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Title: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: bequitta thomas, Jr. on April 26, 2011, 07:23:58 AM
hey everyone i am really facing a challenge in order to get more website traffic hence I would request you all to help me out to get some brilliant ways which can increase the website traffic.





Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: acruz on May 04, 2011, 04:58:06 AM
Many site owners do SEO works for their website to increase website traffic.
But the important thing is you should have a quality content. The relevancy of your content is important and the right use of your keywords. Link building is also effective. You have to use quality backlinks. Some SEO internet marketer use forum link building, but you have to be careful so that forum will not think you're a spammer.
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: Angie on Dialysis on May 04, 2011, 05:09:14 AM
Is there a non-spammy way to do link building? If posting links on sites and forums are the only way at least there are sites that do let you promote your site on theirs. They actually do exist and advertise that they are there for that reason. But I have always just stuck with sticking to a particular topic (too many and it isn't focused and doesn't have a clear theme) and put in my link to search engine submission forms.

But I really don't know how to make a site really popular ..  Only site I ever had that grew to 400,000 members in less than a year was an anime site lol. I guess it really just depends on the topic / theme you are going for for your site..
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: robinson01 on May 04, 2011, 07:41:25 AM
You need to have a good seo to increase website traffic,that is the best way for you to do..
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: seo_corporation on May 20, 2011, 06:36:11 AM
to increase website traffic you can do the following things:
1) Increase your rankings on search engines through proper on page and off page optimization.
2) Opt for PPC mode of advertising
3) Choose banner ads and text link advertisng.
4) Participate in communities and forums and be helpful . People will certainly look towards you when then need your services.

5) Run contests and competitions
6)Engage prospective customers on social media sites.
7) Write interesting blog and article and you will certainly get traffic in herds.
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: Fiery on May 24, 2011, 04:49:58 PM
How you advertise is largely dependent on the type of website.  If its geographically based advertise in that area. If its topically based start by looking around other similar communities.  Being more specific in your advertising will be a lot more effective than just blanketing the search engine world with all the SEO stuff.
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: seo_corporation on May 25, 2011, 12:54:00 AM
Quote from: Fiery on May 24, 2011, 04:49:58 PM
How you advertise is largely dependent on the type of website.  If its geographically based advertise in that area. If its topically based start by looking around other similar communities.  Being more specific in your advertising will be a lot more effective than just blanketing the search engine world with all the SEO stuff.
Yeah, well said . I agree that a gross advertising effect in not going to give you much results but I would like to point one thing SEO does not blindly optimize sites for generic keywords but they optimize sites for specific keywords and specific search engines too. I mean to say is if you site is targeting German population then SEO can optimize sites for Google German to attract quality traffic for maximum ROI.
With PPC also one can target a particular geography, demography etc
Google places and yahoo local are great ways to attract local traffic. ;)
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
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Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: mediadeveloped on February 08, 2012, 03:46:27 PM
First, who is your target marketing? Figure that out and than optimize your page for search engines.
Next, you need to generate great content for your niche, and use blogs, articles, press releases as your platform to get the word out.
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: Account Abandoned on February 08, 2012, 08:12:28 PM
Quote from: bequitta thomas, Jr. on April 26, 2011, 07:23:58 AM
hey everyone i am really facing a challenge in order to get more website traffic hence I would request you all to help me out to get some brilliant ways which can increase the website traffic.

There are many many many ways to increase traffic to your message forum :)

Some are...

1. Signature links on other forums related to your niche, just make sure you don't spam and be sure to post good quality content so you don't look like you are on a forum just to advertise.

2. Write articles and blogs about your niche and include a link to your forum.

3. Get listed on forum directories as well as www.dmoz.org to help build back links.

4. Advertise of Facebook, Twitter and Google + to get more traffic in

Good luck!
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: tbc41 on February 17, 2012, 07:31:29 PM
Wow, there are so many things you can do to increase traffic to your site, but start small and then slowly increase the amount of techniques you are using.  As many people have mentioned already, content is king.  Make sure you are constantly updating your content daily.  Second, promote your site in your social media sites, email signatures, word of mouth and anywhere else you can think of.  Then, make sure you are including inter-links from one page or post to another within your site.  This is very important to the spiders so that they see how easy it is to navigate your site.  If it's easy for us humans, then it's easy for the spiders and all is well.  Keep it simple and I hope this helped.


Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: noahbarn061784 on March 13, 2012, 02:37:42 AM
Quote from: acruz on May 04, 2011, 04:58:06 AM
Many site owners do SEO works for their website to increase website traffic.
But the important thing is you should have a quality content. The relevancy of your content is important and the right use of your keywords. Link building is also effective. You have to use quality backlinks. Some SEO internet marketer use forum link building, but you have to be careful so that forum will not think you're a spammer.

Hi! I'm not stealing the moment to bequitta thomas but I'm also suffering from the same problem. Is there any other option aside from having quality content? I mean any strategy you can suggest. Thanks.
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: Kindred on March 13, 2012, 08:18:59 AM
not really.  Content is king - anything else is just peanuts and has no particularly grand impact.
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: Paracelsus on March 13, 2012, 03:39:32 PM
If you happen to be an admin of a 100.000 fan Facebook Page with a lot of activity, just promote there the best forum content on a regular basis and you'll see your traffic skyrocketing.
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: insy111 on March 16, 2012, 06:33:33 AM
As far as I know, sites that gives what people need has more traffic. In other words, write for your readers & not Google  :)
Well I'm not an expert in Seo, maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong

Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: krishna47 on March 18, 2012, 04:26:06 AM
Dude just publish good content in your forum and try to get quality backlinks and that will increase your traffic.
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: ApplianceJunk on March 26, 2012, 11:25:07 PM
Quote from: Kindred on March 13, 2012, 08:18:59 AM
not really.  Content is king - anything else is just peanuts and has no particularly grand impact.

I agree :)

Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: liljani on March 28, 2012, 07:14:44 PM
Quote from: ApplianceJunk on March 26, 2012, 11:25:07 PM
Quote from: Kindred on March 13, 2012, 08:18:59 AM
not really.  Content is king - anything else is just peanuts and has no particularly grand impact.

I agree :)

i agree with this one too..
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: RalphL on July 13, 2012, 02:00:12 AM
Here are some effective ways that can help you generate website traffic directly towards your website.

-Blog commenting
-Forum posting
-Social bookmarking
-Press release
-Directory submission
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: dws123 on August 27, 2012, 06:19:48 AM
Ignore me. I'm a retard.
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: Chalky on August 27, 2012, 06:20:59 AM
Thank you for that spam!
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: Eugeanne on September 04, 2012, 01:14:40 AM
After the Google Updates, one of the best way to get a quality link is to come up with fresh content. However, aside from that blogging, forum marketing, directory submission, social bookmarking, article marketing are still good strategies.
Title: Re: How to increase website traffic?
Post by: Eugeanne on September 21, 2012, 01:21:55 AM
There are a lot of way on how you can increase the traffic on your website. Aside from link buidling, Have you tried using social media? Getting closer to your audiences will surely give you a traffic plus a possible customer in the future.