of informational queries and the conversion of commercial queries — is the work of an experienced SEO and content strategist.