While participating in many online discussions, I’ve seen a very steady trend. New business owners usually have a hard time of getting quality traffic to their website. Many are wanting quality traffic for free. There really is no magic formula to get thousands of people to your website without doing anything, but there are some things you can do to increase your chances of someone visiting your website for free.
Search Engine Optimization
There are many great resources out there on SEO. My goal here isn’t to define what it is and all different strategies of it, but to just give some simple tips. The biggest focus on SEO are keywords. Make sure that your content on your website has a good amount of keywords relating to your subject. Putting in significant keywords in your content will make it easier for people to find you when searching for that particular subject.
If your website is about fishing, just having “fish” and “fishing” as your main keywords in your content won’t give you high traffic results. If you’re giving out good advice how to catch fish you may want to focus on keywords such as “tips on catching fish” “catch big fish” and so on and so forth. Many people don’t just search “fishing” on search engines, they tend to refine their queries. So if you want to cater to the crowd that’s interested in catching fish, use the latter keywords and you’ll most likely be ranked higher on search engine results.
Link Exchanges
Link exchanges get mixed reviews from people whether they get you quality traffic or not, and rightfully so. To get quality traffic to your website, only exchange links with websites that are related to yours. Going from the previous example, if your website is about fishing and catching fish, it wouldn’t make any sense to exchange links with a website about computer software. It may seem like common sense, but many website owners will exchange links with anyone that’s willing. Websites that would help you get quality traffic would be websites about fishing equipment, good fishing spots, fishing techiques, etc.
Creating more link exchanges based on relevancy will not only get you quality traffic, but if you’re selling any products or services will give you more relevant leads (prospective customers) to your website.
Participating on Forums and Blogs
Participating on forums or commenting on blogs can get you quality traffic because you’re creating relationships and rapport with people with a similar interest. Find a forum that’s related to your topic and genuinely get involved in the discussions. Answer questions that people may have, establish yourself as someone who’s genuinely knowledgeable, and you will gain credibility. Add your website to your signature, and from time to time you may reference your website in your posts. This method will also give you more traffic that’s higher quality and more tailored to your target audience.
When commenting on blogs, use the same strategy as above. Don’t just comment “GREAT POST!!” and think that people will automatically click on your website. Add something of value to the reader, expand on the certain post, and genuinely get involved in the conversation.
Some final advice: Never pay for services that promise you thousand hits a day for a small price. These are almost always scams. These people will deliver traffic to your websites, but it will not help you one bit. Most people are paid small amounts to surf such websites, and the more they surf, they more they make. So in essence, it would be beneficial for someone who’s getting paid to visit your website to leave it as soon as possible and go to the next one.
Getting quality traffic to your website is not a fast or easy process. It takes time to build quality traffic, but in the end you’ll be glad you did. If you have similar advice or any other comments, please leave a comment on this post.
A pretty insightful post, doesn’t hype up how easy it is to get traffic, and really lets you know the reality. Hope to see more posts like this.