# What are traffic generators? How do they work?

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 15, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-traffic-generators-how-do-they-work/324328 "2011-08-15T08:17:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zhet](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/zhet/32/3307_2.png) [@Zhet](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zhet)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-are-traffic-generators-how-do-they-work/324328/1 "2011-08-15T08:17:37Z")

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Hi everyone.

I have a question about traffic generators as seen in the title. So far I know that they are on-line games. But I don’t really get the idea how do they work? Why make free flash games? There must be something more than just showing ad’s. Are they somehow related to SEO?

If anyone have any information on the subject please share 🙂 Links are also highly appreciated.