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How to get Traffic

1. Traffic Flare
   Ok, I try not to endorce sites, but Traffic Swarm can get you instant traffic. Try it, and if it does not work... I WILL give you traffic!
   
2. Content
   The single best way to get traffic to your web site is to have a really great web site. Offer things that people really want to see, know, learn, play, buy, or download. It's that simple. If you offer not much on your site, you may lose all your visitors as soon as they see your site.
   
   
3. Meta Tags
   Use the two common meta tags on your web site, keyword and description. Learn more at: http://www.promotion101.com/metatags.shtml 
   
   

4. Search Engines & Directories
   The best way to get traffic is from search engines. By submitting your site to the main search engines, you enable people to find your site, not just stumble across it. The first four you should work on are: AltaVista, Dmoz, Hotbot and Google
   
   Make sure you get listed in Dmoz and Google, as most other search engines add to their search engine with Dmoz. Yahoo is now mostly Google, so instead of paying to get listed in Yahoo, get listed well in Google.
   Always submit your main page by hand to make sure it is listed correctly, and use an automated submittion for the rest.

   AUTOMATED SUBMISSIONS

   www.siteadd.com
   www.addme.com
   www.submitexpress.com
   www.usubmit.com
   www.linkomatic.com
   www.linkmaster.com
   www.addengine.com
   www.netatlantic.com

1. Reciprocal Links
   The more people linking to your site the better. With a good site design, Reciprocal Links can be placed so that not many of your visitors are lost though them, but many are gained. Text Swap is great as they exchange links though javascript with other websites in a ratio of1:1. Search engines can some times rank a page on the amount of pages linking to your site, so links are very importaint.
   
   If you are wondering how many links are to your site, go to Google.Then, type link:http://www.yourdomain.com (where http://www.yourdomain.com is replaced with your URL).

2. Newsletters (and Ezines)
   Newsletters can get you a lot of exposures. You can write free articles and ask a newsletter to publish it. Additionally, you can pay for ads in newsletters. Do not publish your add in newsletters that can bug and are hard to unsuscribe to, as your add will be seen as a pain.

3. Usenet / Bulletin Boards
   When posting and commenting in a board or newsgroup, leave your website name and URL at the bottom of your messages. Do not spam just to get your URL in the board more, if unsure ask the moderator first, as this can be heavily penalized.

4. Banners
   Banner exchanges are very popular, but most get a very bad click rate. Place the Banner in a space that does not obstruct your site. Try 2 banner exchanges at a time and keep the best one. Keep trying new banner exchanges.
   
   Targeted banner placements do best. Whether trading or buying, you will often find that you want your banner on a related page.

5. Web Rings
   Web rings seem to be most effective for small sites or web ring owners. I use them here and there but they really depend on what sites are on either side of you in the ring. I recommend making a web ring page, with a collection of web rings, and links to your main pages. I have set one up Here. As you see, I do not link to the page of Web Rings from my main site as to keep my traffic on my page. This way, you can join as many web rings as you like and it will not get it the way of your site. (You can also make the same type of page with banner exchanges). If you wish to join a web ring, I recomend This One.

6. Size and Doorway pages
   The larger your site is, the more chance there is that people will find what they want on your site. It is because of this that search engines can rank websites on their size. To make your website look bigger use doorway pages. To have 100 pages made for your, Click Here.

7. Redesign your site
   Redesign your web site and eliminate frames to better come up on search engines. Also, don't bury your web site content three or four levels deep from your home page. Search engines often only go down one level when they spider your web site.

8. Email Signature
   When you send e-mail, always use an e-mail signature with a link back to your web site. And consider using a snappy one-liner on your signature, like: "the best web hosting in the Northeast" or "First in E-Commerce."

9. Awards
   Submit your web site to as many award places and sites of the day as you possibly can find. There's plenty at Yahoo.

10. Collect Email Address
    On your web site, ask your site visitors for their name and e-mail address. Send theme-mail and get them to respond to your offer and / or return to your web site.

11. Guest book
    Create a guest book and ask people to sign it. E-mail them back later when you've updated your web site.
    Post to people’s guestbooks wherever you see them and enter your URL to link back to your site

12. Tracking Users
    Sign up with a good counter. This will tell you lots about your visitors. Try This One.

13. Newsletter
    Publish an e-mail newsletter ore-mail update and include links back to your site
    

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