The 5 Most Important Things You Can Do To Improve Web Site Traffic

This is an article that I found very interesting and wanted to share:

Traffic is at the heart of every web site and without it you simply cannot survive as an online business. Regardless of your niche or your business there is always room for improvement and to improve web site traffic is indeed a very wise move. It is important to note that the real key to improvement of any kind is in consistency. Building decent traffic to your web site is not a ‘one-off’ but a process.

When it comes to building traffic, many marketers run into those inevitable speed bumps. Building a website is the easy part - getting the traffic is often the hard part and much more time consuming than getting a website up and running. It is important to realize that your level of success online, to a large extent will be determined by the traffic you get.So, what can you do to improve web site traffic to your site(s)? There are quite literally hundreds of methods and strategies. Here are 5 proven strategies that should be a part of your consistent and ongoing traffic building strategy.

1) On Site SEO
Search engine traffic is still the best form of traffic and doing some basic on site optimizing can help the search engines find and index your site more effectively. Although it does not count for much anymore, it should at least be there. Make sure your title tags, descriptions and alt tags are properly defined and above all you should target the right keywords.

2) Off Site SEO
The determining factors of your search engine ranking lies in your off site optimization. In short, this boils down to how other web sites perceive your site. If authority sites consider your site to be important, then chances are that Google will also think your site is important. Getting quality inbound links from authority sites in your niche is incredibly important in boosting your PR (indication of your site’s importance). It’s also important to get the basics like site maps (xml & html), robots files and linking within your website and between all your web pages right from day one.

3) Distribute Your Content
One of the most reliable and probably the most effective way to improve web site traffic is to distribute your content to distribution channels like article or video directories. By giving other webmasters and Ezine owners the right to republish your content can get you masses of traffic through the back links you are allowed. This is one of the best ways to leverage your efforts with high traffic websites More recently video become a very important part of online marketing with sites like Google Video and YouTube and it promises to add a new and exciting dimension to building and improving web site traffic.

4) Community Interaction
With Web 2 exploding in popularity, we now know that community based web sites are here to stay. By getting involved with Blogs and community forums in your niche you will not only get traffic but also build credibility and meet a lot of potential joint venture partners. More than anything this is something you need to do consistently and by spending a mere 30 minutes a day you can quickly build up a huge amount of content on very popular web sites (although it’s not yours) - all with links back to your site.

5) Advertise
Even if you are marketing on a shoestring budget, advertising is something you have to incorporate in your traffic building strategies. Although you are paying for it, it is a very quick way of getting traffic and it does not have to cost you an arm or a leg. Advertising is, and has always been an important part of any business. Advertising is a great way of testing ideas and responses and once you’ve spent some time tweaking a campaign you can leave it on autopilot to bring you guaranteed traffic.



I just read this recently and I find it very interesting. I'll be giving it all a shot. Since the main theme of this blog is earning money online, traffic would come in handy.

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