Remember the old saying "Laughter is the best medicine". Well it is very true in case of websites, just as it is true in general life. If you want lots of attention and originality for your website then humor is someting you should definitely consider. When you compare funny and humorous websites to the ones that are not, then you will find that there are hardly any funny websites out there. This approach will definitely make you stand out of the crowd, since at the end of the day people need something funny which will make them laugh and smile. I am not saying that you should have a funny joke website throughout, but you can try putting your content in a rather humorous and jovial manner. One way of doing it is with caricatures of different public figures, and writing some funny one-liners.
Whatever you do you should always try to be original and creative whe it comes to developing your website. People are really bored of seeing the same things over and over again, and they would certainly appreciate a change. Try putting information on the website in a different way. For example you could change the way your navigation is set up. Or you could try various techniques with graphics and colors. Whatever you do try to be original and creative, but not too abstract which completely confuses and puts your visitors off.
The better way to do this is to have a section which is dedicated to some humorous topics in addition to some humor throughout ther website. You can either have a few pages for this section, or to make it more user interactive, you might want to have a blog. A user interactive blog will give you lots of original content since there will be other people besides you who will be posting to it. This regular updation will make it a big hit with other users as well as search engines. And it won't be long before you blog attracts users from various places every single day. If you have smart links pointing from your blog to your website, there is a big chance that you will get most of the traffic from your blog to your website. It is simple common sense.
Today there is a new concept of vlogs coming up. A vlog is simply short for "video blog". With the emergence of video sites such as youtube, google video, myspace, etc. this form of advertising has really taken off. Alongwith funny caricatures you could also have some funny video clippings or a humorous slideshow. A few short 1-2 minute videos can really make your website more appealing and popular since people would certainly love to sit back and relax for a few minutes. These vlogs are also popular with search engines, and there is a big chance that they might rank you higher.
Other popular ways of getting lots of traffic is by getting lots of incoming links to your website. At the same time try and focus on linking to websites which are related to your industry. Since search engines notice these things. There are many places where you can exchange links. Just type in a search for link exchanging websites, and you will find many of them. In this manner you will get good directed traffic.
These methods and ideas discussed above are a sure fire way to make your website original, humorous and get lots of targetted traffic to your website.