Need more
traffic to your website? Three sites that will increase your traffic for free!
by: Sher Holloway
What good is a website if no one visits? And how do you get traffic to your
website without spending a fortune? Getting visitors to your website doesn't
have to be hard and you don't have to spend hundreds of dollars to find out how
to get more traffic. It just involves some common sense.
What do you do when someone wants to visit your house, but doesn't know where it
is? You give them directions to find it. The same applies to your website.
You've got to tell potential visitors how to find it. The more people you tell,
the more people you will have visit.
Below are three places that can increase your website traffic for free. All you
have to do is put some elbow grease into it and these websites can help serve as
the map to your site.
1.
DMOZ. http://www.dmoz.org: If this isn't your first website, I don't have to
tell you how important it is to be listed in DMOZ. But just in case this is your
first trip around the net, you HAVE to be listed in DMOZ. Why? The short version
is because a listing with them will ensure listings with others. Go there right
now and spend some time looking for the perfect category for your site. Once
you've found it, click on "suggest URL" and enter your information. DMOZ is
selective, so be sure your website is in tip top shape first.
2.
Family-Content: http://www.Family-Content.com. The owner of Family Content,
Donna Schwartz Mills, is providing a wonderful service to webmasters.
Essentially you write a short article on any subject about which you have some
knowledge. Whether it's how to wax a mustache or how to bake bread or how to
make a million dollars, everyone has something to write. Spell check your
article, check for errors in grammar and most importantly, add a resource box at
the end. Once you submit your article to Family Content other webmasters are
allowed to use your content for free in their websites or ezines so long as they
keep your resource box intact. Every person that reads your article... and that
can amount to A LOT...will also have the opportunity to visit your website. Not
sure what a resource box is? You'll see mine at the end of this article.
3.
The Business Owner's Idea Cafe: http://www.IdeaCafe.com.
This is one of the best sites for small business owners and people who hope to
someday be small business owners on the net. They've been mentioned in
everything from The Wall Street Journal to Business Week to USA Today. The
Business Owner's Idea Cafe can help you increase traffic to your site for free
in two ways.
First of all, they have a vast message board of sorts that covers a variety of
topics. Search the boards, called Cyberschmooz, to find a topic to which you
have something to contribute. Write a well thought out reply and as you should
already be in the practice of doing whenever you post to any message board, add
a link to your website after your name.
If you've been in business over six months, you should also submit your "biz
profile" in their "Biz Celebrities" section. If you're accepted, your website
will be prominently displayed on the front page of their site along with a story
about you and what you do. It's not easy to get listed and for goodness sake,
don't try to submit your business the very first time you visit their site. But,
once you've become familiar with who they are, what they do and what they are
looking for, you have a shot.
There you have it. Three places you can visit on the Internet that can
dramatically increase the traffic to your website completely free. You can start
right now and before you know it, you'll see a jump in the number of visitors to
your website. What are you waiting for? Get busy!
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