4 Ways To Get Traffic To Your Website

 4 Ways To Get Traffic To Your Website

If you want to increase the amount of visitors coming to your website, these four proven strategies will help you get going.

1) Create a blog post with valuable content and apply the tips outlined below.

2) Submit your website address to various search engines (such as Google, Bing, Yahoo).

3) Optimize your website content for SEO and use social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to push new posts out. This is often overlooked but can be very effective if done correctly. At least once-a-day tweet about a recent post or updates on something happening in your niche or industry.

4) Submit your website to bookmarking sites and directories. There are dozens of these, but here is a list of the top 25 most popular:

5) Setup a Google Alert. This is an excellent way to find out when new content is added to your website or other sites that are linked from your website. Simply enter your keyword into the Google Alert form and you will be notified whenever someone blogs about it, posts it in forums or comments on blog posts with that keyword.

(You can use this same search term on Google Blogsearch as well).

(You can use this same search term on Google Blogsearch as well).

4 Ways to Get Traffic to Your Website

If you want to increase the amount of traffic coming to your website, these four proven strategies will help you get going.

1] Create a blog post with valuable content and apply the ways outlined below.   2] Submit your website address to various search engines (such as Google, Yahoo).   3] Optimize your website content for SEO and use social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to push new posts out. This is often overlooked but can be very effective if done correctly. At least once-a-day tweet about a recent post or updates on something happening in your niche or industry.   4] Submit your website to bookmarking sites and directories. There are dozens of these, but here is a list of the top 25 most popular:

http://yourwebsitename.mweb.co.za/ (free registration)  http://www.bloggerdirectory.com/ (free registration) http://www.bingbloggerslist.com/ (free registration) http://www.bloggerslisteningnetwork.com/ (free registration)  http://www.cakramediaqualitylistingservice.com/ (not free) http://www.digg.com/submit (free registration)  http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet_and_E-Mail/Blogs/ (free registration)   http://www.ehowenespanol.com/ (free registration) http://www.everybodylinks.com/ (not free) http://www.exaleadwebindexerworldwide.info/en/indexing-your-site?id=352298&mode=advanced (not free but has the option to submit your site privately and get it indexed for $1 a month ) http://lisimingwu.posterous.

Conclusion

While the number of websites on the Internet is reaching into the billions, a  small percentage of these sites are seen by tens and hundreds of thousands of people every month.  The 4 websites outlined above may not be for everyone, but they are a good starting point for capturing that audience.  If done right, you will get a lot more traffic than most sites out there.

Article contributed by David Bannister on 14th May 2011.

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