Do you want more traffic to your website? You can have the prettiest site but without traffic what good is it? So how can you get more traffic? It takes time or money or both to get your website noticed. With the millions of websites out there why would anybody click on your link? You don't just build a site and hope that somebody will find it. You need to promote your site. Google, Yahoo, MSN and the other search engines won't just notice you without some effort on your part. Here are some proven methods that work to get extra traffic to your website.
3 Fast, Free Ways to Increase Your Website's Traffic
Are you a weblog/blog owner looking to increase your traffic levels but just don’t know where to begin? Don’t worry! This is common – in fact, I think every single blogger has wondered this! Increasing your traffic isn’t hard at all if you know what you’re doing. AND you never have to buy any programs or join any sites either. This is what you need to do:
First, you need to clearly establish how much traffic you are getting. Many bloggers who have blogs couldn’t tell you if they get one visitor a day or a thousand visitors a day! Do you know why? Because they have no way of knowing! So get yourself a stat counter. Stat Counters are awesome because not only do you know how many hits you get daily but you can also log in and see where every individual hit is coming from, how long users are on your site and so on. This info is critical for increasing traffic flow. You may realize that your site is doing better than you though or, on the other hand, you may see that visitors are only staying on your page for a matter of seconds – an issue that needs to be immediately corrected.
After installing your free stat counter you will want to begin promoting your site. This can be done in a variety of completely free, no-investment ways.
- Write articles that are pertinent to your website's theme or topic. The search engines are always looking for interesting, well written, articles about whatever it is that you are promoting. Submit your articles to some of the well-known article directories like E-zine articles and Go articles with your link back to your site in the resource box. Make sure that you do not use old ,stale, articles that you purchased. At the least rewrite the articles. In other words, paraphrased so that the article is unique.
- Make sure that you use good keywords. The new trends are to use long tailed keywords. For instance, don't say boats. Use three or four words, coupled with boat. "Boat accessories for sailboats" is a longer phrase that someone might use when searching. This might get you on the first page of the search engine and get your website some traffic.
- Try pay per click services provided by Google and Yahoo. This works by paying for certain keywords, then prospects will be directed to your site. This works for many people. Don't bid too much and don't use generic words. Read more about pay per click before you try it.
- Join forums that are relevant to your website's theme. Become a contributing member, and then insert a link in the signature file each time you post on a topic. Signature files or "sigs" can bring you traffic if you are perceived as being an expert on that forum. All you need is a little time to post.
- Write to webmasters and ask if they will link to your website. If both websites are not on the same topic this can work. Send them a flattering e-mail that says you enjoy their site and ask if they would give you a link.
- Paid article link submissions are another option that you can pursue. There are companies that will submit an article to from a hundred to 500 or more different article directories. If people like your article, they will click on the link and you will get traffic to your site.
- Use bold, attention getting headlines. Make sure that your use good copy that grabs the reader's attention. Without a good headline people will ignore what's inside your article. Boring copy will make them click away from your site. So make it interesting to read.
- Consider buying an ad about your services that you offer on your website. Many E-Zines offer advertising on their sites. A 10 to $50 ad might bring some good traffic to your website.
- Write a weekly, bimonthly, or monthly newsletter about what your site offers. People are always looking for good, solid, and most importantly, free information. You can be the provider of that information. Of course, you'll include links that they can click on for products that you are marketing.
- Put your website's URL (dotcom name) on your business cards and stationery. Business cards placed on bulletin boards, and in restaurant cashier racks can get you more traffic. Consider placing magnetic signs with your URL on your car with a catchy eye grabbing headline.
3 Fast, Free Ways to Increase Your Website's Traffic
Are you a weblog/blog owner looking to increase your traffic levels but just don’t know where to begin? Don’t worry! This is common – in fact, I think every single blogger has wondered this! Increasing your traffic isn’t hard at all if you know what you’re doing. AND you never have to buy any programs or join any sites either. This is what you need to do:
First, you need to clearly establish how much traffic you are getting. Many bloggers who have blogs couldn’t tell you if they get one visitor a day or a thousand visitors a day! Do you know why? Because they have no way of knowing! So get yourself a stat counter. Stat Counters are awesome because not only do you know how many hits you get daily but you can also log in and see where every individual hit is coming from, how long users are on your site and so on. This info is critical for increasing traffic flow. You may realize that your site is doing better than you though or, on the other hand, you may see that visitors are only staying on your page for a matter of seconds – an issue that needs to be immediately corrected.
After installing your free stat counter you will want to begin promoting your site. This can be done in a variety of completely free, no-investment ways.
- Join a paid to chat forum. I won’t get into the details here, but read the related article for my recommendations and how it works - it's free so you have nothing to lose! Please check out the "Additional Resources" section of this article for a direct link to a great article on the best paying paid to chat forums.
- Answer Yahoo Questions. I have found this to be a super cool, new way to drive traffic to my sites. Just sign into Yahoo 9or sign up for a free account) and you can begin searching for “questions”. It doesn’t matter what the content of your site is, you’ll find people looking for YOUR information! For example, I have 4 sites that I am working to increase traffic on. For this site (the one you are on right now), I simply search for “unresolved questions” that deal with “working online”, “making money online”, “work from home”, etc. For my Celebrity Gossip site I search “unresolved questions” that relate to celebrity news, rumors, gossip sites, etc. I do this for all of my sites and when I find questions that relate to my weblogs I promote myself in a cleaver way. I will answer the question honestly then post a link to my site that is 100% relevant to the question asked. I have been able to gain an additional 100+ visitors a day from about 15 minutes of answering questions! Not bad, eh? Plus, once you answer the question, both the question as well as your response will continue to be displayed for anybody to see! So one simple “answer” could bring you 10 new visitors a day for the next year!
- Make a Squidoo Lens. A Squidoo Lens is simply a fancy name chosen by this company that really mean “web page”. Why they call it a “Squidoo Lens”, I have not the slightest clue. But basically you can get even more traffic by creating your own web page through Squidoo. It is a little time consuming but it will pay off if done right. The whole thing is a pre-designed template that you just “fill in the blanks” on.
