There are so methods being promoted on the net these days to generate web traffic for your website. Some actualy work and some are total garbage.

After running an online business for five years, I’ve tried out just about all of these traffic getting systems. I’ll save you some time and mention a few that you’ll want to avoid and some that will actually bring you some good web traffic.

Tactics That Don’t Work:

Free for all directories: Don’t bother spending your time on these. No one is interested in your offer, only their own. Webmasters created these website so then can send you their offers in the confirmation email. No one is actually reading your ad. I’ve never had any luck with this type of traffic generating method.

Email Spamming: Don’t do it! You can get yourself in a lot of trouble. If someone reports you, your ISP or web host can shut your account down. It’s not only illegal, it’s annoying to others. No one is going to buy from people who send them junk mail. Most likely, the spam filters will just stop the message from ever being seen.

Junky Webpage Builders. You can’t create a good website with a push button website builder. It’s just not going to happen. You’re actually going to have to put some thought and time into it. Making money online is a business. Treat it as one.

Buying The Latest Magic System: How many millions of dollars have been wasted by people getting scammed by the “latest magic traffic system”? Don’t fall for it. Keep your money in your pocket.

Worthwhile Tactics:

PPC (pay per click): While a great method of receiving target traffic, it’s also very expensive. Who can afford to spend $400 to make $300? Not recommended for beginners.

Social Network Posting. Signing up and posting to social networks such as digg or reddit can bring you some traffic. It does take time to post on a regular basis though. You don’t want to look like a spammer and just promote your money pages all the time. You’ll just get kicked off.

If you would like to try a social network, Squiddo or Hubpages work well. These are high traffic websites and you may pick up some extra visitors. Don’t just slap up any junk though. Spend some time and make a good page.

The Very Best Method:

Witting and submitting articles to high quality article directories. This actually works. The one way back links from high Pagerank authority sites will help get you ranked higher in the search engines. You’ll also get direct targeted traffic from the article directories themselves.

Take some time to write a good article about your topic. Submit it to the top ten article directories and repeat. How do you find the best article directories to submit to? Type “top 10 article directories” or “best article directories” in your favorite search engine. Many websites maintain a list of all the top article directories.

Don’t just submit to only the major article directories. Try and find some related niche article directories. If you have a health website, then submit to some health article directories.

Write and submit at least one to three articles per week. This will pay off in the long run and get you lots of quality backlinks and traffic.

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