There are two factors that aid in the success of your website as far as search engines go. The first factor is your ranking. The second is the volume of people visiting your site. If you know how to translate traffic into sales, big dollar signs of profit are in your future. Five useful traffic building strategies are the following.
Give your visitors a reason to return. It's always easier to retain a previous reader than to attract the attention of people who've never visited your site before. To encourage them to repeat their visits, let them add their e-mail addresses to an update or newsletter list. Incorporating RSS feeds for your websites is another method of keeping readers constantly updated.
Second, you should submit your website to the directory DMOZ and to the search engine/directory Yahoo. Both of them often send their results to meta search engines and smaller directories. Thus, by being indexed with DMOZ and Yahoo, you will get traffic not only from those two major websites but from many smaller associated websites as well.
Draft compelling content. The foundation of your website is the content it delivers. Write articles that are attractive and interesting. If people browsing the web discover articles they really enjoy, they'll be more likely to link to your page. Interested readers will also be repeat visitors.
Be featured. There are directories and other websites that will feature listings for as long as conditions are met. Read their terms and apply them to your website so your listing will land at the topmost page or placed in the most conspicuous area.
Be sure that you are visiting the most updated blogs on the Internet. When visiting other people's blogs, be sure to leave a relevant comment. More visitors will be encouraged to visit your website if your thoughts or responses are solid.
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