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| *Ostroff, Fair and Company>>>Search Engine Optimization |
Where are some good, free or low cost ways to get more traffic on my website? |
I am looking for some places to advertise my site and get some more traffic on my site There are many different ways to get high quality targeted traffic but the most cost-effective one is by far search engine optimization. The search engine optimization techniques are so important because the best kind of website traffic by far is going to be search engine traffic. This type of traffic is traffic who is highly targeted and because of that not only are they going to be interested in reading what you have to say but they are also going to be more interested in buying whatever you have to offer. We have a huge database of SEO articles, proven small business marketing strategies at: http://affordable-search-engine-optimiza... Happy reading! Serge SEO Consultant http://affordable-search-engine-optimiza... Source(s): http://affordable-search-engine-optimiza... Search the internet for "free ads". You can place them for traffic as well as do local ads in grocery stores, community newspapers/internet sites. Ask you friends to hit your website. Offer a contest and put your site in the contest site listing. I don't recall what's it's called, but search on contest listings and you'll find a ton. I mainly use the free resources and tools that I have found online: traffic exchanges, free advertising sites, social networking communities and forums, blogging, and so forth. Please visit my profile if you would like more details. Thanks! See site below for more on that. http://www.phifoundation.org/blog.html... What is your site about? Are you offering a service or information? First and foremost you need to make sure your site is both visitor and search engine friendly. Have you done any search engine optimization? This site will assist with seo tips: http://www.spiderseeker.com You need to be sure you have plenty of quality content within your site so your visitors will keep coming back - and telling their friends, social bookmarking your site, telling more friends... Find some forums that compliment the topic of your site. You need to let people know you are an 'authority' on the topic (of your site). Respond to other people's questions/concerns regarding said topic and place a signature link to your site within your answer (if allowable - don't spam). Getting traffic is a combination of a lot of things. The key to success is to create great content that visitors want to use, search engines will love and other websites will naturally link to. Of course, it's easier said than done. You can use pay per click advertising in the search engines to reach audiences looking for your products. You can use Google Adwords http://www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com... Here are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible: 1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others. 2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE! Recommend Site Scripts (various) http://php.resourceindex.com/complete_sc... Big Nose Bird Recommend this Site http://bignosebird.com/carchive/birdcast... CGI Resource Index http://cgi.resourceindex.com/programs_an... Hostscripts http://www.hotscripts.com/php/scripts_an... 3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area. If you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/201... 4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News. http://www.prleap.com/sign_up.html... http://i-newswire.com/ http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/... http://www.pressbox.co.uk/cgi-bin/links/... http://www.pr.com/press-releases... http://www.prfree.com/ http://www.clickpress.com/releases/index... http://www.theopenpress.com/ http://www.przoom.com/ http://www.prweb.com http://www.newswiretoday.com/ http://www.free-press-release.com/... 5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings. Here is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=... 6. Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are: Craigslist http://www.craigslist.com Google Base http://base.google.com Classifieds for Free http://www.classifiedsforfree.com/...... Text Link Exchange http://www.txtswap.com/ Recycler.com http://www.recycler.com/ Yahoo Classifieds http://classifieds.yahoo.com/ US Free Ads http://www.usfreeads.com/ |
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