Ten Ways You Can Promote Your Website Online For Free

If you have a website and are looking for ways to drive traffic to it on a budget then this article is for you. The following are all free methods of website promotion that will help you get more traffic without having to pay a dime.

1. Write articles and submit them to article directories. You then put a link to your site in the bio box. Some of the people that read your articles on those sites will then click your link and go to your website. There are hundreds of article directories online. Most of them don't get very much traffic but a handful actually are popular and can be a significant source of traffic. Here are the top article directories by traffic.

Ezinearticles.com
Articlesbase.com
Buzzle.com
Goarticles.com
Articledashboard.com

2. Participate in forums. Here is the basic way to get traffic from forums. First do a google search to find some forums related in topic to your site. Next sign up and create a signature with a link to your website. Finally participate in the forums. The best way to get the most traffic is to provide good answers to questions and start new threads.

3. Use traffic exchanges. The quality of visitors is low but it is free. All you have to do is view other sites.

4. Email signature files. You can put an link to your website on every email you send out to people.

5. Web 2.0 sites. Create an infomative webpage on squidoo and hubpages and include a link back to your site. Squidoo and hubpages together get about 20 million visitors a month so you want to tap into that traffic.

6. Start a blog. One of the best ways to start getting traffic is to create a blog and put a link in the sidebar to your website. Blogs are traffic magnets and every webmaster should have one.

7. Use social networking sites. If you don't alread have one you can create a myspace and facebook profile and put a link in your profile.

8. Post on classified ad sites. There are tons of them online that are free to put an ad and link on. The top two classified ad sites are craigslist.org and usfreeads.com.

9. Participate in webrings. Basically you join other sites in a ring of sorts that send traffic to one another. It is a good way to get started getting visitors.

10. Use yahoo answers. All you do is sign up at answers.yahoo.com and start answering questions people post. At the end of your answer you are allowed to include your website address. Yahoo answers is one of the most popular sites on the internet and can be a good source of traffic for those that answer questions on a regular basis.

Aaron Ballantyne enjoys writing about a variety of topics.