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METHODS OF GETTING WEBSITE VISITORS
- By Jackson Ochieng Odera
- Published 15/11/2008
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Jackson Ochieng Odera
http://www.myeasytrade.com http://www.worldface.biz
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The existence of millions of websites in the internet today is a total revolution to the worldwide web which has resulted to the drastic change from IPV4 (Internet Protocol Version Four) that has successfully served the world for over four decades to IPV6 (Internet Protocol Version Six). This change is due to the increase in demand towards web hosting thereby resulting to a great number of domain names that can’t be supported by IPV4 due to the fact that IPV4 has reached its maximum limit.
All these great websites need hits to survive this phenomenon, these hits are what guarantee sales therefore any website with no hits is running the risk of either suffering a drastic financial loss which may result to it’s closure, each and everyone is in dire need of profits so as to survive in the internet world, worst of all this does not spare blogs as well.
This rapid growth in websites has resulted to a stiff competition among websites running similar contents all in the name of acquiring hits. If only you dedicate your time in following these simple instructions am sure that in a weeks time you will see the changes and probably you will have started reaping from what you have sown.
Some of the methods of getting website visitors include;
1) Advertising
2) Blogging
3) Social networking media
4) Search engine optimization
5) Active participation in web forums
6) Link exchange
7) Back link building
(1.) Advertising
Advertising is the undertaking of a campaign to make known to individuals the existence of particular products in the market. Advertising normally takes different forms e.g.
Classified advertising
Pay per click advertising
Ezine advertising
Search engine advertising &
Print advertising
Classified advertising entails placing ads in classifieds websites for a given duration of time or even a given number of banner impressions. Banner ads are effective in that they give a clear visual impression on top of being rather appealing thereby making a properly designed banner to attract lots of visitors. A good example of such a website is http://www.myeasytrade.com
Pay per click advertising involves deciding or choosing of keywords related to a particular ad accompanied with a given amount of pay per click price whereby the highest bidders get the most clicks when a search related to their keywords is made. This method is very effective but rather expensive to starters with a limited spending limit. Yahoo & Google are good examples of websites offering this kind of advertising.
Ezine advertising entails writing of articles (either long or short). These articles are mostly about the kind or type of product that one is promoting. This method has also been used in writing of blogs and has been proven to work by most webmasters simply because most potential buyers normally go a bout reading various articles before making the decision to purchase anything because they are eager to know how the product or service that you are offering may be of use to them.
Search engine advertising and pay per click advertising are one and the same since they function in the same way.
(2.) Blogging
A blog is a form of an online diary that is accessible online were one can edit his/her daily activities. Today we have what we call business Blogging originating from blogs which has rapidly taken over the internet as a form of free online advertising. Due to their nature, blogs are believed to be updated on a daily basis which
means new content each day as presumed by search engines. The relevance of business blogging in business is to promote one’s products or even services where one gets the opportunity to constantly talk about whatever he/she is promoting thus making it a form of free online advertising.
Blogs are easily picked up by search engines since most are believed to be search engine friendly particularly if pinged at websites like http://www.pingomatic.com
(3.) Social networking media
Social networking media are websites that bring people together by letting them exchange mails amongst themselves apart from allowing members to share videos, upload audios and even watch or listen to them, examples of these websites include;
http://www.worldface.biz
http://www.facebook.com
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.wayne.com
Social networking websites have been deemed as a form of free advertising since they do not charge on videos or audios uploaded to members. Advertising comes about uploading of audio or video content entailing clearly defined explanation on the importance of a particular product or service and reasons as to why people should opt to buy your product or service over other similar competing products in the market. Doing this is very promising for any business in terms of increasing daily web page view on a daily basis.
(4.) Search engine optimization
Most websites in the internet get their traffic from search engines like Yahoo, Google & Alexa. Search engines function like spiders in that they crawl through your website or blog as they look for content that you have to offer. To optimize a website for the search engines is a great way of attracting the spiders which are normally referred to as robots, this process is quite simple, above all it’s free, all you have to do is research on keywords related to your website content and use them creatively in titles and also within your website pages, in descriptions and other elated fields. This does not mean that you have to fill your website content with junks and lots of keywords to trick the search engines, don’t do this because you are the one who will stand a chance to lose a lot. Everyone wishes to be successful online and that’s precisely why the search engines are there, to lead and guide you by the hands step by step to your targeted audience. Remember that you can trick the search engines but not a potential buyer.
(5.) Active participation in web forums
Forums are places in websites where people are free to enter in discussions upon signing up. These places can be targeted for free advertising purposes in that you join a particular group discussing a topic related to one of the areas where you are knowledgeable. Your active participation in these forums result into lots of people clicking through your contributions, then to your profile and finally to your target link.
(6.) Link exchange and backlink building
Joining link exchange websites is another way of gaining free website traffic, I do not recommend this method due to the many drawbacks linked to them e.g;
Most link exchange websites demand that a link back to their websites be placed at the top of your web front page. This way you will end up losing all your website traffic to these link exchange websites, on top of all these you stand a great chance of being banned from the major search engines where once you are banned, you never know if it’s forever.
Backlink building is good in that it increases the chances of your website being easily found in the search engines. To attain this you have to submit your website to directories, ones that do not demand link backs to their websites. Another way is by writing articles and submitting them to articles directories but make sure to include a link to your web page in each and every article you submit.
All these great websites need hits to survive this phenomenon, these hits are what guarantee sales therefore any website with no hits is running the risk of either suffering a drastic financial loss which may result to it’s closure, each and everyone is in dire need of profits so as to survive in the internet world, worst of all this does not spare blogs as well.
This rapid growth in websites has resulted to a stiff competition among websites running similar contents all in the name of acquiring hits. If only you dedicate your time in following these simple instructions am sure that in a weeks time you will see the changes and probably you will have started reaping from what you have sown.
Some of the methods of getting website visitors include;
1) Advertising
2) Blogging
3) Social networking media
4) Search engine optimization
5) Active participation in web forums
6) Link exchange
7) Back link building
(1.) Advertising
Advertising is the undertaking of a campaign to make known to individuals the existence of particular products in the market. Advertising normally takes different forms e.g.
Classified advertising
Pay per click advertising
Ezine advertising
Search engine advertising &
Print advertising
Classified advertising entails placing ads in classifieds websites for a given duration of time or even a given number of banner impressions. Banner ads are effective in that they give a clear visual impression on top of being rather appealing thereby making a properly designed banner to attract lots of visitors. A good example of such a website is http://www.myeasytrade.com
Pay per click advertising involves deciding or choosing of keywords related to a particular ad accompanied with a given amount of pay per click price whereby the highest bidders get the most clicks when a search related to their keywords is made. This method is very effective but rather expensive to starters with a limited spending limit. Yahoo & Google are good examples of websites offering this kind of advertising.
Ezine advertising entails writing of articles (either long or short). These articles are mostly about the kind or type of product that one is promoting. This method has also been used in writing of blogs and has been proven to work by most webmasters simply because most potential buyers normally go a bout reading various articles before making the decision to purchase anything because they are eager to know how the product or service that you are offering may be of use to them.
Search engine advertising and pay per click advertising are one and the same since they function in the same way.
(2.) Blogging
A blog is a form of an online diary that is accessible online were one can edit his/her daily activities. Today we have what we call business Blogging originating from blogs which has rapidly taken over the internet as a form of free online advertising. Due to their nature, blogs are believed to be updated on a daily basis which
Blogs are easily picked up by search engines since most are believed to be search engine friendly particularly if pinged at websites like http://www.pingomatic.com
(3.) Social networking media
Social networking media are websites that bring people together by letting them exchange mails amongst themselves apart from allowing members to share videos, upload audios and even watch or listen to them, examples of these websites include;
http://www.worldface.biz
http://www.facebook.com
http://www.youtube.com
http://www.wayne.com
Social networking websites have been deemed as a form of free advertising since they do not charge on videos or audios uploaded to members. Advertising comes about uploading of audio or video content entailing clearly defined explanation on the importance of a particular product or service and reasons as to why people should opt to buy your product or service over other similar competing products in the market. Doing this is very promising for any business in terms of increasing daily web page view on a daily basis.
(4.) Search engine optimization
Most websites in the internet get their traffic from search engines like Yahoo, Google & Alexa. Search engines function like spiders in that they crawl through your website or blog as they look for content that you have to offer. To optimize a website for the search engines is a great way of attracting the spiders which are normally referred to as robots, this process is quite simple, above all it’s free, all you have to do is research on keywords related to your website content and use them creatively in titles and also within your website pages, in descriptions and other elated fields. This does not mean that you have to fill your website content with junks and lots of keywords to trick the search engines, don’t do this because you are the one who will stand a chance to lose a lot. Everyone wishes to be successful online and that’s precisely why the search engines are there, to lead and guide you by the hands step by step to your targeted audience. Remember that you can trick the search engines but not a potential buyer.
(5.) Active participation in web forums
Forums are places in websites where people are free to enter in discussions upon signing up. These places can be targeted for free advertising purposes in that you join a particular group discussing a topic related to one of the areas where you are knowledgeable. Your active participation in these forums result into lots of people clicking through your contributions, then to your profile and finally to your target link.
(6.) Link exchange and backlink building
Joining link exchange websites is another way of gaining free website traffic, I do not recommend this method due to the many drawbacks linked to them e.g;
Most link exchange websites demand that a link back to their websites be placed at the top of your web front page. This way you will end up losing all your website traffic to these link exchange websites, on top of all these you stand a great chance of being banned from the major search engines where once you are banned, you never know if it’s forever.
Backlink building is good in that it increases the chances of your website being easily found in the search engines. To attain this you have to submit your website to directories, ones that do not demand link backs to their websites. Another way is by writing articles and submitting them to articles directories but make sure to include a link to your web page in each and every article you submit.
