Today, there are many ways of increasing the traffic to your web site. Some of them bring more traffic to your site, but not all. Here 10 effective ways to create an explosion of traffic to your site.
1. Trading links with other sites which are similar to your site can bring more traffic. You could also trade banner ads, half of page ads, the classified ads, etc Moreover, a lot of banner exchange sites offer the free impressions of your banner when you sign up with them. Here are some of the better ones:
http://www.purelybannerz.co.uk
http://www.linkswap.co.uk
http://www.click4click.com
You will find more banner exchange sites which offer to free impressions if you make a search for “banner exchange” on any search engine. If you do not have a banner for your web site you can create for free with:
http://www.addesigner.com
2. Start an E-zine for your web site. An informative e-zine is a good way to get peoples interest and a great way to keep in touch with potential customers.
3. Form a community on line. It could be a message board, chat room, etc. Having these on your web site is a great way for your site to be talked about on other sites.
4. Write articles and submit them to the e-zines, web sites and article directories. Make sure you include a small bio at the end of article with a link to your site. Many website owners use article directories as a one stop shop for content to use on there own site. A simple search using the term 'article directory' will present you with many sites you can submit your article to. If you do not want to write the article by yourself, you could 'farm out' the writing of the article for approximately $5 per article on these sites:
http://www.rentacoder.com
http://www.hurled.com
5. Offer a free e-ticket (branded with your web address) which can be exchanged for a free download.
6. Combine your products or services with another websites products or services in a joint. You could share a Web site and announce it to your subscribers and the other webmaster will do the same to his subscribers which means double traffic.
7. Offer a free E-zine, and submit it to all free e-zine directories on the Internet.
8. Take part in online forums and discussion groups. Answer the questions of others, and ask suitable questions yourself. Make sure to include your website under your signature for every post you make.
9. Exchange small adverts and articles with other e-zine owners.
10. Place small classified ads on any free ads site you can find on the internet. There is a ton of them out there for all different subjects.
Get going on the ideas above and you will see a surge in your traffic!