Web Site Traffic

MoonRiver · #1 02/05/10, 10:55 AM

I know several people have a web site, so I thought we should start a thread for sharing what we have learned about building site traffic. I'm in the process of building several sites, so I am starting to do research and am more than willing to share what I learn.

So if you have info to share or want to learn how to build traffic, please add your comments.

MoonRiver · #2 02/05/10, 11:02 AM

Sorry. Duplicate.

YounGrey · #3 02/15/10, 02:01 PM

I post a link at the bottom of my homesteading today id and receive lots of traffic that way. I also do link trades with other websites and increase my traffic that way as well. The more links you have to and from your site, the higher you rank in search results. The more updated your content, the higher your rank.

khelzy09 · #4 02/16/10, 03:36 AM

offer free, original and quality content on your site
get more backlinks on your website
improve your SE ranking
get linked
advertise your presence

MoonRiver · #5 02/16/10, 01:21 PM

I learned one thing NOT to do. I have several new Wordpress blogs and they are not getting hardly any traffic. This morning I found 2 sites had blocked search engines toggled on. The choices are:

I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Bing, Technorati) and archivers
I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors

So if you have a blog, make sure you are not blocking search engines.

katlupe · #6 02/17/10, 06:13 PM

Number one thing we do is to submit 2 feeds to Google every night. One goes to the Google shops and the other to Google.

Use Social Media. Like myspace, facebook, Hi5, Twitter, Twitternetmarketing, etc.

I also write two blogs.

Use Link Machine to do our link exchanges automatically.

Presently my websites come up on pages 1-2 on Google, Yahoo and all other search engines and have since 2002.

katlupe

VA Susan · #7 03/11/10, 06:48 PM

I'm new to selling online. My friend has a blog and linked my site on her sidebar.
Katlupe, could you explain what you mean by "submit 2 feeds to Google every night"?
Thanks.
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My Etsy Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/laurelcreekgallery

byexample · #8 03/15/10, 02:32 PM

When it comes to building website traffic the most important thing to remember: Content is King.

I have worked on websites (I build websites for a living) that didn't focus on search engine optimization at all... but just had lots of good, quality content. Those sites often did better with the search engines than did clients that spent lots of time focusing on "tricks" and "seo secrets" but had little real content.

We've been building our personal website for several years now and really have focused on the content. We have ads on our site, but we never really set out to make money on our site. We really haven't even promoted the site much and have employed only basic, common-sense search engine optimization techniques (meta tags, clean html, etc..)

We are currently getting more than 2000 visitors a day to our site and serve out more than 20,000 page views every day. We have lots of content online at this point and it's the content that's been solely responsible for our visitor count and modest ad revenue.

Another thing to remember about fishing for web visitors: every page is like a fishing line in the pond. Want more fish? Put more lines in the pond. Want more web visitors? Publish more pages. It really can be that simple.

AshleyB · #9 03/17/10, 11:29 AM

Backlinks are so important! See if you can write a guest blog post for blogs similar in interest to you.

Nomad · #10 04/01/10, 12:23 PM

How do you link with other sites? Now that I finally have a site that is working, I need traffic. Thanks.

Nomad

fishhead · #11 04/01/10, 12:45 PM

One of my webpages has been #1 or #2 on Google for it's particular topic for 5 years now. About the only effort I put into it is to "advertise" it by placing the link into relevant online discussions or ones like this. Then as those people look it the link gets put at the top of the Google search for that topic.

Search "ATV damage" and look for the one with the Angelfire address. That's my page.

Bountiful Ranch · #12 04/01/10, 01:17 PM

I have had my website for probably 8 - 10 years. I really never update it because I am computer dense. Anyway, I've been getting more traffic because I've been getting more orders. Years ago I put my website on Farmer's Market which cost me 25 a year and I can tell I do get traffic from them.

Nomad · #13 04/02/10, 08:47 AM

Can anyone tell me how to link with other sites? Thanks.

Nomad

Nevada · #14 04/06/10, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Nomad

Can anyone tell me how to link with other sites? Thanks.

Nomad

The most common way is to email webmasters who manage web sites with a similar theme to yours. Just search at Google for your target keywords and email the site that come up.

There is also software that will do it for you.

Nevada · #15 04/06/10, 01:25 PM

Really people, search engine optimization (SEO) is a specialized profession. There are a number of forums and news groups devoted to the subject. There's a balance between aggressively promoting your web site and spamming the search engines, but it's difficult to know where that line is without contemporary opinions of your peers.

There are still tricks that can promote your web site quickly, mainly through priority content. Keyword stuffing and backlinks just don't get you where they used to get you in Google.

Nevada · #16 04/06/10, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Nomad

How do you link with other sites? Now that I finally have a site that is working, I need traffic. Thanks.

Nomad

Is dashellasgallery.com the domain you want to promote? Was it first registered in Feb 2010?

Nomad · #17 04/06/10, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Nevada

Is dashellasgallery.com the domain you want to promote? Was it first registered in Feb 2010?

Yes, that's it.

Nomad

Nevada · #18 04/06/10, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Nomad

Yes, that's it.

Nomad

Okay, here are a few facts that might explain things.

1. Your web site is new. Google will not index your web site for at least 6 months. Google's robot will visit and keep an eye on you, but you won't be in search results no matter what you do until your "sandbox" period is over.
2. Your web site structure is very difficult for a search engine to read. In Firefox go to View and then select Page Source (IE do View and then Source) to see what I mean.
3. You have not optimized your page to present your target subject matter. For example, your title tag contains only the word "home", which doesn't describe what your web site topic might be. I can give you specific instructions, but you're still in the sandbox right now.

I suggest that you make a short video to promote your website. That's the only way you'll attract traffic any time soon. You can be in Google as early as tomorrow morning if you do it right.

Nomad · #19 04/06/10, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Nevada

Okay, here are a few facts that might explain things.

1. Your web site is new. Google will not index your web site for at least 6 months. Google's robot will visit and keep an eye on you, but you won't be in search results no matter what you do until your "sandbox" period is over.
2. Your web site structure is very difficult for a search engine to read. In Firefox go to View and then select Page Source (IE do View and then Source) to see what I mean.
3. You have not optimized your page to present your target subject matter. For example, your title tag contains only the word "home", which doesn't describe what your web site topic might be. I can give you specific instructions, but you're still in the sandbox right now.

I suggest that you make a short video to promote your website. That's the only way you'll attract traffic any time soon. You can be in Google as early as tomorrow morning if you do it right.

This is so far over my head. I barely got the web site done even though it isn't difficult with their template. I had help from people on here, one IT guy and a web design guy as well as the Siteground help desk. I'm just lost when it comes to this stuff. I got an e-mail this morning telling me to read a book on html and then work on the site. What would this video consist of? I might be able to do that. I looked at the view and source and I get a page of code. It might as well be Chinese. Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks.

I went back into the code page and looked for 'Home'. I found it. I suspect that is where I will put something else, right?
Nomad

Nevada · #20 04/06/10, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Nomad

This is so far over my head. I barely got the web site done even though it isn't difficult with their template. I had help from people on here, one IT guy and a web design guy as well as the Siteground help desk. I'm just lost when it comes to this stuff. I got an e-mail this morning telling me to read a book on html and then work on the site. What would this video consist of? I might be able to do that. I looked at the view and source and I get a page of code. It might as well be Chinese. Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks.

Nomad

While an in-depth knowledge of HTML is a good thing, you can pick-up what you need along the way. Just ask if you don't know how to do something.

Maybe I can get you pointed in the right direction. So how did you make the web site you have? Did you use some online building software, or did you use a graphic HTML editor?

Just so you know; I'm not an HTML expert, I don't have an artistic bone in my body, and there are people around here who know a lot more about web site design than I'll ever know. However, I do know how to create a web site and promote it to the search engines.