Five Steps to More Traffic

One of the biggest problems for anyone with a website is getting enough traffic. People are constantly trying to find new tricks to get to the top of Google. The problem is, those tricks don't work. If they do, they won't for long and could potentially hurt your site's standing with Google. To help improve the worth of your website to you, the trick isn't a high Google ranking. The trick is getting the right kind of traffic, which will also help your Google ranking.

There are several safe things you can do to get more traffic, and I've decided to divulge five tips to getting more traffic.

1. KEYWORD LOAD YOUR HYPERLINKS:

Hyperlinks on your website are very important. Google loves to see that you are linking to quality locations or pictures and will push your hyperlink and image text as heavily weighted keywords. Don't just create a link that says, "Click Here!" If your keywords are, for example, "seo, internet, advertising, top google rank" Try something like, "Click here for friendly SEO assistance with internet advertising and getting a top Google rank!" Load outbound (links to other sites) and inbound (links to YOUR site) with keywords. You can even start partnerships with other sites to create inbound and outbound links.

2. UTILIZE TOP RANKED SITES (Craigslist):

Craigslist is one of the top ranked websites receiving some serious traffic. Though posting ads can be a bit tedious or time consuming, it is well worth it. You can even go as far as to hire companies such as EveryRose Creative Services to create, post, and repost special optimized Craigslist ads designed to have high Google rankings and get you tons of traffic. The same thing can be done with Backpage and other such sites. Also, keep step one in mind. Feel free to create some mega hyperlinks with tons of keyword loaded text turned into a hyperlink to your site.
3. SUBMIT ARTICLES:

I don't think anyone can say this enough. Articles can be very helpful to your traffic. At first, you might not see many results. You have to get a few articles out there and you have to learn how to properly write a quality article. Companies such as EveryRose Creative Services can help you write quality articles and/or submit to several article sites so that you don't have to go through all the trouble. Be sure to choose a topic that is not only interesting enough to attract readers, but can also be used to promote yourself. Keep step one in mind, once again, if you can.

4. SUBMIT TO DIRECTORIES:

After your site is full of great keywords and you've run it through some free tools to make sure links work, keywords are strong, etc., submit your site to all the major directories, as well as DMOZ and to other directories through sites such as www.freewebsubmission.com.

5. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF LINK EXCHANGE AND FREE TRAFFIC SITES:

The best free site I've found and used is www.trafficg.com. You get credits for surfing other sites and each credit is worth one visitor to your website. If you view twenty sites, your site gets twenty visitors. You can buy credits as well. There are other benefits to this sort of surf to build traffic method. First off, chances are if they're using the site, they'd be willing to do some sort of link exchange or traffic partnership with you. Secondly, you can see what sort of tricks other websites are using as well as look at other designs and setups to get ideas.
From here, just sit back, monitor your site traffic, and enjoy the effects. For the best free and paid site and traffic monitoring, use Clicky.

Courtney Rose is an experienced graphic designer and advertising consultant who runs a creative services company, EveryRose, based out of Southern California. She worked for over three years as a partner and SEO manager at a major video production and advertising company. EveryRose Creative Services is an independent creative services company with an extensive series of services and satisfied clients. Visit EveryRoseCS.com for more info.