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Web site promotion?

I just built a new web site. Wanted to ask an advice on how to promote it. I would apprecite any input. Any crazy ideas are WELCOME. the url is www.meetpeopleintraffic.com Thank you.

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"If you build it, they will come" is not necessarily true on the Web. Putting a website up is one thing, but getting visitors to come to your site is another. The process becomes even more difficult if you have limited resources to market your business.

You can try pay per click programs such as Google Adwords www.google.com/adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing searchmarketing.yahoo.com – though the key is to carefully track your ROI and which keywords actually perform well

Here are some shoestring marketing ideas that can help you get the visitors you need at the least cost possible:

1. Create the best content you can with the best products you can possibly offer. Your content is your best advertisement - if visitors love your content, then they will go back and spread the word to others.

2. Make it easy for users to recommend your site. Viral marketing is very important -- and easy to tap on the Web. But give your users the tools. Get a Recommend this Site script from websites such as cgiscripts.com and similar directories of scripts. Some even go as far as giving incentives to those who recommend the site to their friends. If only 10 people go to your site, but these 10 people invite 10 more - that's additional traffic that you get for FREE!

Recommend Site Scripts (various) php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scri...
Big Nose Bird Recommend this Site bignosebird.com/carchive/birdcast.s...
CGI Resource Index cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_...
Hostscripts www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_...

3. Rank well in the search engines (organic search results, not the pay per click). SEs can be a big source of traffic. The key is to create the best content in your niche. If you have good content, other websites will gladly link to you and offer your site as a resource to their audience. Check the on-page factors and be sure to get linked from authority sites in your topic area.

If you are going to read only one piece on search engine optimization, I suggest you read Brett Tabke of WebmasterWorld.com's "Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone: 26 steps to 15k a day." www.webmasterworld.com/forum3/2010....

4. Send out press releases. While outfits charge as much as $650 per release, there are free press release submission places on the Web. Press releases allow you to (a) attract media attention; (b) get more back links to your website without sending each website an email request; and (c) get more visibility especially if your press release gets in Google News or Yahoo News.

www.prleap.com/sign_up.html
i-newswire.com/
www.24-7pressrelease.com/
www.pressbox.co.uk/cgi-bin/links/ad...
www.pr.com/press-releases
www.prfree.com/
www.clickpress.com/releases/index.s...
www.theopenpress.com/
www.przoom.com/
www.prweb.com
www.newswiretoday.com/
www.free-press-release.com/

5. Submit articles. Write articles and submit them to websites accepting author submissions. You get exposure for your business; establishes you as an authority in your field, and allows you to get backlinks for your website. If 50 websites publish your article and it contains a link back to your website, then you easily get 50 links from a single article. The more links you have, the greater your chances for increasing your search engine rankings.

Here is a comprehensive list of where to submit your articles answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=Ah...

6. Post a link to your site for free where it is allowed (always read the Terms of Use). Examples are:

Craigslist www.craigslist.com
Google Base base.google.com
Classifieds for Free www.classifiedsforfree.com/...
Text Link Exchange www.txtswap.com/
Recycler.com www.recycler.com/
Yahoo Classifieds classifieds.yahoo.com/
US Free Ads www.usfreeads.com/

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Advertise in classifieds

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by mohan r - 5 years ago

To promote a site tell people to link back to your site. You can buy the links from people's site.

Also there are websites out there that will make you pay money and it will make people put your link on their site.

by Sahil - 5 years ago

What about use article marketing and forum marketing to promote your website. Basically, article marketing is to write articles and submit to ariticles submission sites and forum marketing is another proven way of attracting traffic. Simply join a forum and start discussing while building your credibility.

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by Marsden - 5 years ago

Advertise it on

www.khrido.com

by private user - 5 years ago

There are many ways to promote your site, both online and offline.

Online -
submit the URL to search engines
submit to directories
submit articles with link-backs to your website
advertise in networking sites and forums

Offline
Tell your family, friends, customers and everyone you know
Put the URL on your letterhead, business cards, compliment slips
Mention the URL on your telephone answering message.
Add the URL to your email signature
Press releases

Hope that helps.

Regards
Business in Barnet
www.business-in-barnet.com

by Business in Barnet - 5 years ago

www.doggydomains.com has a package called traffic blazer that helps you optimize your pages for search engines and then helps you submit them. It's only like $15 a year so it's worth a shot.

by Scottwv79 - 5 years ago

The most apparent turn off of your website is the very large piece of Flash which does not download quick enough [should take less than 30 seconds] for dial-up subscribers which represents 85% of Net surfers. They will simply leave your site because they are a very impatient crowd. Someone in your marketing organization failed to recognized such a major consideration that you want to develop a website which can be viewed by the "majority" of Net subscribers and they are "dial-up" subscribers; not DSL subscribers who are a minority audience. So remove the Flash and let the majority f dial-up subscribers view your website!

Nevertheless, should your website or opening webpage fail to contain "generic" keywords, then anyone using such "generic" queries will not be able to discover your website. Your domain name [URL] of your website, in a sense, will be invisible, undiscoverable.

You may want to consider some simple algorithms which, when observed and committed in designing of a website with placement of various critical metatags that can surely achieve a high search engine presence and increase Internet traffic to your website. These metatag strategies work well with published webpages at Google and Yahoo.

Design: Should you create an extensive Flash-based website, make sure to fill-in the property entries such as the Title, Description and Keywords. Failing to do so, leaves no hard HTML or ALT resource that can be readily indexed by search robots. Also consider the Internet audience and their incoming setup. For example, if they are on analog/dialup, Flash webpages take too long to load up and therefore analog users will likely lose interest and discontinue entering the Flash site. On the other hand, anyone on hi-speed DSL lines, will welcome Flash pages which load quickly. So before designing a pure Flash websitge, ask the simple question, "Who's my end user - is he on dialup or DSL?" And if you had to choose between these two users for maximum marketability, then select analog users since 80% of most resident users are still analog Internet subscribers and pure HTML designed webpages is best for them.

A non-Flash-based website which relies on hard text, is far easier to be indexed by search robots. Limit the use of stylized text saved as .gifs since as a graphic, they are not indexable by search robots.

Avoid use of frames since any number of search robots are unable to properly classify textual material.

Placement of Metatags:

A ranking or search order does take place with Google and Yahoo and it begins with the "Title" metag which should consist of no more than 65 characters separated by commas. The "Title" should describe in generic terms, the goods and services, followed by a location from which the resource is located, i.e., city, state. The placement of a domain name which is not generic within the "Title" is not appropriate, unless your domain name is a major recognizable brand name.

The second metatag is the "Description" which is usually 25-30 words to form a complete sentence which best describes one's goods and services.

And the very last category - "Keywords" are also somewhat limited to 15-16 words which can be plural and compound in nature. Again, avoid multiple entries which could be mistaken as "spamdexed entries" which is defined as the loading, and submission of repetitive words into a particular metatag category. "Spamdexing" when discovered on a webpage and reported to Google's spamreport.com can result in the elimination of your website from their search directory.

Here's an example of a very highly-placed website on Yahoo.com: Begin with the search query "pizza downtown los angeles." It will bring up some 1.4 million+ websites as results. Check out where "Pizza Next Door" is ranked. It's in the Top Five! Again, Pizza Next Door's high web presence was achieved by proper web design and placement of relevant metatags according to Yahoo's publication guidelines.

Good luck!

by VicSEO - 5 years ago

Here are 10 ways to to promote your website:

1. Search engine optimization
Optimize your website to increase your chances of getting top rankings in natural search engine results. Research keyword phrases and use them in your website. Put your phrases in your title, meta tags, intro, body, end, and link text.

2. Article writing and press releases
Submit articles and press releases related to your website and include a link to your website in the resource box at the bottom of your article.

3. Link exchanges and link directories
Exchange links with webmasters who have sites related to the topic of your website. Search for link directories where you can submit your URL for free.

4. Traffic exchanges
The idea of traffic exchanges is that you visit other sites in return for people visiting your site. Traffic Swarm is an example of a traffic exchange.

5. Blogging
Search engines tend to like blogs because of the quality content. Setup a blog related to the topic of the website and post valuable content on a regular basis. Use pinging and tagging to increase your traffic.

6. Forum Posting
Post to related forums with a signature that includes a link to your website. There are many out there. If you want to find some, just search on Google for <keyword phrase> +forum

7. Social Networking
These are sites like DirectMatches, AdLandPro, Ryze, and MySpace. Find people with related interests. Make friends and invite people to your site. Post your link to your website on your profile

8. Email Signature
Put a signature in your email that includes a link to your website. You probably already send emails, so why not use that to increase traffic?

9. Word of Mouth
Tell everyone you know about your website, like friends and family. You can ask them if they would to give their opinion about your website.

10. Yahoo Answers
Find questions related to the topic of your website, answer them. If you consistently do it, you can build up your reputation and attract people to your website.

by derickyung - 5 years ago

Hi,

you can use the services like Adwords to promote your site.

Sergio
www.website.ws/cibertrabajo

by slf - 5 years ago

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