How to increase traffic to your website or blog:
These are some of the best tried and tested methods, which will help you to increase traffic and visitors to your website or blog.
Hook up with SEO ( search engine optimization ). Please find below the list of popular SEO.
· Alexa-Ranking
· BACKLINK Anchor Text Backlink, Backlink Analyzer, Backlink Builder
· Meta Tag Generator
· Ranking Checker by SEOmoz.com
· MultiRank Checker by iWebtool.com
· Fiddler Web Debugging Tool by Fiddlertool.com
· SEO Analyzer by Sitening.com
· Strongest Subpages Tool by WeBuildPages.com
· Backlink Checker by WeBuildPages.com
· Firefox with the Web Developer Extension by Chris Pederick
· SEO for Firefox by SEOBook.com
· Google Analytics/ Google Webmaster Console by Google.com
· Keyword Selector Tool by Overture.com
· XENU's Link Sleuth by Tilman Hausherr
· Keyword Density & Prominence Tool by Ranks.nl
· Submit you URL to all major search engines like yahoo, google, MSN, AOL , bing.com & also at the same time submit your URL to 1stopsubmit.com, submitexpress.com & http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com directories.
· Get your site linked with popular sites, blogs and local media. Initially provide them with free branding space. Potential vendors will be Real estate agents, Second hand car shops, Pets etc.
· Buy links to your site.Buy text links on other websites. That means more spiders stopping by, more people clicking through, and better search engine rankings.
· Go to http://www.feedburner.com and subscribe your blog.
· Its also necessary to submit your blog to Internet directories because people might find you through these. One of the important web directories is dmoz.org/.
· Submit RSS feed and Blog URL to prominent RSS and Blog directories. To save your time use submitemnow.com
· Add your blog to blogtoplist.comas well as blogsitezone.com website. User might come to your website from these resources.
· Try to give your comment on the highly traffic blogs; also put your blog link in your name or at the end of your comment. It's one of the most important factors to consider for newly created blog to generate the traffic.
· Try to right good quality article related to your blog and submit it to free articles directory like ezinearticle.com, http://www.goarticles.com or yahoo groups.
· Join blogsoldiers.com, it's important for generating free traffic. This scenario work likes the following; suppose you visited ten blogs in return you will surely get 50% visitors i.e. you will get 5 number of visitors to your blog.
· You can also join some of the website which sent free traffic to your site like HitnCash, TrafficSwarm & Blogexplosion. They work like energy booster for your blog. Frankly telling I use to generate more than 500 visitors per day. 12) try to update your blog once in a week if not daily; it will give you upper hand in terms of search engine ranking. Write few lines (400 words) of article and post it to your existing blog regularly.
· Register with Blog Search Engines - Search engines that specialize in blogs daypop.com, blogvision.com blogsearchengine.com/
· Use the following service to popularize your blog blogwise.com, bloghub.com blogdaisey.com, getblogs.com, lsblogs.com, blogdex.com/
· Register with Tracking Services - These services note when a blog has been updated and publish an ongoing list. They even keep track of the most updated and most visited weblogs. Plus you get to learn what pinging is. blo.gs/ , weblogs.com
· Create and increase the "Why Must I Return" Value to Your Blog Everyone knows the fact that Blogs get a huge level of returning visitors because of its constantly updated content. Why don't you add more interesting items to that return value by having fixed periodical posts / offers, e.g. Monday Top 10 Tips, Picture of the Week, Free Bonus of the Month, Free Daily Wallpapers, etc. to give them the absolute excuse to return to your blog. As long as you can efficiently and appropriately increase that Return Value constantly, it is mostly guaranteed that you'll be getting tones of repeated visitors, period.
· Track Your Blog Tracking your blog does not have to be overly sophisticated usually a simple free page counter like StatCounter.com, ActiveMeter.com, Extremetracking.com or Sitemeter.com will do the trick. Install (copy/paste) the code into the html of your blog template and start tracking your visitors. Its better to use a service which gives you advanced traffic analysis, such as keyword tracking information, referral information, and search engine information. Visitors, returning visitors, and unique visitors should be standard for any page counter service you choose.
· I suggest you to join blogger's best friend Technorati, it will generate trafiic for his friend (blog). Technorati makes easier to find your blog through Technorati tags. Technorati is a large blog ranking engine it will rank your blog by the number of links to your blog from various websites. The higher you rank in Technorati the more traffic you will generate for your blog.
· Buy banner ads.Buy banner ads on other websites. It helps to build brand recognition.
· Participate in a banner exchange program.It won't cost you anything, and will lead to a few extra visitors. Plus, you're spreading your brand all
· Use smart public relations (PR).Get news coverage of your business and your site. Approach online and traditional media. This will often lead to others placing links pointing to your website, which leads to more clicks and also to improved search engine rankings.
· Use E-mail marketing.Ugly, but effective for the cost. Blast out your special offers, but be nice about it.
· Use off-line marketing.Promote your site. Put your url on all your license plates. Paint it on your car. Buy newspaper and yellow pages ads with your url. Put up flyers and stickers. Sponsor a little league team. Do anything and everything to spread the word about your website around your city.
· Run regular promotions.Stage regular giveaways and spread the word about it.
· Get published.Write articles for publication on other websites. The author profile will link to your site. The article will show that you're an expert.
· Publish yourself.Write articles for your own site regularly. This will help you to win on the search engines and gives your visitors a reason to come back over and over.
· Ask for reviews.Ask for reviews of your self-published articles on other webmasters' websites. Ask for reviews of your website, your products, your software, your services. These will usually include links to your articles.
· Write briefs.Write daily or weekly news briefs focusing in on your industry or specialty area. This keeps your site "fresh" in the eyes of the major search engines and helps you to spread a wide net when fishing for top search engine positions.
· Create a newsletter.Ask your visitors to sign up for your newsletter, and encourage them to send it along to people they know. Send a newsletter regularly with teasers or lead-ins to your in-depth new articles or with special offers and the latest products.
· Post in chat rooms.Become active in bulletin boards and chat rooms focusing on your industry. Leave inciteful comments, and people will click on your profile, then visit your site.
· Give away free stuff.Offer something people want at your site. Give them a reason to come back and get more. Offer free downloads and update them regularly. Offer coupons or discounts. Content content content.
· Give awards for excellent sites in your niche.This builds more links back to your site and establishes you as a credible reviewer, an expert in your space.
· Run a contest and promote it.Photo contests, essay contests, goofy contests, random drawings, anything. Example: Messiest Garage in America contest on OfftheFloor.com.
· Join your local business organizations.Chambers of Commerce and other organizations will often add your site to their member directory. That's an added advantage over the obvious business-building and networking opportunities.
· Create an RSS feed.Give people another way to interact with your content.
