Need advise on how to promote a single website.

Hi DPs marketing experts!

I searched the forum for previous post regarding promoting/increasing traffic to your website but I'm still kinda lost.

We've just launched our site 5 days ago, and we'r trying our very best to increase our traffic. We got several nice comments on the site itself but still we find the traffic coming in still kinda low. (aint we impatient!)

We would really appreciate if anyone can guide us the proper way to promote our site to increase our traffic? For instance, if this is your own website and you just bring it online. What will you do beside updating the content daily to attract more traffic.

Thanks and Kind regards

 

There is so many posts on this forum how to do that. For me it is really confusing sometimes. I an sure that you must have as much links to your site as you can, submit to every directory and search engine and it will eventually bring traffic to your site.

http://guidetocroatia.blogspot.com

 

Backlinks to your site from a site with a similar theme will also help alot...

 

Yea, there's way too many articles in this marketing section and all the jargons used.. so kinda confusing.

It will help if someone simplied all these to us in really basic terms.

Thanks in advance.

 

Search for sites like yours and ask them to Trade Links...

Try some of these also


If you have Banners created for your site go here for FREE Banner Exchange .

ExchangeBanners.org http://www.exchangebanners.org/index.php

(You can also purchase more credits *5,000 for $5* and reach a wider audience with you banner)


Another Free Banner Exchange Site.

Great Banner http://www.greatbanner.com/


And More

BannerXchange http://www.bannersxchange.com/


Another site for Lot's of Banner Exchange Sites.

Net-Ads http://www.net-ads.com/promotion/bann-ex.html


You should also sign up with Googles,
Adsense https://www.google.com/adsense/ *OR* Yahoos!,Yahoo! Publisher Network http://publisher.yahoo.com/


Adsense alternatives http://8n.nu/search-engines/google/adsense-alternative/index.htm

You can also sign up with the following and if your accepted you can find advertisers and make money from your website..

Kolimbo http://www.kolimbo.com/

Linkshare http://www.linkshare.com/

Commission Junction http://www.cj.com/

Chitika, eMiniMalls https://chitika.com/

Clicksor http://www.clicksor.com/


If you need help with editing the Template (HTML) for your Blog/Site try these..

W3 Schools *Free*.. Learn, (HTML, XHTML, CSS, TCP/IP) http://www.w3schools.com

HTML Goodies *Free* http://www.htmlgoodies.com/

HTML Help Guide *Free* http://helpguide.bravepages.com/main.html


Here's Sultan_Emerrs Links to getting your site Registered with the Search Engines...


If you hope to get a load of returning visitors, you have to keep updating it with new things that make people want to keep going, and it's gotta look good. The better looking, the more people want to be affiliated with it. Also, make friends, and share links. Join web rings, give the links to your friends who are interested, and an interactive element like a message board, or such, will (if handled correctly) keep people coming back.

http://forums.g4tv.com/messageview.cfm?catid=64&threadid=525124&STARTPAGE=1 http://forums.g4tv.com/messageview.cfm?catid=64&threadid=525124&STARTPAGE=1

1. Link to other pages, and have them link to you.

2. Use relevant META tags for keywords and description

3. Announce your website in many online forums (if Allowed or in your Signature File). Many sites frown on Posting about Personal Sites.

4. Register your url with google and as many other search engines as possible.

5. Update your site often to have repeat visistors.

6. Add your url in your email signature.

7. Do a search on google, then at the bottom of the page is "Disatisfied with results? Help us improve" link. Just fill out the info. and the spiders will go to your site.

8. Add your url to your business card and pass them out.


Meta-Tag Builder http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/mk-metas.html

Meta Tag Analyzer http://www.widexl.com/remote/search-engines/metatag-analyzer.html


Cool Site of the Day http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/

Add your URL to google http://www.google.com/addurl.html

Getting Higher Google Rankings http://www.burgettsys.com/stories/60948/

Self Promotion http://www.selfpromotion.com

Google Addurl http://www.google.com/addurl.html

Camtech 2000 http://camtech2000.net/Pages/submit.html

iTools http://www.itools.com/internet/

Submit Corner http://www.submitcorner.com/Tools/Submit/

iSubmit http://www.isubmit.com/

irnis http://www.irnis.net/soft/golden/

VersionTracker http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/26488

How to suggest a your to the Open Directory http://dmoz.org/add.html

Search Engine Watch http://searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/index.php

Incoming Links Guide http://www.incominglinks.com/


Have you thought about putting a Paypal Donation button on the page? Paypal http://www.paypal.com/


How It Works

PayPal Donations is easy to set-up and use:

1. Log in to your PayPal account
2. Click on the Merchant Tools tab
3. Click on the Donations link
4. Specify the name, amount (optional; if you leave amount blank, your donor will be asked to choose a donation amount), and other details of the donation
5. Add more optional information such as a customized button graphic and the ability to include a note with the donation
6. Click Create Button Now and the Button Factory will generate customized HTML code
7. Paste the HTML code on your website to create your Donate button


FREE SEARCH ENGINE PLACEMENT


http://forums.g4techtv.com/messageview.cfm?catid=59&threadid=338290



Search Engine Optimization

Macronimous.com http://www.macronimous.com/resources/site_promotion.asp

Search Engine Forums http://vivisimo.com/search?query="search+engine+forums"&v:sources=Web&x=39&y=27

How do I get my site listed on Google? http://www.google.com/webmasters/

Getting Website Recognized, Google Answers Home http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=248891

126hits.de http://126hits.de/

Search Engine Watch http://searchenginewatch.com/

ineedhits http://ineedhits.com/add-it/free/

Submit to Yahoo http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html

Submit Express http://www.submitexpress.com/list.html

Google Search,get your website listed http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=how+to+get+your+website+listed&btnG=Google+Search



Find out if your websitesite is linked to other web sites = Type your website address into google. When the search comes back click "Find web pages that link to www.yoursite.com ". You will see other options there as well, such as searching for non-hyperlinks with your address, etc.


Google - promoting your website http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=promoting+your+website&btnG=Google+Search


Check out,

Google AdWords http://www.google.com/ads/

Google AdSense http://www.google.com/ads/

 

Apart from all the methods outlined in the various posts, and Keith's excellent post above, most of your traffic will come from search engines. Its nearly always the case. That takes time unfortunately so you need to be a bit patient. If you have a good site and you do all the work suggested above...getting traffic is guaranteed eventually.

Do the ground work now and in 6 months you'll be rewarded...

 

thank for all the inputs!

I've tried some of the recommendations and will keep on finding new ways to get traffic. Yea, starting is always hard but once you can overcome dat initial phase, I'm sure it all will be cool

Cheers!

 

It's going to take alot of effort on your part for awhile to *Build* a following...

Spend the spare time or most all the time you can now to do that and it will become what you what it to be...

It took us 5-years when I was in L.A. to build a *Real Company* and I have to tell ya it was worth all those long hours... Mainly just to say I was a part of it...

 

That's some excellent advice by KeithLDick

 

Well that's courtesy Sultan_Emerr and a tiny bit of mine at the beginning...

Most of the links I have are for Blog Sites... we are continually trying to keep it updated and share with everyone..



My Links for Promoting Blog Sites sign up with all of these..

Popdex http://www.popdex.com/

Pheedo Exchange http://www.pheedo.com/

Blogrolling http://www.blogrolling.com/

Glob of Blogs http://globeofblogs.com/

Blogarama http://www.blogarama.com/

Blogshares http://blogshares.com/

Blogkits http://www.blogkits.com/

BlogWize http://www.blogwise.com/

Bloggeries http://bloggeries.com/

Blogpulse http://www.blogpulse.com/

BlogFlux http://mapstats.blogflux.com/

Blog Reporter (Like Digg) http://www.blogreporter.biz/

Bloghop http://www.bloghop.com/

Blogtricks http://www.blogtricks.com/

Blogexplosion http://www.blogexplosion.com/

Technorati http://www.technorati.com/


A very good & Free way to keep track of your visitors and all your Stats for your Blog.

Performancing http://performancing.com/

 

The first thing I do with a new site is submit to hundreds of directories and then send out a bunch of articles.

 

How do i submit to directories? And what does these directories do?

For articles wise, i reckon you must have written excellent stuff to send it out?

I'm new to this so would appreciate help =)

 

Do a Google search for Free Directories or Free Web Directories... Then start looking at them and see if they have a *Category* that your site fits and submit a link (Usually they require a Link on your site back to them), unless you wanna pay some company to do it for you, you are going to have to do some leg work... I did one hell of alot of leg work...


You might need these also...

Things you need to know about *Copyrighting your Work & Website*...

DevX.com http://www.devx.com/projectcool/Article/20043/0/page/3


Things you need to know about *Creative Commons*

Creative Commons.org http://creativecommons.org/

 

If you are new to this and have $10 to spare then you can pay somebody on the Buy, Sell and Trade sections of the forum.

They will submit to 100 directories on your behalf.

Go to http://www.articledashboard.com/ and take a look at all the articles people have submitted (for free) and see if you could do the same.

 

LOL keith you must have this on speed paste. Great info though my fellow buckeye.

 

Naw, I just spent alot of time looking around the net and always keep a file with all the links... hehehe


Cheers...

 

I will just lie down some of the easy and common ways you can recieve more traffic to your site:
- Exchange links with other websites (Become affiliates - you should only exchange links with RELAVENT sites for targeted traffic)
- Buy links from high Google PageRank relavent websites
- Submit your site to directories. There's tons listed here at Digital Point, and all/most are free!

 

i'm interested in on articles in articledashboard, are they for free? can we use it on our website??

 

this nice info,me too newbie and i need some info about this topic
thx
judge0

 

Seriously, with out any other post really, get your site SEO'd by a professional. Thats the only true way to get traffic unless you have an endless budget.