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Web Site TrafficDo You Know What to do to Get the Click?There are numerous ways to get web site traffic. Visitors, clicks or traffic, what ever you call it, with out it, eventually you will be out of business. It can come from over 30 sources. Building this kind of traffic is a never ending job. It is like sweeping the sidewalks in front of your shop every morning. With a concept in place and your website created the next step is getting the click. Your DIY website needs to be built for both your visitors and the search engines. The engines will provide most of your websites web traffic. The web site visitor that come from the search engines will be your foundation for success. Both have to be pleased with what you create. There are other sources of internet traffic in addition to the search engines. They all play a part to increasing your traffic. Free Traffic For My Website starts with your content. Here are some resources. Oh yes, they are free. How much web site traffic is good? Depending on the topic, the first goal would be 500 per day. The next goal to reach for would be 1000 visitors a day. After that, it will be up to the topic. Remember, high end real estate needs only a dozen highly targeted visitors to a good income and a site that only makes a few pennies per click will need 10,000 per day. The numbers are relative. Do not get hung up on numbers. This is a review of the top ways to getting the click, boosting web site traffic and increasing visits. Looking for Something Different? Custom Search Website Traffic BuildingWebsite Promotion Help An Overview.Top 30 Ways for Website Traffic Building is the start of an exhaustive list of the various ways to build traffic to your site. More to come in time. Search Engine Optimization for Users Although optimizing for spiders is good, optimizing copy writing for your users is even more important. Spelling, grammar, proper word use, and good writing are essential for building web site traffic. Search Engine Submission
Submit your website to the big four, Google, MSN, Yahoo, and Ask Each has unique aspects requiring a different approach to rank high and build web site traffic through these listings. No need to pay. It can be done for free. Google...getting listed If you purchase the site builder we recommend, this process is automated and manages the process, freeing up more of your time. Other Ways to Increase Web Site Traffic Links Links work on several levels to help your site be seen. The higher the PR (page rank) the better the vote for your site. The better the rank the more you will be desirable to link to. You literally need thousands of links. This will take years and is one part of a never ending DIY website building strategy to boost your site popularity. Get a PR 10 Back Link from Google to help boost website traffic. XML Site Maps and Pinging for Web Site Traffic Save your money. Why pay for the services that guarantee your site will be submitted to all the search engines when you can easily do it for free. By the way, the big four mentioned above are all that really matter. The traffic return on time invested for the other search engines is just not worth it. You might hope to get less than a double digit increase in traffic. Google, Yahoo and MSN allow you to use XML site maps for “submitting”. Even better yet, if you ping Google at it’s BlogSearch with a blog post you will instantly get indexed. Article Marketing for Web Site Traffic Article marketing was big when it was important to get many links from different websites and IPs. Duplicate content issues, low quality and other disadvantages made it less of a viable option. However, for some it still proves to be one of the most valuable ways for DIY website traffic building. Learn why here. Article Writing For Links and Traffic
Directory Submissions for Web Site Traffic
DMOZ is a totally human directory which means months to get listed. Only great content gets listed here.
Yahoo Directory is also a human directory. It costs $300 per year and only takes about a week to get your site listed. Business.com is a human directory. Fee is $199 first year and $149 there after. ZoomInfo Is a directory that allows you to post a profile. It is not totally human.
The Top 100 Free Submission Directories is the best. Word of caution. Rather than starting at the top, start with directories that have a PR of 1-2 or 3. The reason is simple. There is a learning curve. Until you actually learn what works best, you could be wasting a great opportunity.
Blogging for Web Site Traffic
Business Blogging Some are finding that business blogging works far better for generating links than article marketing. It is a lot more reputable because, in its purest form, allows for both positive and negative comments which speak to honesty. If you would like to learn more, visit the library and get the book Gonzo Marketing. Local Business Directories This is a great business marketing tip if your on the web or not.
Social Networking Web Site Traffic De*lic*ous
Topic Focused Sites Forums Submitting to forums...A home page link on active social media profiles can provide traffic. This is even better if it is a forum that allows signatures that “pass on the PageRank” vote. When social media sites allow you to add a link to your homepage in the profile and you are contributing consistently to these, you gain more authority. As people check out who you are you get traffic. Adding a forum to your site? The wisdom from experience says not to. Forums are for problems. People go there to solve a problem and the people who use them are often times aggressive. Then there is the time and trouble tied up in moderating them. They could take years to create. Usually, they are not worth the trouble. Create a Social Community Social communities offer a far more positive enhancement to a site. This makes possible to add content based on popularity which will create more traffic fodder. Sphinn is an example you might want to check out. Music Promotion Sites
Links
Yahoo Answers (no follow links) Once juiced, others started posting one of my sites as a resource. This meant they were doing my work for me, like a virus. Craig’s List (short term links) This has not been great for me, however it is for some. It worked great for my art work and artwork site. Stumble Upon Blast Squidoo Link Lists and why you need to avoid them. Email Signatures Posting on Forums Blogging for Links Content links are the result of your superb content that just makes people want to write about you and link to you in their blogs. This is accomplished by providing exceptional resources, current news as in up to the minute, unique analysis and or opinion that does not repeat what you can find anywhere else. The result is credibility and clicks to your site. Press Releases for Web Site Traffic Releases provide buzz, links and best of all traffic. One press release not only got one site a few thousand views, it resulted in a few newspaper and magazine articles requesting an expert interview. This is one form of making your site known that cannot be overlooked for web site traffic building.
Other Ways to Boost Traffic
Eliminating Looser Links Some widgets and counters have third party links that will sometimes take your visitors to an unrelated site. Why would you want to lose a visitor in such a way. If the link is not high value or producing an income for you, it may be time to say good by. One option to create web site traffic is to not lose it in the first place. Come back as watch as we bring you more about building web site traffic. Next: After Web Site Traffic Go To Website Confidence |
Do You Want Traffic?If you build a website using the principles found here, you will get traffic? Want proof, ask us to show you our web site traffic screen shots. Traffic TipIs your website in your signature on your email? Many send e-mail with a signature from some other company. This amounts to free advertising for someone who does nothing for you. Why not advertise yourself. Put your website in your signature. Every time you send an email, you are promoting your site. It is not considered spam, even if you put a pitch in your signature. Best case, you only tempt and tease with a question or thought that will make them click. If you ask a question, there should be an answer at the other end. Failure to do so is bad form and a violation of net etiquette. Why Subscribe?If building a website is right for you or not can be answered by a review of several factors. To help you make the decision, consider subscribing to this seven part course. There is no rush, take your time. Decide wisely. A subscripton Box Will Go Here This is where the subscription box from SBI will go. What is Traffic OverviewGets tons of traffic. What does that really mean? Are they for real or are they a con? Organic Traffic is made of the visitors who find your site from keyword searches. Link Traffic comes from links on other peoples sites that link to your site. They can be put there by others who like your site. They can be put there by being included in articles you write and post on article sites. They can come from blog postings. Most blog posts do not provide a live link unless your link is in the body of the post. Links from Ads are like rented traffic. When you stop paying for traffic, it stops. Although it is risky, there are people who spend $30,000 to $100,000 in sales a month and even more. It can work but is only for the experienced. Social Media can produce a lot of traffic and if done correctly, it can even produce raving fans who will be loyal customers. Directory Traffic Only the best directories provide traffic. Although some will provide little or no traffic, they are still valuable, only for other reasons. Business Cards, Signs and Off Line Advertising can all bring traffic to your site. Your signature in your email.Other You will see ads about getting tons of traffic. Unless the traffic wants what you have, they will come and go and be of little or no benefit. Some sites like Digg and Stumble upon can provide incredible traffic spikes. Very few who come to you will actually convert to customers. Their value is limited. This is not to discouraged you from going after it. Just do not expect it to do more than help promote your brand. |
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