Traffic
is essential for every
ecommerce enterpreneur and
website owner. The best way
of getting traffic is by
achieving a top 10 or top 20
position in a famous search
engine as Google. There are
more than 8 billion websites
indexed by Google. Only a
small fraction of them get a
high ranking.
It is not difficult to
generate a lot of internet
traffic with a high
advertising budget. Big
companies can afford
millions of Dollars for
advertising. Some brands
only get traffic because of
their famous name.
Most of the website owners
have to calculate with a few
Dollars. How can they
succeed in generating
traffic?
Some tips how to generate
web site traffic for free:
1. Display your URL on
everything
The public has to know about
your website. The first step
is to spread out your
websites URL everywhere: on
your business cards, on your
online and offline letters,
on your mailbox, in the
telephone directory etc.
2. Submission to search
engines and directories
You can submit your URL in
most of the cases free of
charge to search engines and
directories. Important are
directories that relate to
the topic of your website.
If your website deals with
golf, submission to golf
related directories or golf
related pages in general
directories might bring some
traffic to your website.
3. Free classified ads
Classified ads are free of
charge. You can place as
many ads as you want. You
can get a better exposure
through featured ads to
moderate costs. If you
decide to pay for featured
ads, it’s recommendabe to
give priority to classified
ad websites with a high
Alexa traffic rank. You find
out the Alexa traffic rank
of a website by typing in
it’s URL at the alexa.com
website.
4. Ads in ezines
It is also worthwhile to
place ads in ezines that are
related to the topic of a
website. This can be done
with moderate expenses.
5. Expose your website in
newsgroups, forums
You may sign up in
newsgroups and forums that
relate to the topic of your
website. You can give your
advice to the audience and
show solutions by your
website. A lot of people
surf on this kind of
websites in order to find a
solution for their problems.
6. Traffic Exchange
You may sign up at the
different traffic exchange
websites. You earn credits
by surfing on these
websites. The more you surf,
the more credits you earn.
Your website receives
traffic according to the
credits that you achieve. Of
course, you cannot sit
surfing all the time. This
programs offer you the
opportunity to refer other
surfers to their website.
Your website can gain credit
from all the surfers in your
downline in this MLM-like
system. Traffic to your
website could explode, at
least theoretically.
