Web Site TrafficComprehensive Coverage of How to Get the ClickClicks or web site traffic can come from over 30 sources. Building web site traffic is a never ending job. It is like sweeping the sidewalks every morning. With a concept in place and web site created the next step is getting the click. Your DIY website needs to be built for both the visitors and the search engines. The engines will provide most of the sites web traffic. The web site visitor they provide will be the 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 can play a part to increase your traffic. How much 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 make a living and a site that only makes a few pennies per click will need 10,000 per day so don’t get hung up on numbers. There are numerous ways of getting the click, boosting web site traffic and increasing visits. 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 AskEach 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 ListedMSN...Getting ListedYahoo....Getting ListedASK...Improving Chances of Getting Listed If you purchase the site builder we recommend, this process is automated and manages the process free 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 more the better. 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 Sitemaps and Pinging 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 sitemaps for “submitting”. Even better yet, if you ping Google at it’s BlogSearch with a blog post you will instantly get indexed. Article Marketing 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 an 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 How to write an article. Directory Submissions Free or For Fee Listings Hire It Out Do It Yourself Directory Listing DMOZ is a totally human directory which means months to get listed. Only great content gets listed here. Help getting listed. will give instructions on how to get in. Social Networking Web Site Traffic De*lic*ous Gather Your invited to join me on Gather. It's free! 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 The music promotion sites list.
Links Links work various ways to help boost web site traffic. Each link in to each page is like a vote for the site. Each link in could bring another visitor. Each link can serve to brand your site. 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 Press 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. Free Press Release Sites and a few pay sites. Other Ways to Boost Traffic Boost Your DIY Website Building Power using SBI 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. Go to top of Web Site Traffic |