How do I get traffic to my site?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by egustafson88, Sep 4, 2006.

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    I created my page about 3 months ago. Ive made $16.75 so far but thats becasue im paying money in google adwords. Since I cancelled my adwords acount I haven't gotten any traffic to my site. How do I get traffic?? Thanks anyone.
     
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  2. Rmemo

    Rmemo Peon

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    My best advice for you would be, the internet is a big place. Make sure you have what people want in your site and just post your link in relevant places, like i have a website with family guy content. I will post my link on websites that have something to do with comedy/cartoons and etc... Hope this helps.
     
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    my website is bestcustomcomputer.com. When someone types best custom computer into google it is second in the list. Why don't i get more traffic?
     
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    SIK Well-Known Member

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    because there are around two or maybe three people every year that are going to search for that odd phrase - "best custom computer"
     
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    I dunno, maybe by posting this question in the right forum, maybe? Just a thought...
     
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    Your site may appear high or on the top of the list of that keyword, it doesn't quite mean that people will type it.

    Also the Popup Advert on your site probably might turn some people away from your site. At least it did me.

    Traffic takes a while to build so you probably need to find ways to promoting your site, within 3 to 6 months you should get some nice natural traffic.

    One thing I realized is that you do not use signatures in your post. It actually helps to use them in message board such as this as it does get spidered by search engine. Every little bit helps.

    Also be visible especially on message boards, forums, newsgroups and if possible in public forums and events. I don't mean to spam or advertise but be there, ready to give computer advice pertaining to custom building computers. Do Link exchanges with other relevant sites.

    All this takes time and effort and if you work on it, it will pay off in the end.

    As a side note, you might want to look at the interface of your site. The front page and every other pages do seems to have different templates and they do not appears to appear it is from the same site. Also the Alt text for the navigation bar is different from the text label of the menu items on the navigation bar.
     
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    My suggestion to you is not going to help your rankings, but may get people to stay on your site longer. First get rid of that times new roman font. Use Verdana.

    Add this in your head section:

    
    p {font-family:Verdana,Arial,sans-serif}
    
    Code (markup):
    You add it in right after..

    
    <title>Best Custom Computers</title>
    <style type="text/css"><!--
    
    Code (markup):
    ..that line.

    Times new roman is great for news paper type and such, but it screams the early 1990s internet era when you see it on a website. It's just not a pretty font to see on a screen.

    Now as far as getting you ranked well for certain keywords, see the link in my sig.

    Hexed
     
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