How Do I Get More Web Traffic?
I’m just getting started, what’s the best way to get traffic to my website?
This is a tough question to answer. Why? Because there is no easy answer. Building website or blog traffic is hard work, and takes time and comittment. To truly get the audience and readers you want, you’ll need to build a high-quality website or blog and fill it with more high-quality content and information that people want. All of that can take a while.
However, in the meantime, there are some tricks to building traffic…
Solve Problems & Think Of The Reader
The best websites or blogs solve problems. People come to the Internet mostly for that reason, to have problems solved. Maybe they need a chicken recipe for dinner? Maybe they need to know how to put up drywall? Whatever, people like to get answers online.
So does your website or blog solve problems? If not, why are readers visiting your site? What are you offering them that they don’t have? Put yourself in a reader’s head. What do they want to know… then give it to them.
Try Digg
Digg.com is a fast way to get attention. Essentially, you write some content on your website of blog that you think is interesting. Then you submit it for free to Digg.com, where it could be exposed to hundreds of thousands of readers if it’s good enough. If it is, watch out, you can see thousands of visitors to your site very quickly, helping you build an audience.
Link Unto Others
Don’t be stingy with your links. If you want to get more traffic, you should be exchanging links with other websites or blogs that match your content. People follow links as that is the nature of the web.
Social Networking
Open up a Myspace.com and Linkedin account and network with similar people in your industry. Don’t spam people, but really go out and introduce yourself and make some friends. Ask those friends to visit your site and build relationships with them.
Things To Avoid
Stuff like traffic exchanges and webrings don’t really work. Sure, they’ll get you some hits, but what they don’t get you is targeted hits. Avoid trying to build a quick audience with tools that claim you’ll get “XXX” # of hits in “XXX” days. Usually it doesn’t work.
Don’t forget, you can always Ask The Blogger for help anytime!
Bonus! AsktheBlogger Video On How To Get More Web Traffic
February 27th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
Good advice, but I think I would note that Digg is best on certain topics, not so good on others, and that there are other sites that work in a similar way, even if they don’t have an effect named after them yet. I’ve found very interesting stuff on Netscape, for example.
February 28th, 2007 at 9:43 am
Netscape is good too.