Hey there, I´ve got this image hosting site as my project. Currently it is based on a free PHP upload script, but I hired a professional coder to make a own one. He did a great job and it´ll be finished these days. Currently I´m getting ~70 views on my site each day, which isnt much, I´d like to increase it a bit. The whole site is ad-free, so I do not want it overpopulated or overused. In only 20 days the hosted images (~300) made traffic of around ~150GB. Thats why I´m looking for ways to SLIGHTLY increase the visitor count, else my server could break down. Anyone got an idea?
you can use SEO tactics but that might take forever. Also you can try facebook and something like video marketing to get traffic to your website...These traffic methods are free to do
Use FaceBook and Twitter and advertise away. Also try GFX forums where people will need to upload their graphics.
Use all free methods like forums,classifieds,groups,social networks, etc. social networks and groups are best to promote your site.
Make sure the names of your images are optimized for relevant keywords. Check google keyword tool for what are relevant searched that get a lot of traffic and adjust the names of your images accordingly.