E-Business Articles: How To Generate
Web Site Traffic For Free?
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 recommendable 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.
