Cheap Traffic Generation

Even though you are certain that your stellar website is destined to dethrone the kings like Yahoo and Google, you just cannot seem to get the people to your site. If you had the money for pay-per-click programs or things of that nature then you would gladly spend it because you know you have a winning website. But, you are broke and your website doesn’t even rank in the first 100 pages, let alone the coveted first page. You are starting to despair and fear that dream that was your killer website is about to die a very sad and depressing death. But, fear not, because there is hope yet for your site and here are some free ways to bring visitors to your website and salvage your dream:

While it may not cost a dime, being ranked in the top ten of search engines will require a lot of hard work and effort. You are going to do some homework if you plan on landing your site on the first page of the search engines. Since the competition is already where you want to be, study their sites in great detail because they have a formula that you already know works. Pay attention to their keyword density strategy, the sites they have linked to, and their meta tag usage. It is going to take time to understand their formula because you are going to need to test one variable at a time and then check the resulting increase or decrease in your rankings. Determining a competitor’s keyword density strategy is probably the thing you should focus upon first. No one except those who own the search engines know the precise formula, so don’t worry about getting it perfect. Find a strategy that significantly boosts your rankings and then start cranking out some content using that formula.

Alternatively, if you have a lot of content, you can increase your ranking by linking with other sites. Your links to other popular sites gives the search engines the impression that you are an important site yourself and they like linking with sites that will benefit them. And, if you work on a winning keyword density formula, you can use it to generate a ton of great content. As you increase your links with high-traffic sites you will get closer to that number one ranking. When you're ready with the content based upon a winning keyword strategy, you can start e-mailing webmasters to seek permission to link with their site. Many of them will let you link with them without first obtaining permission. This is a good way to start even if they are not the greatest links.

Yahoo classifieds offer another free way to increase your traffic flow. Yahoo remains one of the most visited websites in the world with millions of daily hits so you can rest assured that people will at least see your ad. Of course, you better write some great copy if you expect people to visit your site. Yahoo allows you to post 10 ads free of charge each time. So, keep writing ads and posting them until you find one or two that succeed in driving people to your site. Online classifieds may not get you the traffic you need to become the next Google, but it is a start. And hey, its free to post them on Yahoo!

Search engines, at least at present, remain the gatekeepers of Internet traffic flow because 90 percent of the people surfing the net use them to find what they want. So, study the competition closely and try to figure out their keyword density formula. Use that formula to generate a lot of informative content and then start establishing links with other sites. The ranking you want will not happen overnight and will require a lot of hard work. But, if you stick at it, you can sit atop the rankings throne one day and just count your money!

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